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Author Topic: SW: Episode I.....my new baby Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-28-2011 12:30 AM                    What a find and what a steal! My new baby. I paid $4 for this. Super mind condition. I think it was never used as the plastic inserts inside the sleeves were perfect. Argued as the greatest sounding laserdisc ever made! # One of 3 Japan Only Dolby Digital EX 6.1 Releases # The Last THX LaserDisc Manufactured # Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 4th of July 2000 # English Language with Japanese Subtitles Outside the Picture # Presented in the Original Theatrical Aspect Ratio of 2.35:1 # Original Theatrical Trailer I can't wait to test it out.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-28-2011 01:18 AM                        Actually it is 5.1 EX. 6.1 implies 6.1 discrete channels and AC3 does not have that capability.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-28-2011 01:27 AM                    I copied the bottom listing from DaDon's Laserdiscs. I have no idea what it is. It just says Dolby Digital on the back so if it is 5.1 then so be it.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-28-2011 02:00 AM                        I really wanted this laserdisc very badly but could not justify paying the prices some of the import dealers were charging so I passed. I did get to see it projected at a high end home video equipment sales store and I was impressed with the picture and sound quality until the domestic DVD was released at a very affordable price. After I watched the DVD, I was very happy I did not buy the laser because the difference between the DVD and the laserdisc was like night and day -Claude  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-28-2011 01:11 PM                    Hi Claude, I don't have the DVD but I tested the LD last night and it sounds pretty amazing. Up there with Titanic and English Patient. It is also a pretty good looking picture as well. This is my first Japanese market laserdisc. It was kind of cool to see Pioneer Logo before the Dolby Train and THX ads. I got it more for the "I have to have it" idea than anything else. You are also right, the price is way too high to purchase new or online. I purchased it for $4 which was in a lot of old classics including Night of the Living Dead, Day the Earth Stood Still, 9 box sets etc which I also purchased. There was a lot of classics in this lot and throw in the LP records for Casablanca, John Carpenter's Halloween and a Clint Eastwood film and you have an amazing lot of movies for $4 each.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-28-2011 02:57 PM                     That's a nice find indeed Tom. I've had mine since it came out and have gotten a good amount of play out of it. It does sound really amazing too. The image was great, but you might want to adjust your brightness a bit since American NTSC is slightly different from Japanese NTSC: typically the Japanese discs are darker than they should be on an American set. Turn down the lights, crank up the sound, and have a blast! AJG  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-28-2011 03:51 PM                    Thanks for the reply Aaron. I noticed right away that this is a good looking laserdisc that will likely give the DVD a run for its money. I have heard that Japanese made LDs are often better than American made Lds. Aaron. How many laserdiscs do you own?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-28-2011 06:24 PM                     I own 76 titles, although I count the Star Wars SE as 1 title. Funny, I think the collection may still grow a little. AJG  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-28-2011 06:48 PM                     Looks great...except for the fact that it's The Phantom Menace.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-28-2011 08:07 PM                     See John, I just try to pretend it isn't that bad. That, and I just have too much sentimental feeling for it. So bad, it's good, eh? AJG  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-28-2011 08:27 PM                     The reason it is so expensive is because it doesn't have Jar Jar in the artwork.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-29-2011 01:00 AM                    quote: Aaron Garman Funny, I think the collection may still grow a little. Are these from the past before dvd/blu-ray or do buy them now? I am always on the look-out for lds. I think I am at 850+ with about 75 doubles.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-29-2011 01:11 AM                     Well I started collecting sometime in, I dunno, 1995 when I was in the 7th grade and have never stopped. I didn't have 5.1 until I got a DVD player in 1998. Eventually, I upgrade my LD player too...maybe a year or so later. Even though I already had a bunch of AC3 titles, it grew even more after that. I also find it funny that I find it easier to part with a DVD than a LaserDisc. AJG  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-29-2011 03:11 AM                    quote: Aaron Garman I also find it funny that I find it easier to part with a DVD than a LaserDisc. Aaron, funny that you mention the mid 90s. I started collecting 1995, my dad bought me a player and i remember I had to save up my money from my part time job at the cinema to go out a purchase a disc. I remember having to go out of my way to rent them at a store called Laserland, they were the only shop in my area. I would also travel all the way into the city to get new ones. So I think this has a lot to do with it. I don't ever part with lds. I trade in my dvd once I pick up the ld version. For me, almost every laserdisc I own (lots included) have a story behind them. ie, driving to Montreal for 250 0f them, meeting some crazy devil worshipers for some, heading into Toronto for others...there is always a story, I can't say the same for dvds.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-29-2011 08:31 AM                    I have one of those! My player doesn't work anymore, but I have that disk in my collection.  |  IP: Logged

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