When I was younger I saw laserdisc as an impossibility. I couldn’t afford it, but I did get a copy of laser magic 1998 at Barnes and Noble. I went through that book so many times. A couple years ago I finally got my first player and it’s fun to have something i never thought I would obtain. It still takes me back regardless. This format was always special and whenever I find laserdiscs at a used media store I get excited. Your channel helps keep laserdisc alive. Thanks!

Dang, man. You’re a really smart dude. Whenever people question my laserdisc collection, I’m just going to send them to this video. A well reasoned and nuanced perspective on media, time, nostalgia, and values. My hat is off to you, brother. Btw, I just joined that laserdisc Facebook group you mentioned. I hope to see you on there. I have about 500 laserdiscs. Nothing compared to your collection, but it’s a start.

Laserdisc > sum of its parts. Well, said.

I love the cover art and inserts of Japanese Laserdiscs. Reminds me of collecting Vinyl records. It is also great to be able to own the real Star Wars movies not the cartoon versions.

I just started collecting LD's. I've got a player otw in the mail and a few discs ready to played. This is such a relatable video though, because it is hard to justify most things retro that I like to collect. When it comes down to it though, I really just do love retro things from a time when I wasn't around. I'm 26, about to be 27, so all this "old" stuff is new to me, cause I never grew up with it. Awesome video man and very well spoken.

I grew up on laserdisc and spent my weekly allowance on discs..still have them and treasure them today..

Great discussion man, I just started collecting these back in March and I’m not looking back. I just think their so unique and nobody else I know personally has them.

I like listening to this dude talk. Good speaker, and he makes sense.

Love your enthusiasm and what amounts to a great justification for watching and enjoying laserdisc, some lessons in there that I think most of us can learn from.

With the right equipment ( scaler, comb filter ) picture quality holds up very well. Sound is always great. And then adding up the presence of the format ( massive sleeve, 12 inch disc ) and there is the reason to hold on to it. And now also the retro value. I never sold an LD with a loss.

Sam... I have over 1000 laserdiscs now. It's your fault. All your fault. Thanks, btw.

Two words Criterion Collection. I wish they would push blurays and 4k bluray formats to their limits the way they did with laserdisc. Blade runner, Robocop and Silence of the Lambs are all great examples of what could be done on LD.

Just bought my first Laserdisc player absolutely love it every thing about it is just plain fun . The size the Art work the large sliding tray love retro electronics great video.

Great video. Every format has their bad and good quality, I like seeing movies on Film and LDs,VHS,and some older dvds make that possible.

I have close to 400 now, and got into LD well after I started collecting DVDs! But I get the time travel thing. The format has its own unique character & charm - it feels like a special event when I pick one out. And there is a kind of counter-culture vibe - we're constantly bombarded with buy more! upgrade more! the latest and greatest! commercialism!! I can say 'Oh yeah, well I'm going to play a giant, shiny, archaic disc that you said was state-of-the-art a quarter century ago!'. Something uniquely satisfying about that. . . .

Awesome video Sam! I collect for LD due to the nostalgia I have for the format. Plus my grandfather owned a LD collection and now I have inherited it.

It's living History and Iam glad that you and I love looking back

21:16 - sums it up perfectly! There's no taking away the fact that it was the best, and everything that's "the best" today is going to suck in future. 💿 Laserdisc < the sum of it's parts 💿 👍😎

extreme 90's nostalgia, very cool movies were made then

Totally with you on the time travel aspect .... I think I have the exact same 'switch' and LD takes me right back to the early 90s.

Prefer watching my Laserdisc collection than DVD or Blu-ray (already swapped out some of those for LD). The artwork, disc spin up, it's all magical

I like what you said at the end of the video. It's like you went to Suncoast video and bought a brand-new LaserDisc, watched it and enjoyed it as if time allows you to get that same feeling. Many other LaserDisc I bought I had never seen, so seeing it for the first time was very special. Thanks for making this excellent video. Sam.

For me, I collect Laserdiscs because they look so damn cool in my movie room. Anytime someone see them for the first time it sparks up a 20 minute conversation on what they are. I picked up almost all 400 or so of my collection and a working player from one guy a few years ago for about $150 total. I have an extra Laserdisc player as well that I found for about $25 at a flea market. I’d much rather have my laserdiscs than a huge dvd or Blu-ray collection.

