*Stretches the 4:3 letterbox image to 16:9* "So uncivilized" ~Obi-Wan Kenobi

@KayoMichiels

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it needs to be zoomed in so that the edges fills in the side of the picture.

@l337pwnage

3 жыл бұрын

@@KayoMichiels Ya, in this case, that's what the zoom is for. I have a buddy who will always run it on "stretch" or "fill". He doesn't care how distorted it gets, just as long as he thinks it "fills the screen", lol.

@worm6820

2 жыл бұрын

@@l337pwnage ugh tell your buddy he’s gross for me 😂

@ClayMationNation

2 жыл бұрын

@@KayoMichiels The cropping doesn't need to be changed the Aspect ratio does.

What i like about laser discs the most is you put it in hit play and there's no ads or menus its just straight to the movie

@Cyril29a

Жыл бұрын

That is what I like about illegal downloads

@atheistpeace7579

11 ай бұрын

the later releases had the short Dolby digital ads

@sonofacheron

10 ай бұрын

Did not know that - great bit of esoteric lore

It's a shame that good old goldens days of collecting VHS, Laserdisc, DVD & Blurays are ruined by Netflix and streaming services. Yes it's easy to stream videos and watch but nothing can replace the joy of using physical media. I love to own movies rather than just watch and forget. Please keep your collection and do not donate or throw away. I really miss Laserdisc format because I was too young and was never able to buy the player and discs but I do own thousands of DVDs and now due to space issues I will be throwing away the DVD cases and artwork but still holding on DVDs by themselves and ripping into ISO format into my HDD.

@leowolfemaximumis107

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! My girlfriend never understands when i say there's just a satisfaction from owning a physical copy. Especially one of the limited edition cases

@markw208

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Playing your own media when you want is better. No connectivity issues. Over the years I have collected more VHS tapes, HD-DVD’s, DVD’s & BluRays.

@LoyalmoonieProductions

Жыл бұрын

I still collect physical media

@new_kingdom8679

Жыл бұрын

@@leowolfemaximumis107 She will understand when Streaming services Raise the Prices💰💵💰💵 again for streaming.She does Not understand that she has to Rent💵pay every time to see a movie or TV show she likes to watch? You can watch a physical copy as much as you want at No Cost. Streaming services will eventually be in the hands of a New Socialist Government one day under Communist Like Rules. Not only control of ALL data but control of what YOU watch. That is the whole idea of a streaming service. It will be a Non-stop Rental & Tax business with the inflation Push World Wide. It goes with Car Lease & Home Rentals. Streaming service is a Socialist Taste of "You Can't No Longer own it or Even watch it unless WE upload your show to OUR website.We control what YOU see."...

@zexalsrevenge511

Жыл бұрын

But as of recent, streaming services are removing content. So, that does that mean physical media sales will shoot up because of that? (One major advantage: preservation if taken care of properly) If streaming services continue to dispose content, DVD sales are sure to go up. You’d think they’d have it on forever but no. (Mockingly) Too costly. (I heard HBO Max removed Looney Tunes, expecting DVD sales to go up because of that) Does that mean physical media wins in the end or is it all just pointless wars that never seem to end over physical/digital vs. streaming content? Also, these news reports of physical media dying is bullshit, they’re just fear mongers who love pissing off DVD collectors and want nothing more to get attention by pissing you off.

not many videos show the disc going back into the sleeve and placed back on the shelf after playback....gives a nice, satisfying sense of closure. well done

@PaulKepnerProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Im glad you enjoyed the video

A Laserdisc player sharing space with a Blu-Ray player. Two generations of HD coming together. It's a Kodak moment.

@josephmarlin9827

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Palmer Laser Disc isn't HD. It's 480p standard definition composite video just like VHS.

@theskeletonboi

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Marlin And after that comes UHD (Ultra High Definition) [4k]

@WebVManReturns

8 жыл бұрын

+theskeletonboi And after that comes XHD (Xtreme Definition Definition) [16k]

@Felamine

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Marlin A VHS tape will only max out at 240i, but it gets upconverted to 480i when it gets transmitted to the TV. DVD is 480p, however.

@mirabilis

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Marlin 480i actually

Living in Australia laserdisc never really took off, but I was a fan and amassed a huge collection. Back then I had to import them, and I would buy a movie around the same time it would hit theatres over here, I was a very popular boy, had ton of friends come around to watch all these new releases. Miss those days and miss laserdisc. Was a fun format to collect.

