Remember the Laserdisc era?

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 01-16-2006, 12:46 AM

hey all.

Before the dvd era, which changed alot in technology, we had the laserdisc era which didn't last long.

Remember how big those discs were? They were huge. More like records.. They were howveer good in a way ebcause you could add some more content on it like extra stuff.

Anybody knows how much stuff you could put on it?

Anyways, my family owns a laserdisc player and we have quite a bunch of good movies and some of them are actually sealed.. like brand new haven't been opened. I wonder if there any value to it?

I got some great movies like Blade Runner and Dracula. I want to find it somewhere int he house and look for the movies..

Turtle Dove · 01-16-2006, 12:50 AM

oh yes I recall that area. In our science class we had the laser discs for science class. Our teacher had no idea how to use it. I figured it out in 3 mintues then she got mad at me and I got DMC....ahh..the 80's and the laser disc era....how i will always remember you but never wanna relive you

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 01-16-2006, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Turtle Dove

oh yes I recall that area. In our science class we had the laser discs for science class. Our teacher had no idea how to use it. I figured it out in 3 mintues then she got mad at me and I got DMC....ahh..the 80's and the laser disc era....how i will always remember you but never wanna relive you

"How I always remember you but never wanna relive you"

u have a crush on me!?

Turtle Dove · 01-16-2006, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Turtledude2k3

"How I always remember you but never wanna relive you"

u have a crush on me!?

I mean the 80's and laserdisc era. The 80's ruled for it's cartoon and music..but I hated the schools here where I lived.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 01-17-2006, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtle Dove

I mean the 80's and laserdisc era. The 80's ruled for it's cartoon and music..but I hated the schools here where I lived.

you know something. elementary school was cool because everyday after school iw ould watch my favorite cartoons like the disneys one and watch them. heck I remember watching the pilot of garygoyles when they first came on.

High school was a terrible time and a good time. bullies, idiots, sluts, aglore!

Peanut · 01-17-2006, 10:20 PM

WTF is going on in this thread? How does she have a crush on you? What does any of this have to do with anything!?!

*BigApple3AM* · 01-17-2006, 10:30 PM

Believe it or not certain laserdiscs can fetch over $100 on eBay. Many movies not released on DVD were released on laserdisc. Laserdisc is actually better quality than DVD as it's less compressed, you really wouldn't be able to tell the different but there is a difference. Laserdiscs didn't catch on for whatever reason, but many people still use/collect them.

pwnage · 01-17-2006, 11:28 PM

I know a teacher who still uses laserdiscs. He also uses Macs.

Lollo

Cerpin Taxt · 01-17-2006, 11:29 PM

Blade Runner laserdisc > all

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 01-18-2006, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Cerpin Taxt

Blade Runner laserdisc > all

? It owns all? I own it on laserdisc but it isn't sealed.

*Duke* · 01-18-2006, 06:26 AM

The original Star Wars Triology on laserdisc is vastly superior to any edited crap lucas puts out on DVD.

*BigApple3AM* · 01-18-2006, 11:50 AM

The older the movie the higher the chance that it hasn't been released on DVD, but was on laserdisc:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ROBINSON-CRUSOE-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Star-Trek-Deep-S...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/STAR-TREK-THE-AN...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWIN-PEAKS-Seaso...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Al-Jolson-Bo...QQcmdZViewItem

You get the idea.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 01-18-2006, 12:43 PM

Ahh, the Blue Ray/HD-DVD *COUGH* I mean, lazer Disc era.

*damnhooligan* · 01-18-2006, 12:52 PM

My dad sunk so much money into buying laserdiscs, because he was certain that it was going to be the wave of the future. So he bought laserdisc copies of all his favourite movies that he already had on VHS, including a boxset of all the Star Trek films up to that point. To this day, they mostly remain in their original wrapping and unwatched. I think the only one that actually got any use was Monty Python and the Holy Grail, because I had a newfound obsession with it when I was in 8th grade.

And yeah, when DVD came out just a few years later in 1998/1999, he bought all the same movies he had on LD/VHS again.

Cerpin Taxt · 01-18-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Ahh, the Blue Ray/HD-DVD *COUGH* I mean, lazer Disc era.

Blu-Ray > all.

Too bad Microsoft or Nintendo aren't supporting it. We're going to have that whole "ZOMG NOT ENOUGH SPACE" thing going on again. Double discs are teh suck.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 01-18-2006, 04:38 PM

I'm just glad people still support it even if it has died out.