Wonderful video man. As for the comment about the past, I completely agree with you. I was born in 1998 but I love experiencing technology from before my time. Whenever I pop in a movie on laserdisc and play it on my CRT, it's almost like i was there. If something was good back then it's still good now. Honestly as a 22 year old there is something magical about "traveling through time" watching a laserdisc, listening to a vinyl, playing a snes or even watching a beta tape is the closest thing we can come to time traveling.

Like my dad says "Why buy a movie you already have?"

I always get a kick when someone stops by my house, see’s my wall to wall bookcases of laserdiscs and says wow that’s a big vinyl collection. When I tell them it’s laserdiscs, I always get a blank stare followed by what’s that. :)

You said it perfectly for me Sam. Laserdiscs are the quality they are be that good or bad no matter what more modern cousin we may compare them to.

i really loved the extended scenes in blues bros signature,,, great video as always...

I am still collecting laserdisc in 2021 looks great on my pioneer dvl 909 love your videos

I am having a lot of fun with laser discs at the moment just played the 5th element on my best friends 4K TV and the picture quality was very good Just picked up my 1st projector . Having a lot of fun with the format ☺ thank you for your videos They have been very inspiring that is what got me into laser discs thank you.

Also: any mention of Media Play makes me have instantaneous nostalgia overload.

You're very articulate and have a great explanation of things.

Another reason, I love my box sets that are numbered limited edition collectbles: Star Wars Trilogy (untinkered with), Godfather Trilogy Saga - 1908 - 1980 (one long edit), Blade Runner (Criterion), Alien, Aliens and T2.

I have been collecting Laserdisc since about 1997 I have two players and about 125 movies. I have one of my players connected to a 2007 projector on a 5.1 surround sound system from 2003. I just joined the Facebook group you mentioned. Thanks

Best LASERDISC commentary on KZfaq bar none.

Yeah same here! I watched the Abyss uncut version last night which I picked up for $6!

At present, my primary hobby is collecting VHS movies with the occasional DVD and Blu Ray on top of that. I certainly think it would be interesting to get into laserdiscs but I feel like I can't really justify adding another format to the mix, especially since I live in an area where they simply don't exist in the wild and I'd have to order all my discs off of ebay.

I’m more of a music guy than a movie/TV guy myself, so I’ve never quite felt like I could justify LaserDisc (based on cost and bulk) even though it has fascinated me for years. When it comes to DVD or even CDs, though, my interest has mostly been in having a hard copy of content that either won’t be on streaming services or is liable to be removed. Or just in having a hard copy of the stuff I really couldn’t live without. Vinyl was a thing that my parents had older albums on when I was growing up, but never something I actively got into. I was all cassette mix tapes and the occasional CD-R from a friend. I did buy an automatic turntable a few years ago but never really got into it. But just the other day, I bought one of the new Sound Burgers, and I’ve really come around on vinyl as a result. Part of it is how convenient the Sound Burger is vs my other turntable, but part of it is just how fun and tactile the format is (and an automatic turntable robs a bit of it from you). I gotta think that LaserDisc has a pretty similar appeal, even if you’re not dropping a needle on the disc. Since I am more of a music guy, my holy grail is a reel-to-reel audio player. But, if I do ever get into collecting videos, it would probably be on LaserDisc. VHS was the format I grew up with (we were too poor for LaserDisc, that’s for sure), but VHS isn’t particularly fun. My only real interest in it would be off air recordings or exclusive content. I have a similar feeling about cassette. While there’s something really fun about recording (which is probably my favorite thing about MiniDisc), cassette just feels like a hassle instead of a fun experience. So oddities are the only thing that catch my interest, much like VHS. And DVD and Blu-Ray are probably just going to remain archival formats for me, something I buy hard copy media in just to have a copy. I could see, though, LaserDisc having a very similar sort of fun as records. If I could justify the size of a player in my apartment and the cost of the player and some favorite discs, I’d probably jump on in. Vinyl records just seem like more of an experience than cassettes or CDs do (let alone digital), and I feel like LaserDisc is probably the closest there is to a video equivalent.