@PaulKepnerProductions

2 жыл бұрын

You could always start a new laserdisc collection 🙂 The prices of used discs have come down considerably. Most of mine I have purchased for between $2 and $8 each. Some places will let you buy them in bulk at a low price. I bought 50 discs from a store awhile back for $65. There were lots of Criterion and some other rare ones in the mix 😊

@bigmocollectibles1995

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaulKepnerProductions I’ve still got my original collection, haven’t sold a single movie, have rare box sets too. That’s what I miss the most, the bulk and art of them.

@craigdavidson5613

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I consider myself one of the lucky ones, to fully appreciate this format. I found a Panasonic Laserdisc player at a local charity shop several years ago. It cost $60AU, and it could play NTSC discs. This was perfect for me, given the discs it played were the best from America and Japan. I did not have the money on me to pay for it. So I waited a couple of weeks to get everything set up. I called the shop earlier, and they said they sold it. But a gut instinct told me to still get the money ready. When I next arrived at that particular charity shop, I discovered that they still had that player available. Seizing that opportunity, I purchased it and brought it home. It was lacking the remote control, but I went ahead and tracked down one. The initial find of a compatible remote was short lived, given the seller on eBay sold it to another Australian customer. But however, with a little thought, I figured that one for another similar model would work the same on the player. I got the remote, and to my shock, it worked perfectly, despite being for another player. I've been collecting Laserdiscs over the course of the past decade or so, and I have gleamed great enjoyment into this underrated format. The fact you can freezeframe footage, and read still frame indexes showing how the films were made, have made my appreciation of the discs all the more better. And why not? It's something worth easily accessible, and I take great joy into using it. The fact that a 30 yr old player still works great, is all the more better for it. As they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure! 😁😁😁

Love the artworks on the Laserdiscs, it's almost like putting on a good vinyl! :)

@PaulKepnerProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Björk You are right without a doubt. When I see new laserdiscs that I don't own I can't wait to look at the cover and see what goodies are one it :)

@m1ke1981

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Kepner I remember that it was my mothers brother that introduced me with the LD format. Some of the first films i saw with him was Speed, Jurassic Park and The Mask during the 90's. (i was a kid back then) I think it was the DTS versions. I also remember that the sound was more punchier in a way. It was way more cinematic. :)

@kevinpatrickcarey3741

2 жыл бұрын

I think these editions are literally the UNEDITED originals

@TaijanDean

Жыл бұрын

It’s the same with CED, the artwork can be beautiful when you have more space to work with.

3:20 - Rest in peace, Princess Leia and Chewbacca!

There is nothing like the sound of the laserdisc! you really get into the movie ......

@PaulKepnerProductions

4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree 🙂

@HardKore5250

4 жыл бұрын

How so?

@mannbrand

3 жыл бұрын

@@rabarebra I do not agree, the sound is not compressed, so the disc has that large size, the quality can be verified in the laserdisc of recitals, as a collector I tell you that I have the same shows in different formats such as dvd and bluray and the difference is abysmal ..... As for the image quality varies according to the editions, there are mastered films and other lasers of Japanese origin that do not differ from a current hd ...

@danielj.glowny4108

3 жыл бұрын

@@mannbrand If the soundtrack is Dolby Digital than it is compressed !

Something about that lo-fi analog sound that takes you to another place.

No matter where and on what you watch the good Star Wars Trilogy. The Force will always be with you.

@helisoma

7 ай бұрын

what a great thing to say

THIS is like Vinyl for eyes

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@leolaus

3 жыл бұрын

ced

@Wizardofgosz

3 жыл бұрын

Awful sounding? No. This is a much better experience than vinyl. VHS is more like vinyl.

Incredible the fact that the laserdisk, created in the 70's, has a higher image resolution than the DVD, created in the late 90's!

@chrisgullett4332

Жыл бұрын

DVDs are higher resolution than Laser Disc. DVDs have 480 lines, LaserDisc has just 425 lines. There was another later version of LaserDisc called Hi-Vision, but there were only like 30 some movies ever made for it,and it was actually the first high definition system ever, but it failed. The Hi-Vision disc today are like $500 minimum, and you need a Hi-Vision player,which are also expensive. You can play normal LaserDisc on Hi-Vidion players, and people claim they play normal LaserDisc better, but they do not. Nonetheless, DVDs have higher resolution, and most LaserDisc have less than 425 lines, and some even get down around VHS quality, which is 240 lines. All DVDs have at least 480 lines, because PAL DVDs have 576 lines.

