commodorejohn Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I still see CED once in a blue moon but the people have no idea what they have so they want $15 per movie and $70 for the player. The movie selection on CED is even worse than Laserdisc and ain't worth it. I actually just ran across a CED player and a handful of discs in a pawn shop yesterday. Woulda bought it, but I already have enough crap in my house... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waynestewart Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Obviously I don't have enough crap. Picked up a CED player with 125 CEDs this morning. Someday I'll end up sleeping in my car because I won't be able to get in my door. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bunsen Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Mr Spock and a talking crystal demo LaserDisk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f3524BQ0Ms Quote Link to post Share on other sites
conceitedjerk Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Until a few months ago (when we started renovations on the house), I had an old MCA Discovision player. It had come from a local Ford dealer, and it included their promo LD showcasing their new vehicles for the 1983 model year! The unit was a huge beige monstrosity made of steel... it weighed about 60lbs (no joke!) and had a rather large remote that weighed about a pound or so. I kept it around to watch my Urusei Yatsura and Bubblegum Crisis/Crash LDs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trash80toHP_Mini Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I just spotted a couple sets of the Star Wars Trilogy on LD for about 20 bucks on eBay. Talk about a vintage movie/tek rush! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CelGen Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Until a few months ago (when we started renovations on the house), I had an old MCA Discovision player. It had come from a local Ford dealer, and it included their promo LD showcasing their new vehicles for the 1983 model year! The unit was a huge beige monstrosity made of steel... it weighed about 60lbs (no joke!) and had a rather large remote that weighed about a pound or so. One of these? I bought one one ebay about six years ago, however I ended up being unable to pay shipping so instead broke a deal to just ship the Laserdisc that was inside it, which was the Laserdisc for an Apple Interactive Kiosk. Those players are industrial grade. Have a gas tube laser. Eventually bought myself a VP-1000 which was half the weight but just as big. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
conceitedjerk Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Yup, that's the one! Heavy beast, ain't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
insaneboy Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I had a few LD players in the mid 90's. local video store rented the disks and I bought some over the years. maybe 3-4 years ago I gave my last player (fancy pants Sony with auto reverse, AC-3 etc played CDs and VCDs too) and all my disks. only CAV disk I had was terminator. also had all the james bond flicks and a slew of other movies. Once DVDs took hold, that video store started to phase out the LDs and I eventually got a DVD player and the LD started to gather dust (I'm not that rabid of a Starwars fan to require the original LD version, re-release is fine by me). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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