I don’t collect but I enjoy watching you talk about it!

I just played a laserdisc on my 1991 Pioneer player for first time in 15 yrs. And it still works.

I remember watching Flight of the Navigator for the first time on Laserdisc, and the joy of hearing the alien voice talking to the boy in his sleep...i never EVER understood that he was actually making words before. The sound was clear, and on VHS it was muffled. That joy is why I love LDs

Wish I had scream on laser disc it's the only format it's ever been released on directors cut even to this day. I saw it on paper view once when it first came out.

First got into laserdisc in 1988. My first purchases were the Criterion CAV versions of The Beatles "AHDN" and "Help!". Had an early Sony LD player and eventually ended up with a Pioneer Elite 79, which I still own and use on a regular basis. I mainly bought music titles and horror/sci fi back in the day. I probably still own about 400-500 discs. Would've had more in my collection, but I sold several when I bought the DVD/Blu-ray versions. Probably was a mistake at the time and I wish I kept some of those titles. Although I don't really purchase many laserdiscs these days, it's still fun playing them once in a while. Especially like AC-3 and DTS titles that sound killer played through my Meridian 519 AC-3 demodulator. That said.....your channel and videos might inspire me to start purchasing laserdiscs again. Especially if I can get them at a good price!

Time travel. That’s a great thing and having these discs is a great way to get there.

The size of the display art is what does it for me. I have all of my favorite movies of the 80s and 90s on Blu Ray but if I see one on LDDB or out in the wild that are reasonably priced I will probably pick it up even though I don't regularly watch them. Up to almost 30 discs, haha. Been a sub since 2015 and love watching your collection videos!

I picked up a old LD-W1 player and a good amount of discs about a year ago. I'm hooked now. Picked up a newer player from 1995 and an AC3 decoder recently. To my surprise the picture is actually really good on my 1080P TV (LD-W1 is on a CRT). And of course the sound is quite good. I have zero problem watching LDs same as I have no problem with DVDs. This surprises me. The new player seems to make a pretty big difference because the LD-W1 didn't look good on an HDTV so I had to put it on the CRT. I'm hooked now and am picking up more videos, being careful to avoid laser-rot. I only have two discs with laser rot though. Watching a lot of your videos which are excellent.

So many great live concert LD's in full uncompressed sound! Its the vinyl of movies, once I learned they made them until 2000, I was in! If only I could find a dual tray LD player..... sigh...

I am a new LaserDisc collector. I bought a player at the local Thrift like store, a Pioneer CLD-1091 for $12.95 (works like a new unit) and The Richard Wagner "Die Walkure" James Levine conductor for $19.95. All I need to do to make my new hobby grow is to roam the net for good deals on those discs. Thanks for the great video and take care.

@Culturedog Well to be perfectly honest, I am not that big of a Laserdisc collector, but the things i like about the format are the obvious things. Nice big artwork, beautiful gatefolds and trifolds, the best original audio mixes for many mainstream films and sometimes original color timing. And The Keep. The usual nerdy stuff haha!

I am 54 nowadays ad among many many movies I got to see The Keep in theaters for Free in theaters Thanks to A projectionist Freind back then times.

great episode! so much truth...I have the switch and I placed a big ass flag so I never forget where I never forget how much love I have for movies...period in general! I "collect" alot more blu Ray's and DVD's these days, but 1992 will always be mine lol cheers!

Just bought my first Pioneer laserdisc player. I watched a few movies that I never actually seen and had an awesome experience.

I have gotten Laserdisc movies 30 from a friend and I love them .

Laserdisc, Cassette, Rare early Japanese HD formats, to me it's all answering the questions about what was possible at point in history. It's effectively seeing all different paths to the same solution and seeing the difference first hand. Anyone can think to themselves" I wonder why it would have been like if I'd been born 20 years earlier and try to imagine. If someone else doesn't like it, why should I listen to them, what authority do they have over me?

Akira on Laserdisc in 1990 brainwashed me. I think that ending was illegal in the US. But that could just be one of those myths from back then. Either way, Akira on laserdisc is a gem.