@atheistpeace7579

11 ай бұрын

laser disc is pure analog picture. no compression or artifacts. I have 16 different formats of episode IV but my 77 release in MONO is still my favorite. exactly as I watched it in the theater opening night as a 7 year old

@helisoma

7 ай бұрын

@@atheistpeace7579wow 16 formats and i thought i had a few 😂🙀...the mono...you mean original VHS?

I still remember the first time I saw Star Wars on laserdisc, it was magical. For me laserdiscs have an unique sound that even today’s Dolby Atmos movies on Blu-ray don’t have. I’m not saying it sounds better but it really transmit you true theater vibe sound like no other format.

i love that they added a THX Cimarron spot on the Special Edition LDs. I have to get my Sony LD cleaned up and working. you motivate me!

@PaulKepnerProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I dont believe I have seen a Sony LD player. I have seen loads of Pioneer and Mitsubishi players

@michaelhurley6072

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulKepnerProductions i have a Sony MDP 850D from 1997. it needs a deep cleaning. but still runs!

Do not donate your LDs or VHS they will be thrown away!!!

@LaurenGlenn

5 жыл бұрын

Sell them on eBay at affordable prices. There are many people willing to buy them. And based on what I've been able to find on eBay, most are in rather excellent condition too. Some look brand new and some others are still shrink wrapped.

@steelrose7342

5 жыл бұрын

Great advice. I save a couple of LP for the trash bin. My neighbor throwing them for be old I guess. I was more aware in that time I will rescue more.

@foxmulder7616

4 жыл бұрын

For real just like cash 4 clunkers they want to destroy old tech

@pungisotu

3 жыл бұрын

That's sad. I'd gladly take an LD player and discs off someone who just wants to toss them. Same for VCR and tapes.

@rickyj5547

3 жыл бұрын

keep them and watch them i got rid off mine i regret it

AWESOME. I always wanted a laserdisc machine

Great demonstration! I only have 2 LaserDisc memories. Fleetwood Mac LaserDisc playing in a top lid player at the mall. I knew of the format, and opening the record player-size lid and seeing that the picture and sound came off that nice shiny disc. And the best was I saw the first High Definition 1080 Sony TV, only 2 existed, in the mid-1980's. It was driven by a hand-built LaserDisc player! It had stunning clips of footage like biking down a street in the fall. Every vein in every colorful leaf was visible, like looking out an open window. When High Def sets were actually affordable, twenty years later, the compression pixelation is horrible, but even at its "wow" best I wouldn't say "like looking out an open window". Seems there answer to that problem is 4K sets, and so on.

I've always had a passion for tape decks! I really like audio equipment, and today I also really admire receivers from the 80s, I have the L D pioneer. I started making my recordings in the second half of the 80s. To this day I make recordings, listen to my vinyl records and watch my LASER DISCs, I continue to value this experience of enjoying quality sound, a unique experience... Sometimes I remember the good times, a journey through TIME... It's a shame there aren't more technicians who do maintenance around here... Good luck friend!

I first saw a LaserDisc player, in 1981, in Glasgow, Scotland, demonstrating at a well known electrical retailer. The picture was nice and clear. The movie it was playing was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. No one was even interested in it, except me. I thought it was magical and very futuristic.

I remember the first time I watched Star Wars. I think it was around 1997-1998. My parents rented Star Wars: ANH and ESB laserdiscs and we watched it with the family. I was captivated at first sight by the Stormtroopers when they stormed Tantive IV. It was a good time :')

@Anthonyrmcg

3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching it in the Ambassador cinema in Dublin in 1977. My dad was an army sergeant and picked me up from school for a matinee.

@helisoma

7 ай бұрын

i also saw it in summer 77 ...drove to the theater in a friends Boogie van sitting in a captains chair looking out a bubble window 😄 (10 years old)

i have spacial edition and original copy's and faces collection on laserdisc so good job done Paul Kepner

I usually watch movies on LD nowadays, as I have plenty of LD in my movie collection. I really like that videoformat

ooops I saw the Poltergeist Laserdisc at the end there lol. So good. my childhood was built on Laserdisc movies :)

Nice set up. I Hired a Laserdisc player back In the Day. Pre-VHS there was this Little shop doing Washing Machines and Cookers things like that. And It had Little room at the back there was a Stack of Phillips Laserdisc players (The Ones You load like a Record Player) nothing fancy like Yours. You hooked up the sound to a Hi Fi amp and It was just a Coax Cable to CRT TV 28". The player was £10 for the Night and films were £0.85p to rent. We watched Jaws, Quadraphonia, Superman things like that. Was great to see a Cinema Picture In Your own Home. i did the same as You recently I hooked up My Sony C7 Beta-Max to the Projector and sat My Kids down to watch the Whole of Live Aid and they loved It. Thanks for the Demo.

