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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs?  Posted: 15 Mar 2021, 22:12 |
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firehorse_44 wrote: My LaserDisc upgrade equals getting the latest version on LD before termination of the format.
Peak sound and visual experience available at the time of tech development.
If I own multiple copies of a title, it is to posses the latest version for best audio /visual experience on LaserDisc... No kidding. I'm still at 4 out of 5 different versions of Royal Space Force, just need the OG... I don't understand this thread. One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format. Yes, I did buy the Back to the Future 4K box set today, I don't know what that has to do with anything.
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 15 Mar 2021, 22:20 |
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signofzeta wrote: One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format. I love it.  
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 15 Mar 2021, 23:47 |
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signofzeta wrote:
I don't understand this thread. One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format.
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 00:01 |
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rein-o wrote: signofzeta wrote:
I don't understand this thread. One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format.
Best thing I've read on the internet for the past year. Best thing I've read on the internet. |
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 18:28 |
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mikechambers wrote: Blu Ray only exists because the general public wasn't ready for the uncompromising home theater experience of Laserdisc. I somewhat agree with this. Blu-ray is the new LD. I don’t know WTF DVD was.
All about LD care, inner sleeves, shrink wrap, etc.
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 18:40 |
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DVD was tiny LD with worse sound.  It's too bad LD was subject to it's sunset coinciding with the very beginning of the rise of widescreen TV becoming a thing in the US. It would have been nice to get a lot more anamorphic 16:9 disc options to take full advantage of the resolution, which was such a major advantage for DVD.
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 17 Mar 2021, 00:06 |
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signofzeta wrote: Am I correct in thinking that’s the guy from Lord of the Rings? Yeah, Sean Bean played Boromir son of Denethor, the Steward of Gondor and Minas Tirith. He was so most excellent in Equilibrium and The Martian.... He was epic in Ronin as well..... That meme pic has legendary status with hundreds of phrases. Cheers mates
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Post subject: Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? Posted: 17 Mar 2021, 03:37 |
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mikechambers wrote: DVD was tiny LD with worse sound. It's too bad LD was subject to it's sunset coinciding with the very beginning of the rise of widescreen TV becoming a thing in the US. It would have been nice to get a lot more anamorphic 16:9 disc options to take full advantage of the resolution, which was such a major advantage for DVD. Probably wouldn't have made any difference. Manufacturers probably also wanted to move away from pressing LDs since they required dedicated hardware; meanwhile you could easily convert a plant pressing CDs to press DVDs as well, so there's a significant cost factor as well. Plus DVD has better color reproduction. Movies shot in low light and low contrast look pretty dreadful on laserdisc. |
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