I bought my buddy Passenger 57 and Broken Arrow (both sealed) on laserdisc. He loves the idea and even framed them and hung them since they are sealed. He wants to collect more laserdisc. I do too. I just need to get myself a player so he and I can watch them! I can also collect Hong Kong discs too which are cool!

I think the cover sleeves just put the tiny blu ray case to shame. I wish studios would have kept at the Big Sleeve edition instead of steelbooks.

I was in 5th grade and my science teacher had a laserdisc player in her classroom. Everyday i wondered what it was cause she never used it. One day she actually turned it on and ejected the disc and turned it over and we watched a few mins and she turned it off. The size of the disc blew my mind and i was hooked but never seen movies or anything outside of that one time. Now i have a player and several movies and still love it as much i did when i first seen it.

I don't own a single LaserDisc, but I enjoy watching your videos about the format. They certainly influenced my decision to begin collecting DVDs which are plentiful and cheap right now. While DVD artwork is clearly inferior to LDs, I'm able to digitally archive my collection and view them through a media player service like Plex.

I recently did a bit of editing for fun comparing a laserdisc release to a DVD (Pink Floyd at Pompeii)...I run my LD through a DVDO VP50, but it can't do miracles...I captured the output of the VP50 for the laserdisc and did a direct rip from the DVD...I had to zoom in on the DVD capture (I did it twice, thinking I made a mistake in the rip) the zoomed in DVD (using Premier Pro) was no where near as good of quality as the LD through the VP50... Either the VP50 truly creates miracles...or DVDs (depending on the pressing I assume) aren't any better.

There's a lot of old stuff that I love (e.g., old rotary phones, old cars, CRT displays, old video game consoles, old video arcade machines), but old home video formats aren't among them, at least not for watching movies. There's something that's way older than any video format that I do love though: film. So I see all the old video formats as a string of failures to match the quality of 35mm movie film. The first home video format that could more or less match the quality of a 35mm theatrical film print was Blu-ray, so I like that, but I don't care about the physical disc itself; I'd rather have a 1:1 BD rip stored on a hard drive. I was perfectly happy with VHS when I was a kid in the '80s, but that's only because I'd never seen anything better (to this day I've never watched a LaserDisc, and I never even saw a movie in a theater until I was 12). I also thought my eyesight was fine until I got glasses when I was 10. My preference for my favorite TV shows is to watch them on a standard-resolution CRT TV, since that's the type of display they were originally intended to be seen on (the newest show that I care about is Seinfeld, and that was still in the CRT era), and for that, DVD is fine, since it can max out the quality of an SD CRT TV, especially if you have one with component (YPbPr) inputs and if the show was shot on 35mm film rather than video (most of my favorite shows were). I wouldn't want LD for that even if my favorite shows were available on it because it's natively composite video, which has bad color separation and relatively low color resolution. Yes, LD would look as good as the original NTSC broadcasts with perfect reception, but I like that DVD can make them look even better than the original broadcasts while still using the same type of display that was used back then. DVDs are more like the Betacam broadcast masters that TV stations started using in the early '80s, which were also component (YPbPr) video. My preference for movies is to watch them on a 1080p projector from a Blu-ray, since they were originally intended to be seen on a projector screen, i.e., reflected light rather than a light source like a direct-view display is. Reflected light has its own unique look that can't be replicated with a direct-view display, regardless of how big it is. Most, if not all, of my favorite movies were shot on film, and with a good BD transfer that preserves the film grain and has good color timing, contrast, and brightness, it looks like a projected film print like you always used to see in theaters. That's the pinnacle for me. UHD doesn't interest me in the slightest, nor does whatever will come after that, because the goal for me has always been to be able to have the look of a 35mm theatrical film print at home, and BD can do that, or at least, it can do it close enough to satisfy me. A 35mm projector, a ton of gray-market 35mm film prints, and an on-call projectionist would be even better, but that's not even remotely feasible unless you're filthy rich.