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I uncle was the one that got me started with the love of laserdisc. He bought one of the first Pioneer players and had it running to the projection TV. He had the audio from the laserdisc player running to his Pioneer surround sound system. The image and sound was amazing at the time! I fell in love with it. Fortunately as I got older laserdiscs got cheaper and so did the players 🙂

AMAZING

I made a Playing a Poltergeist laserdisc video however Warner Bros and KZread will not let me allow you to see it. I uploaded it to my LBRY.TV video channel for everyone to enjoy. Feel free to watch the video in HD lbry.tv/@Paulkepnerproductions#a/Poltergeist-Video-2nd-try#3 Hope you enjoy the video 🙂

laserdisc forevah!!!

I'm glad I have the original trilogy on Laserdisc....screw the ones that Lucas turned into shit.

@EnchantedSmellyWolf

2 жыл бұрын

Here, here.

This fills my heart

No, it's not the original unaltered version but that was on actual dvd. This laserdisc set is the best home video release of the 1997 theatrical re-release. The dvd in 2004 had more changes and one of the worst color timing jobs of any new video master. That being said there was apparently a PAL broadcast 16x9 enhanced of the 1997 versions floating around which is the best known way to watch this version.

Great vid, man. Funny how an old piece of tech can bubble up such warm fuzzies. My friend Marty was the only person I knew who had one of these back in the day, and I used to drool over his Superman Trilogy Set on LD.

@PaulKepnerProductions

9 жыл бұрын

tripshaker The person responsible for getting me addicted to laserdisc was my uncle. I remember when they first came out. He invited us over to his house to watch a movie and I was amazed when he pulled that shiny disc out and then the way the movie looked. Just amazing for the time!

Special edition or not, I would watch it again on that system !! Looks really great! . I got burnt out on star wars along , long time ago...

man that looks cool. tons of real estate for movie cover art.

Awesome!

Awesome, thanks for sharing. I wish I had the room, I would LOVE to play my SW Trilogy Definitive Collection on my CLD-3980 on a large projection screen! Congrats, that looks like an awesome setup. :)

Even though it is far more convenient having every movie available digitally online it is just more special to watch a movie on physical media. More of an experience if that makes any sense. Especially when it is a on a unique format like Laserdisc. I bought my first Laserdisc around 2003. At that time many DVDs were still fairly expensive and Laserdiscs and players were dirt cheap because nobody wanted them at the time. I purchased so many great movies and they were only around $5 a piece. I can specifically remember the Beverly Hills Cop box set of all 3 movies being $60+ on DVD so I got them on Laserdisc for only about $15! I ended up with around 50 movies or so on LD and I watched every single one. It was a really fun summer that year. Hanging out and watching awesome 80s and 90s movies on Laserdisc.

@baron8103

10 күн бұрын

AquívienelaCalavera HAS HECHO...UNA DE LAS COSAS MEJORES EN TU VIDA...Y NO TE OLVIDARAS NUNCA MAS Y TAMBIEN EL GRUPO QUE MIRABA LAS PELICULAS...

best way to watch a great classic movie like Star Wars

Woooaaahh... It's like a vinyl record and a cd had a baby.

Good old laser disc. I spend millions on the format I had the best of the best with pioneer Elite players with DTS AC-3 decoders, it’s just a different time.

Nice video. Thanks for the experience. I envy your collection of media.

Superb 👍😀

Looks very good. I had the same LD player years ego ( but in Champagne color ).

The fact that I bring this up with people within my age group and they don’t know anything about it 😂. Glad to see I’m not the only one that enjoyed it, thanks to my uncle.

