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Posted by elrous0 on 10/04/58 11:32
lorincantrell@yahoo.com wrote:
> That being said, I recently pulled my LD player and discs out of
> storage after 2 1/2 years and 2 moves, just to see if it still worked.
> Hooked it up to my 32 inch HDTV and after a couple of false starts due
> to a disc-clamping issue, it fired right up. I was pretty pleased with
> the picture. Not progressive scan DVD quality to be sure, but better
> than I ever remember LD being (likely a function of the TV being so
> much better than the TV I had 2.5 years ago). I'm looking forward to
> revisiting my LD collection. I'm kind of glad I didn't sell everything
> off at firesale prices.
The funny thing was that I got into LD *after* I got into DVD. I got
into DVD in 1997 and was so interested in some of the stuff out on LD
but not DVD (and the fact that you could buy a used LD player for dirt
cheap) that I bought a LD player shortly afterwards and started
collecting LD's too. I still have a few that haven't been released on
DVD that I watch (some David Lynch stuff, episodes of "Northern
Exposure," etc.). I've transfered a lot of them to DVD, too, for
safe-keeping in case the LD player should ever fail.
The Garth Brooks promotional concert LD released in the early 90's is
still one of my favorite concert discs (and AFAIK, until recently, the
only high-quality Garth Brooks concert video ever released, from his
best tour ever). That's one that will probably never be released on
DVD, too (since it was only released as a promotional disc in the first
place).
-Eric
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