I feel like I have to give my usual spiel all the time especially in any store or forum. You amass a lot of discs because of the low price but what got me hooked was the sound quality. Then it was compounded by the fact that most classic titles are LD ports on dvd anyway so why not just get the LD for less money. But there’s also the aspect: because I can actually afford these things I remember being unobtainable growing up and enjoy the best of the best circa many many years ago with lovely hands off best we could do back then transfers. I’ve always done things like this. I usually get old game consoles way past their lifespan and enjoy learning their quirks as well.

I laugh when family members think I'm a nerd cause I collect Laserdisc! That's just one of the few things I collect and could careless what people think! There Badass, and I have some of the Best Films Ever in my stacks....I go for films back when I was a kid that made me happy, that memory, that moment in time! From KARATE KID to ALIENS, I got them all on LD! I have learned many things collecting over the years, many players, high & low end. I just hope the kids can get some cash out of them one day when I'm gone. Love your video Man!

I wondered why I started collecting Laserdisc myself (I have about 100 discs now). I'm gonna do a panel about early MMA in Japan that requires the use of LDs from fighting organizations like the UWF, UWF-i, Pancrase, and RINGS. Later, I intend to make it a centerpiece of my dream '90s room, filled with tech that was bleeding edge in 1995-96. Not only that, LD kinda has the rule of cool attached to it.

Back in the early to mid 90's I always wanted a laser disc player but we never got one, so there is that aspect to it today, though I usually don't pick up titles that cost all that much. I think for me part of the appeal is the experience of putting that big disc in the player and watching a movie, it really feels like an event compared to CD sized media and especially streaming. It's not better but that doesn't matter!

Well said Sam, pretty much how I feel about them except for the nostalgia part. Laserdisc was way too expensive for me here in the UK during it's original time. Then a few years ago I watched a video on KZfaq by this "Culturedog" bloke and now I have over 600 of the bloody things! 😂😂👍

I'm a huge history buff/nerd to. I like Laser Disc simply because I like them. I also think it's a reasonably affordable way to watch films in a way that is very similar there theatrical day view.

I just recently got back into laserdisc have about 50 now love the format get ask the same about 8tracks which I collect I tell them I love collecting Love all the formats from LD dvd video cassette Lps to 8tracks love it all. To me its what you enjoy collecting, Love the Video's

Reasons I'm into it now: It's relatively cheap to collect, unlike old video games. It's a format I didn't have, but am fascinated by. There are some movies, anime, TV programs, that weren't released on DVD or Blu-Ray. There are certain extras on the format that aren't on newer formats, for instance a deleted Harrison Ford cameo in E.T. the Extraterrestrial.

I like analog LDs . Just love plugging those composite jacks into the amp . It’s all better on a projection tv . Film is projected. Can never give up my LD copy of White Sands (although it’s not analog sound)

I love my LDs ! Problem is Impossible to get a LD player! Mine died 20yrs ago. And cud not get another player!

Can you recommend some good LD players for me to keep an eye out for? I have a few discs (SW Trilogy and 2001: A Space Oddessy) but never got a player.

Great channel! Just subscribed! LOOOOOOOOVE Laser Disc, been ebaying it up getting some great movies like Waterworld, Communion, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. It's something about having a GIANT DISC, and of course the cover art. I love it. I don't even have a LD player, ..... YET... but I will. Same with records, finally got a great record player, now it's LASER DISC TIIIIIIME!!! THE COVER ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subbed on this video alone. Great points. Time travel +1.

Your videos started me collecting LaserDiscs in 2015. I have absolutely zero nostalgia for the format, so it started out as "original Star Wars, original THX-1138, different versions of films, etc". Then it expanded to "holy cow, I can get many discs for $1 or $2 each." Now, I can take a chance on a film I may not normally watch. Recently watched the 1946 "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" on LaserDisc. Never saw it, only heard rumblings of how good it is. Its only $5, lets give it a shot. Turned out I liked it, but not enough to get it on Blu-ray. Very happy to have watched it, and saved a lot of money getting the LaserDisc over the Blu-ray. That is now my main reason to buy LaserDsics. A very cheap, and fun way to expand my film taste. And if I really love the film, i'll get in on Blu-ray then! Just need a real player. Using a V2400 I found in a dumpster since my CLD-D502 cant even open the tray anymore. Thank you for sharing!