@PaulKepnerProductions

11 ай бұрын

Its a lot of fun collecting and watching these movies

I used to have the Japanese "Special Collection" versions. They were the first Laserdiscs I ever bought. "Jedi" even included a demonstration about the differences between letterbox and pan-and-scan. I'm gradually starting to rebuild my collection now since the majority of it and my player were damaged when I moved a couple years back. Most of what I had were Japanese special editions, demo quality titles like the widescreen "Top Gun" remaster and music videos, but I'm going to start adding DTS titles to the mix.

It looks really good through the projector

Thank you :-) Spectacular Laser Disc.

@PaulKepnerProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! 😊

@christopheri79

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

@christopheri79

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulKepnerProductions Thank you :-D

@HardKore5250

4 жыл бұрын

What is the quality?

Cool!

@PaulKepnerProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'm glad you liked it :)

nice quality for this old medium. never seen before a laserdisc movie

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

They are fun to collect and watch

i have this collection at home and i watch on my 130" projector screen amazing nice video and it stretched cause it widescreen Edition

Sadly, I've never owned a laserdisc player, but I wanted to, because for a time, it was the only way to get widescreen versions of many films. VHS eventually started releasing widescreen versions of movies as a novelty, and then eventually branched out to where there was actually an option to get either widescreen or pan and scan versions of movies on that format, but the picture quality, I'm sure was *nothing* like on a laserdisc. When it comes to Star Wars, I love both the original and special editions of the OT, and I was fortunate enough to buy the DVD set of movies that included both the special editions and original '77, '80, and '83 releases of ANH, TESB, and ROTJ. Sadly, that will likely be the last time we'll ever get to the films in their original versions on any home video format.

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

That is very cool about your DVD set! If you ever decide to get into laserdiscs this is a great time. The players are fairly cheap and so are the discs.

@helisoma

7 ай бұрын

i'm the same...and am from the Star Wars generation and will take a first ever dive into laser discs even though i'm regularly watching 4k blu ray on my $10k home theater system (never had netflix)

Very nice Pictures

That laserdisc still works today cool

Looks pretty fantastic. Do you have anything in between the LD player and the projector that might be providing a better deinterlace and upscale? Those starship engines and lightsabers really pop.

awesome

When I eventually have kids, I want to make it a tradition in my family someday to watch the first 3 Star Wars Movies around Christmastime

Nice to see a DVL-909 there's a simple mod that makes it a little bit better and gives you the functionality of a 919.

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Oh I would love to hear more about the mod you mention. How does it make it better?

Sweet Laserdisc collection at 4:27.

looks pretty nice

@PaulKepnerProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Just started collecting Laserdisc last year. Just posted collection video on my channel. Love the format even though it's 40 years old but still going strong.

@PaulKepnerProductions

6 жыл бұрын

slowcvc awesome glad you enjoy them! I will check out your YT channel! ☺

So epic

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

In your short demonstration of the picture, at least 2 changes from the original theatrical release are the Episode IV added at the start of the crawl text, and the hover-car Land Speeder shadow is updated.

You always have to put it back on the shelf after watching it.

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I never leave a laserdisc in the player after watching one. Leaving a disc in the player till next time is a bad habit to get into. It can warp the discs.

@lukeskywalker6809

5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulKepnerProductions Really? I didn't know that. Why is that? What I meant was that after watching the movie you put the disc back into the case and then put it back on the shelf, don't leave it out on the table. I often leave the Blu-Ray disc in the player when I don't finish watching the movie in one sitting, and continue the next day where I left off.

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

@@lukeskywalker6809 the laserdiscs can warp much like records can. That's why it is a bad idea to leave them leaning at an angle instead of straight up. Most laserdisc players support the disc from the outer edges. If you leave the disc in there for extended periods there is a potential for the disc to bow inwards in the center. Then it would throw off the entire focus of the laser.

@lukeskywalker6809

5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulKepnerProductions I didn't know that, thank you for explaining.

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

@@lukeskywalker6809 your more than welcome 🙂

This is so cool.

@PaulKepnerProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+Caleb Pack Thanks!

@packtavious1871

8 жыл бұрын

No problem man.

Well done

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

its surprisingly not bad

Are you using a projector ? Because a digital screen has a lot more light

@PaulKepnerProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Yes this was shown on a projector. What do you mean by a digital screen?

@methlokaijufan9729

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulKepnerProductions By "digital " I was talking about a giant tv or something like this . But the projector is also great !

In the mid 90s you were a god if you had a good laserdisc player, and could show Star Wars or some other classic on a decent television.