I really think the blue ray / hddvd shoudl wait another 5 years. dvd is still popular. why ruin a good thing?

OA · 01-18-2006, 06:10 PM

I actually have TMNT The Movie part 1 on laserdisk...and tmnt cartoon eps...i dont own a laserdisk player, so I just have them sealed as part of my collection...

**Jo Dawn** · 01-18-2006, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

WTF is going on in this thread? How does she have a crush on you? What does any of this have to do with anything!?!

As usual, nothing.

Quote:

High school was a terrible time and a good time. bullies, idiots, sluts, aglore!

There was NOTHING good about any kinda part of school. Nothing.

But back on topic, yes! Of course I remember the laserdisk era (being a child of the 70's *cough* as I was, heh

) The 80's RULED.

*sings* I love the 80's....

01-16-2006, 12:46 AM	#1
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	Remember the Laserdisc era? hey all. Before the dvd era, which changed alot in technology, we had the laserdisc era which didn't last long. Remember how big those discs were? They were huge. More like records.. They were howveer good in a way ebcause you could add some more content on it like extra stuff. Anybody knows how much stuff you could put on it? Anyways, my family owns a laserdisc player and we have quite a bunch of good movies and some of them are actually sealed.. like brand new haven't been opened. I wonder if there any value to it? I got some great movies like Blade Runner and Dracula. I want to find it somewhere int he house and look for the movies..

01-16-2006, 12:50 AM	#2
Turtle Dove Stone Warrior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Don's workshop Posts: 854	oh yes I recall that area. In our science class we had the laser discs for science class. Our teacher had no idea how to use it. I figured it out in 3 mintues then she got mad at me and I got DMC....ahh..the 80's and the laser disc era....how i will always remember you but never wanna relive you __________________ ]~You'll always be #1 in my heart~ 1..2...3...4..Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.....

01-17-2006, 11:28 PM	#8
pwnage Foot Soldier Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 119	I know a teacher who still uses laserdiscs. He also uses Macs. Lollo __________________

01-18-2006, 12:43 PM	#13
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Ahh, the Blue Ray/HD-DVD COUGH I mean, lazer Disc era. __________________

01-18-2006, 12:52 PM	#14
damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	My dad sunk so much money into buying laserdiscs, because he was certain that it was going to be the wave of the future. So he bought laserdisc copies of all his favourite movies that he already had on VHS, including a boxset of all the Star Trek films up to that point. To this day, they mostly remain in their original wrapping and unwatched. I think the only one that actually got any use was Monty Python and the Holy Grail, because I had a newfound obsession with it when I was in 8th grade. And yeah, when DVD came out just a few years later in 1998/1999, he bought all the same movies he had on LD/VHS again. __________________

01-17-2006, 10:20 PM	#6
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	WTF is going on in this thread? How does she have a crush on you? What does any of this have to do with anything!?!

01-17-2006, 10:30 PM	#7
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Believe it or not certain laserdiscs can fetch over $100 on eBay. Many movies not released on DVD were released on laserdisc. Laserdisc is actually better quality than DVD as it's less compressed, you really wouldn't be able to tell the different but there is a difference. Laserdiscs didn't catch on for whatever reason, but many people still use/collect them.

01-17-2006, 11:29 PM	#9
Cerpin Taxt Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 278	Blade Runner laserdisc > all

01-18-2006, 06:26 AM	#11
Duke Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,913	The original Star Wars Triology on laserdisc is vastly superior to any edited crap lucas puts out on DVD.

01-18-2006, 11:50 AM	#12
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	The older the movie the higher the chance that it hasn't been released on DVD, but was on laserdisc: http://cgi.ebay.com/ROBINSON-CRUSOE-...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/Star-Trek-Deep-S...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/STAR-TREK-THE-AN...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/TWIN-PEAKS-Seaso...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Al-Jolson-Bo...QQcmdZViewItem You get the idea.

01-18-2006, 04:38 PM	#16
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	I'm just glad people still support it even if it has died out. I really think the blue ray / hddvd shoudl wait another 5 years. dvd is still popular. why ruin a good thing?

01-18-2006, 06:10 PM	#17
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	I actually have TMNT The Movie part 1 on laserdisk...and tmnt cartoon eps...i dont own a laserdisk player, so I just have them sealed as part of my collection... __________________