The three reasons for me 1. Music/Disney LD's sound better 2. I like to face out and rotate art, especially Horror/Science Fiction titles 3. Horror films just look and feel better when they have that scratchy low quality to them

Few things make my head explode faster than hearing anyone say, "Laserdisc? Didn't that fail???"

Laserdisc was The Dream of all Dreams from the time my family didn't even had a VHS, but rented a movie box from time to time. We eventually got a VHS-player and when I bought a DVD-player in early 2001 that was a major moment. Then in 2003 I got my first LD-player. After collecting loads of VHS and DVD at that point it wasn't until I got the LD that I felt I had accomplished what I dreamt about as a kid. Something about old fashion high-tech that doesn't loose its appeal. And LD was and is for the enthusiasts, it's just special and cool.

LD jumped on digital sound as a selling point . I would have preferred it if analog sound was chosen to compliment the picture. Anyway, watching LDs just gives you a unique feeling in your gut . Those still loving the format are often time junkies and LD is the ultimate time capsule that keeps on giving.

Hi Sam, greetings from the UK. Just recently discovered your channel. Great video, you win this debate well.🙂 (or should I say LD wins lol) Similar to others I could not afford the Pioneer cld2950 player I always wanted back in 95, so had to be complacent with Vhs widescreen editions with hi fi stereo sound lol Finally started my collection around 7 years ago, agree the artwork can be very impressive, for me just perusing before making the final selection of what to watch is very satisfying. Thanks for the great work.

Good video, Sam.

I cam across the Hall and Oates Liberty Island concert from 1985 on KZfaq. I want a physical copy so bad and found a copy for sale. Dying to purchase a laserdisc player now.

Nice opening with Anger Mgmt

I had no idea about as a kid yeah I saw the Sears wish book catalog in 1991 me and brother thought was a karaoke machine a couple years later I heard it mentioned in the animaniacs episode with Slappy squirrel i discovered the format on the internet I noticed it also on my old Disney vhs to not make copies of VHS or LaserDisc from the FBI warning on VHS tape it's just excited me I don't know why I just like old video formats I love all of them LaserDisc beta VHS and I also collect DVD and my brother collect dvd Blu-ray and CED VHS I'll tell you a little funny story culture dog about my mother her name was Jeanna she actually wanted a LaserDisc player back in the 80s but she didn't know it played movies she just wanted get a LaserDisc player put on her coffee table as a conversation piece so people look at it I start getting interested about laserdisc then my mom told me that funny story this year I finally got my first two LaserDisc players pioneer vp-1000 pioneer cld-1010 my mom was all so excited about LaserDisc same as I was she passed away of cervical cancer April of 2018 so she never got to see me get the players this year or ever get to watch a movie on LaserDisc but I know she was somewhere in heaven excited for me when I got them and she was a big fan of your LaserDisc videos same as I am😍

This video is excellent, it's astounding to me, why would anybody care about what film formats people collect, I totally agree about watching films on older formats is like time travel, I have a 4:3 VHS version of Carpenter's Halloween and the transfer is almost black and white and I love it, the ironic thing is people who watch Laserdisc/VHS also watch Blu Ray 4K but not the other way around. While we are on the subject laserdisc is still the best way I've seen some films regardless of the format especially sound wise From Dusk till Dawn on LD is probably one of the best films I've ever heard full stop. I'm just happy to see films fans of regardless of what they watch, and I hate this way of thinking but if you don't like people that watch Laserdisc/VHS or something I don't now if you can really call yourself a film fan because like I said earlier why would anybody care. Awesome video.

Collect what you want. It’s no body’s business!