After watching Regular Show, I've wanted a laser disc player

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

You should get one! 🙂

@chasevids14

3 жыл бұрын

Your best bet is to find one in a yard sale. You could check eBay but they can be pretty pricey.

as a kid I always got excited watching the original triliogy of star wars , I mostly watched on VHS but never on laser disc . that would be interesting .

That’s Excellent ! I have a similar setup with a Mitsubishi projector - the disc’s are fun and tactile and the machine is a collection of mechanical sounds. It’s a very analog experience, yet still using digital technologies and that’s something millennials could never understand.

To everyone complaining about him using the Special Editions, believe it or not some people prefer those. Just because you happen to dislike them doesn't mean no-one else should be allowed to like them.

@kurtemeigh

7 жыл бұрын

HowlingSnail I can't speak for everyone else, but for me there really isn't any hate for people who like the special editions. Heck, anyone who loves the original trilogy over the prequels are ok in my book. What I can't stand is the fact that, according to George Lucas, the original theatrical versions never existed. Making the movies, and the character arcs as portrayed in the originals, seem wrong in the eyes of their creator. He made it seem like we were all incorrect for liking the movies the way they were. That's the reason I find the special editions so offensive. I probably wouldn't have a problem with them if they still released the originals. I would just chose to watch the originals.

@MuchWhittering

7 жыл бұрын

kurtemeigh Oh I'm totally in agreement that you should be able to access either version if you want. But at the same time I think the amount of hate geared towards the Special Editions (And the prequels, but that's another discussion entirely) is woefully over-the-top. The base film is the same, it's just been tweaked in certain areas.

@kurtemeigh

7 жыл бұрын

HowlingSnail well I agree that the core films are very similar, The Empire Strikes Back is ultimately the same, however, the cantina scene does change who Han Solo originally was. Since that changes his core character, that changes the way he is perceived throughout the rest of the film. His decision to come back at the end of the movie is not as impactful as it would be had he been this guy who just doesn't care who he kills, or a person who just cares about paying money back to save his own head.

@awesomefanger

5 жыл бұрын

HowlingSnail I believe the reason people complain is that many of us have been forced to buy LD players just to get a decent version of the theatrical films.

@aarongreenfield9038

5 жыл бұрын

@@kurtemeigh. Exactly, George Lucas was just like Steve Jobs, standing on all the other creators balls, and taking all the credit. I'm glad that he doesn't own the franchise anymore, not that I like what disney is doing with it, but just glad that he doesn't own it anymore. Maybe one day somebody will do the right thing with it!

Better than bluray looks like it's back at the movies

@HardKore5250

4 жыл бұрын

RalphMan lol

Cool! I just got my "new" LD player this week. Waiting for a RCA to HDMI adapter and 30 movies in the mail. First time in a long time I actually feel excited on movies again :)

Nice. I used to have the original ones too. But back when DVD tool over I traded a ton of my lasers for DVD. I wish I hadn't I got rid of around 125 lasers for probably 30 DVD back in 2000. My favorite one I got rid of was my criterion edition of Halloween 1978. That one had four discs. And commentary and other neat extras.

Nice :)

nice! I have all the laser discs have to do a vid on the collection. pioneer doesn't work anymore but put one on DVD-R MTFBWY

i ve got a Pioneer DVL900 too for me is the best bi combo dvd /laserdisc of 90s

What's going on with the aspect ratio? I have that box set. It's wide-screen.

So is there more warmth and depth to laser disc than dvd or does it just depend all on how the film is transfered to either? Just wondering because a lot of people always say records for some strange reason sound better than cds which makes no sense.

Great video! I've got the same trilogy, looks great on your big screen though

@PaulKepnerProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I had to play around with the settings a bit to make it look good. Laserdisc look awesome on a CRT projector but on a digital one it takes some fine tuning because the projector can make the image look over pixelated.

Did you use the zoom in function to let the side borders fill the video.. or did you just stretch out the video to fullscreen? I'm asking this because the output video is made for 4:3 displays..

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I had the projector set for 16:9 aspect ratio and that's why it looks a little overly stretched.

4:42 as Monty Python would say. YES! GET ON WITH IT!

whats the difference in 85mm vs 50 mm ? Are using them to stretch the format coming out of the projector lense?

Nice

@PaulKepnerProductions

4 жыл бұрын

thanks

That a huge screen!

We have the same LaserDisc player!

That's a 4:3 image stretched to 16:9 ratio. Surprised someone with a projector and Laserdisc player tolerates that.

