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• Re: laserDisc - AbeCollins 09:34:30 10/26/03 (3)
  In Reply to: laserDisc posted by tesla on October 23, 2003 at 20:08:36:

  I still have my old Pioneer CLD-D703 LaserDisc player and a couple dozen laser discs. I haven't played any of the discs in a few years now. If there's a market for this stuff, I may end up selling it all.

  Anyone know what old laser disc titles sell for these days?

  (BTW, one cool thing about laser discs is that as far as I know, there is no MacroVision copy protection. I've made several backup copies to VHS tape directly from the LaserDisc player w/o any problems).
  
  

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  • Re: laserDisc - tesla 14:34:40 10/26/03 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: laserDisc posted by AbeCollins on October 26, 2003 at 09:34:30:

    Look on Ebay. I bought a never-opened copy of "Jurrasic Park" for $5.00 However, some titles do get expensive. Please contact me off list if you would like to discuss this further.
    
    

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    • Re: laserDisc - rico 09:46:26 10/30/03 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: laserDisc posted by tesla on October 26, 2003 at 14:34:40:

      I have 900 laserdiscs and 600 DVDs. When I get a DVD title that I have on LD I sell the LD to an outfit in Maine for $2-3 a disc. Unlike LPs, LDs will never become collector's items because DVDs ARE superior whereas CDs STILL don't sound as good as LPs played on a high end system.

      I play the LDs on a Pioneer CLD-79, which has output for Dolby Digital 5.1. And DD from an LD sounds better than DD from a DVD because of the greter real estate on an LD.

      Rico
      
      

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      • Re: laserDisc - tesla 05:36:36 11/14/03 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: laserDisc posted by Rico on October 30, 2003 at 09:46:26:

        Technically, ld's may not be as good as a dvd, but I cannot tell the difference, and I have a Sony WEGA hd tv. In fact, other than the size and I have to flip the ld, I prefer ld's.
        
        

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• Laser Disc?? - Estes 15:31:14 10/25/03 (4)
  In Reply to: laserDisc posted by tesla on October 23, 2003 at 20:08:36:

  Analogue superior to digital?! How dare you! What next?! Collecting vinyl! ;-)

  My issue is I can't find a decent LD player for a good price.
  
  

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  • Re: Laser Disc?? - rico 09:48:18 10/30/03 (1)
    In Reply to: Laser Disc?? posted by Estes on October 25, 2003 at 15:31:14:

    On some LDs the analogue tracks are clearly better sounding (more like film) than the digital tracks. This is not rue in every case, however.

    Rico
    
    

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    • Re: Laser Disc?? - Estes 20:08:42 10/30/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Laser Disc?? posted by Rico on October 30, 2003 at 09:48:18:

      Hi Rico: I have had the same experience, some LD have better picture & sound than some DVDs and vice versa. I have a large collection of LPs, so I am unsure of collecting another format, that is basically dead.
      
      

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  • What's a "good" price? - Joe Murphy Jr 09:51:03 10/26/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Laser Disc?? posted by Estes on October 25, 2003 at 15:31:14:

    I own two Pioneer laserdisc players. A Pioneer Elite CLD-97 and a low end CLD-D406 (a non-Elite model for the wife's system). Regardless of what you end up buying, make sure it plays both sides of the disc! Not all laserdisc players have that capability.

    If you are interested in quality , get a Pioneer Elite model. Pioneer built the best laserdisc players -- period. Here's what you should look for, in descending order: CLD-97, CLD-99, CLD-79. If you can't find one of these in your good price ballpark, you can also consider the CLD-59 and CLD-704 (a non-Elite model).

    You can also search ebay and Audiogon for laserdisc players. Realize that because you can get something cheap doesn't mean it's worth a purchase or that you should buy it. I've seen the CLD-97 around the $600 mark on ebay. The other players obviously go for less.

    Joe Kane (JKP, Digital Video Essentials, Video Essentials, A Video Standard and video guru extraordinaire) uses a slightly modified Pioneer Elite CLD-97.
    
    

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  • Re: Laser Disc?? - tesla 21:40:52 10/25/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Laser Disc?? posted by Estes on October 25, 2003 at 15:31:14:

    I found mine at a thrift for $20.00 Keep looking
    
    

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• Re: laserDisc - tesla 10:42:23 10/24/03 (0)
  In Reply to: laserDisc posted by tesla on October 23, 2003 at 20:08:36:

  Thanks guys, I'm on my way :)
  
  

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• Re: laserDisc - gware 02:15:01 10/24/03 (0)
  In Reply to: laserDisc posted by tesla on October 23, 2003 at 20:08:36:

  Im a Pioneer DV 919 owner; this also plays CDs and DVDs; LD is an analog format, superior resolution to video, and there are some excellent movie titles to be had; I have been collecting Japanese jazz LDS many of which are unavailable in any other format
  Eric

  No affiliation whatever, but

  
  

  • this store has a lot of Rare titles   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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• LD - Joe Murphy Jr 21:05:07 10/23/03 (0)
  In Reply to: laserDisc posted by tesla on October 23, 2003 at 20:08:36:

  I have about 120+ laserdiscs. I use a Pioneer CLD-97 in the main system and bought a Pioneer CLD-406D for the wife to use in her living room system.

  There's some laserdisc posts every once in a while on www.avsforum.com in the DVD Hardware area (it used to be DVD and LD Hardware).

  Here's a site you might want to check out:
  

  • http://www.mindspring.com/~laserdiscforever/   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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