I don't even seriously collect LD's but I enjoyed the entire video. I do have a player that still works and 6 LD's though. The main reason is I was an extra in the 1995 film Powder and you can see half my face in a pic on the back of the LD sleeve lol

I could say that I collect LDs because of the sound, the analogue video, the commentary tracks that have since been altered or completely changed, or for those titles that aren't available on DVD or BR. I could also say I do it for aesthetic and tactile reasons (gate and trifold covers . . .hmmmm). But it'd be a lie (mostly). I collect them now because when I was a kid, and collected VHS, I looked at these weird record cover things in wonder and wished I could afford to buy one, let alone a player to watch it on. Back then I never knew anyone who knew anyone that owned an LD player. Even today I only "know" people who own LDs because they're the people I buy and sell to. Outside of that circle the story hasn't changed. I now have a collection of around 1300 and every time a reason to reduce or dispose of that collection arises I think back to the boy with the Lethal Weapon 3 VHS in his hands looking up at the display of LD covers he thought he'd never get the chance to own. Sometimes we collect what we want to collect because we like what we're collecting. It is really that simple. Some people collect bodily clippings (I'll go no further in that description). As pointless collections go, Laserdiscs are far, far away from the top of that list.

Hello Sam, I'm back and I have a new question for you. I've heard a lot about video noise. What is it and is there a way to reduce it? I have some laserdiscs that are clear as ever and others are grainy. Why? Love your channel!! Thank you.

Man I love your shirts lol you're like the Laserdisc cults version of Don Cherry. Different whacky shirt every video! This was a great video with lots of valid points.

Hell the huge unique record size cases alone are worth collecting. Should be a no brainer. I only have one laser disc. T2. Wish I had a player

I have some movies on both laserdisc and bluray/4k bluray including Jurassic Park, Apocalypse Now, Alien, Aliens, Interview With A Vampire, Die Hard, Aladdin. The sound on all these movies is incredibly more theater-like and more "open" on the LASERDISC despite the new sound technologies of DTS-X and Dolby Atmos on 4k. I love my 4k bluray collection for sure, but if I have it on both formats, I watch the laserdisc.

Amen

Haha, awesome video Sam...I really get tired of those running conversations on LDF lmao...

I totally feel the same about laserdiscs.

Bottom line…Laserdisc’s are just cool as fu$#! Thanks for the great informative video’s i’m hooking up ac-3 rt now!

I have 8mm, 9.5mm 16mm and 35mm film, I have DVD, Bluray, Digital, VHS, and Laser Disc.

"It's a THING, it's not a problem" lol - awesome. I just bought my first laserdisc, don't even have a player (yet?) but I'm drawn to the format mostly because of the huge discs. It was a technology that passed me by growing up and I was always curious. I'm actually a minidisc enthusiast and I like vinyl & tape as well.

Life is just silly sometimes and we have to role with that fact I was only yong when i went to the consumer electronics shows and was in love with the Pioneer rear Projector TVs here in Britain we got the 50" and the 40" and the demo was always Terminator 2 The big screen was incredible back then and the suround sound incredible also with the big Sub woofer I longed 4 one so much Now i cant believe i have a pioneer Kuro on the wall its so small at 50" 😅 I feel like a relic as it is collecting dvds and bluerays Its the collecting bit i like its the hunting down the thrill of the hunt 😅 I like putting the dvd in the player and setting the equipment up I like hunting 4 bargains Lets be clear in my mind i have a 5000£ pioneer kuro on the wall playing 22£ dvds on a 800£ pioneer bdp lx71 blue ray player The fact the dvd was 10p the tv was 260. And the player was 100 is of no importance.. No actually its making the whole thing more exciting Last month i got a Yamaha dsp1 for 50£ And that was 2700 new 😅 I will probably get a bose Customas 15 tgis weekend for 50£ 😮 Its possibly the last time anyone will be able to do this sort of thing As the stuff made now is way to flimsy and wont last 5 years And lets be clear no 1 will sell there used amazon subscription for 10c on the $ 10 years from now 😅😅 I am buying a turntable next and i am getting every CD i can find Blue rays are now 20£ for 15 Happy days I would love a cinema room And if i did have 1 i would try and find a lazerdisk player and a few films T2 😊 for sure However at the moment its a step 2 far Love the channel Keep it up

As someone with a less-than-amazing LD player who got into LDs more as a side-hobby (originally for the "Star Wars" trilogy and TV Cut of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"), I wish some 3rd party tech company would develop a modernized LD player for those who do still collect. Over the past 10+ years, we've seen all manner of recreated video game hardware, often with a hefty price tag. It would be amazing if a company (such as Analogue) would deliver an LD deck for today's enthusiasts. Yeah . . . one can dream.