I just recently got the urge to set up a home theater again, so I am doing so. This will be the first movie I watch! On my Pioneer Elite player that I got in Goodwill for I think $15.

@PaulKepnerProductions

2 жыл бұрын

$15 is a steal especially for an elite player!

Good enough for me

I have a question I’m in the looks for a laserdisc player right now. I have a set up plan and looked at many laserdisc players but it’s the projector I’m having a problem with. what is the best type of projector or what is the model you use. Could you guide me some information about what type of projector can work with laserdisc players

@MrAlcazar

Жыл бұрын

I use a device called a "line doubler," which is an analog picture processor. This greatly enhances picture quality on big displays. I have a DLP Viewsonic 3d projector, and it's pretty smooth. I recommend a projector with at least 3,000 lumens for good contrast and color. Regarding a line-doubler; Faroudja made the best ones, and you should be able to get a decent one on ebay for a decent price.

Did you know the ratio's stretched and distorted?

@PaulKepnerProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I'm aware of that. I does look different

Star Wars SSE FTW!

2:11 Kyle: guys we need to run Eric: why Kenny: chuld it be Stanley: yes THX everybody: RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The quality of the image looks absolutely fantastic. I haven't had any before but I thing I am really going to have to invest in some discs and player! :D any recommendations?

@PaulKepnerProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Samuel Oliver There ar ea slew of excellent discs that you could pickup. I have bought most of mine for less than $5 at local used book stores that carry movies. You can look on craigslist and find them for $2 or less. You can find Terminator 1 and 2, Alien and Aliens, Indiana Jones, E.T., and tons more. The movies available on laserdisc seem to be endless :)

the picture quality is actually really good... but since the 4Kbluray came out it ruined all things for me but this and the sound is amazing

@LaurenGlenn

5 жыл бұрын

It would probably sound better if his player had AC-3 support and a demodulator attached to it. From what people tell me who've owned an AC-3 decoder, laserdisc had much better dynamic range than DVDs did with Dolby Digital. Unfortunately, the laserdisc people making the standard had to keep the analog channel so they put it as an RF channel instead..... :/ I assume Pioneer had something to do with that..... :/

@thierrydelage1681

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaurenGlenn The thing is at the time Pioneer & Dolby Labs decided to make the laserdisc compatible with Dolby Digital, not many people were equipped with amplifiers able to decode the signal and the studios didn't want to lose the compatibility with standard equipment. So in the end, Dolby Labs and Pioneer decided to leave untouched the Digital PCM Stereo/Surround track instead of replacing it with dolby digital signal which would have forced people with older amps to replace them with AC3 compatible gear (super expensive at the time in early 90s) in order to be able to listen to the movie sound the digital way. Hence the decision to use one of the two analog tracks available on NTSC laserdiscs (the right one, leaving the left one for either a mono version of the movie soundtrack or an alternate language version) to fit the Dolby Digital signal in the form of an analog RF signal that could be fed to compatible receivers which would then decode it using an RF demodulator (internal or external) to get the 5.1 (discrete) Dolby Digital signal. So all in all, the decision made to put the DD signal in the form of an analog RF signal was to maximize the compatibility of the media with the variety of audio equipments existing on the market. And that explains also why there is no PAL laserdisc with Dolby Digital Audio as far as the PAL discs had no analog tracks (they needed the space to fit the higher video resolution used by PAL composite signals, 576 interlaced lines instead of 480 on NTSC discs). DTS on the contrary decided to go a different route when they decided to release DTS compatible laserdiscs and replaced the digital PCM content with their own proprietary digital DTS track making the Digital audio of those discs unreadable on non-DTS amps (that explains why it was mostly a failure and why DTS discs were outsold by their Dolby Digital counterpart at the time :=))

@piratecandy6310

3 жыл бұрын

@LiliMarco1 bruh Dolby Atmos all the way

@brown22sugar25

3 жыл бұрын

Then you have to watch the special edition

That's knarly!

This brings back memories! I remember seeing Laserdisc players on display at Sears when they first came out back when I was a kid. I'm talking the older top loader models. I would watch demo movies while my parents shopped. I never knew anyone who had one, we certainly couldn't afford one.

I'd love to get a pioneer laseractive and I good laserdisc movie library with a projector to watch them on. You picked the first movie I'd try to be playing on it.

At 1:33, the video makes it look like a miniature laser disc player.