Laserdisc, the format from 1978, is now at the end of the road. The Philips developed disc format was originally marketed as Discvision but changed its name to Laserdisc in mid-80s when Pioneer bought majority of its shares. LD was the choice for many home theatre enthusiasts because of its better quality over VHS and Betamax. However, LD didn't get popular amongst the general public ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by wolf123:The CD is still good technology. I agree that it is old (1979 I believe), but what are the alternatives? Audio DVD's never really took off, and I certainly don't want my only option to be downloading. Have I downloaded? Yes. But if I like the artist and there isn't too much album filler, I buy the CD.
One thing I can't believe the CD is a viable format still and they still use it. That's out dated too.
Quote:Yeah, cd's just plain work. I've never listened to an Audio DVD, or one of those SACD's, but my guess is you probably can't tell the difference between that and a cd.Originally posted by wolf123:The CD is still good technology. I agree that it is old (1979 I believe), but what are the alternatives? Audio DVD's never really took off, and I certainly don't want my only option to be downloading. Have I downloaded? Yes. But if I like the artist and there isn't too much album filler, I buy the CD.
One thing I can't believe the CD is a viable format still and they still use it. That's out dated too.
Quote:if it anit broke dont fix itQuote:Yeah, cd's just plain work. I've never listened to an Audio DVD, or one of those SACD's, but my guess is you probably can't tell the difference between that and a cd.Originally posted by wolf123:The CD is still good technology. I agree that it is old (1979 I believe), but what are the alternatives? Audio DVD's never really took off, and I certainly don't want my only option to be downloading. Have I downloaded? Yes. But if I like the artist and there isn't too much album filler, I buy the CD.
One thing I can't believe the CD is a viable format still and they still use it. That's out dated too.
Cd's, they old as hell now but they're still a good size. Small enough to be portable, large enough not to lose them.
Quote:Originally posted by DoomLight:
imagine...
the Next Nintendo Wii will use Laser Disc's LOL
since those cheap bastards will do anything to save money.
Well MS uses DVD9s so they much be cheap too.... :P
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I thought LD died when DVD took off?
Quote:Oh gawd if that's what it takes to kill a format lets hope people stopped pressing out discs for HD-DVD.....Quote:Originally posted by DoomLight:
imagine...
the Next Nintendo Wii will use Laser Disc's LOL
since those cheap bastards will do anything to save money.
Well MS uses DVD9s so they much be cheap too.... :P
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I thought LD died when DVD took off?
A few Pioneer dealers offer North American specification DVL-919s, and a unit purchased in April 2004 had a manufacture date of December 2003. Manufacturing of the DVL-919 continued until January 1, 2009 when Pioneer announced [10] that production would cease after a final production run of 3000 DVL-919 and other model laser disc players.
The last two titles released in North America were Paramount's Sleepy Hollow and Bringing Out the Dead in 2000. A dozen or so more titles continued to be released in Japan until the end of 2001. The last Hong Kong-released Laserdisc-format movie title was Tokyo Raiders.
Originally posted by wolf123:Do you even own both laserdiscs and records?? They are the same size (approx 30cm). Even an LD single is the same size as a 45rpm. You are probably right about thickness, but one would not normally measure the size of a record or LD by thickness.
Why are you saying records and LD are the same size when we know LD are bigger and thicker.
Originally posted by 5882300:I still have my 1989 RCA television. Wonderful quality.
As for LD -- I still have an old Sony hooked up. Remember when they made electronics that lasted for 20+ years? Ha, probably not.
Originally posted by Bluto1841:Suureeee..if you'll pay for shipping :P
I still have six LD players in my junk that are probably still in working condition but are headed for the rubbish bin. I am tired of storing them. They were great but since the disks were limited in content and expensive, the players wound up on the bottom of the junk pile. Anyone want one???
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