Laserdiscs
morris
Laserdiscs. We can't use them as we don't have the video player for
it, so what I was wondering is... Does anyone here buy Laserdiscs? I
think we have about 20 of them or so (they're still out in the car and
I didn't count them all yet) and I saw on eBay that there seem to be
pretty good prices on them. And they still have price tags on them
from whatever store it was that was selling them. I can't remember
too many of the titles, I think there was a Mary Poppins and a Mick
Jagger and National Geographics and some opera/classical music. I
can't remember the others. I hope someone is interested because I
don't know where to take them. Thank you.
bil...@yahoo.com
wrote:
<< Top posting is evil. >>
Yes. Due to the fact that laserdiscs are the previous generation, it
*will* be a difficult and possibly fustrating task finding a retailer
that will take them. For example, here on New York's Long Island, we
have a retailer with two locations that accept laserdiscs - Mr.
Cheapos Music & CD's. The prices you will get for your discs will be
quite low because they sell low. The store in Mineola, NY was selling
three diffrent box sets of the Flexitoon puppet show, The
Thunderbirds. The were Japanese imports with four discs inside each
box set. Each set was only selling for $4.95. If a movie on LD was
in the store's DVD inventory, the price for the laserdisc could be as
low as $1.99.
Another factor to take into account is that there are not of LD
players left that are in good condition. Even though I have LD
player in nice condition, I keep my eye on laserdisc players on eBay.
A lot of the are in really beat-up shape. It appears that a lot of LD
players currently on eBay are retired industrial models. They can be
used at home (they have the correct TV hookups) but they were never
really intended for home use. They are not very stylish and may not
have any fancy displays or any control buttons on their front face.
Finding a laserdisc player in nice condition could be difficult, but
finding an obscure remote control may be impossible.
All boiled down, unless your a serious collector an historian, nobody
really wants to be bothered with the scavanger hunts and extra costs
that's now associated with laserdiscs.
Best regards,
Bill N.
Dealer's Room Staff
I-Con Science Fiction, Inc.
120 Peachtree Court
Suite 103J
Holbrook,, NY 11741
Oliver Brose
For the slight chance of having a hidden gem in there you should bother
to post a list of the few titles you've got there ;) Be sure to include
the spine-number. Otherwise: What Bill said.
Oliver
bil...@yahoo.com
wrote:
<< No top-posting. It's completely & totally evil. >>
<< SNIP! >>
>For the slight chance of having a hidden gem in there you should bother
>to post a list of the few titles you've got there ;) Be sure to include
>the spine-number. Otherwise: What Bill said.
>
>Oliver
One type of discs that usually fall into the "Hidden Gem" catagory are
commerical/industrual disc that were neve really intended to be
released to the general public. You'll want to take a look for titles
like this: THX Wow Disc, Laser Optics '88, Pioneer GGV Disc, A Video
Standard and its successor Video Essentials.
Other rare finds are the discs that were inside arcade game machines.
More likely than not, these discs will be packed in plain jackets,
with little or no artwork. Look for discs marked: Dragon's Lair,
Dragon's Lair II, Space Ace, Mach 3, Road Blaster, Cobra
Command/Thunder Storm, Us Vs. Them, Galaxy Ranger, Astron Belt
Badlands, Bega's Battle, Time Gal & Ninja Hayate. There are several
others, but this paragraph is now way to long.
My suggestion to you is this: If/when you post a listing to this
newsgroup, please make sure you note it if a disc has one side that,
aluminum or white painted plastic. That, along with any codes pressed
into the plastic, near the spindle hole wil help collectors ID the
production run. This is really important to some collectors: A small
number of titles had defects in their inital (first) production runs,
that were corrected in latter runs. (Sorry - I can't name any off the
top of my head.) Certian collectors may not want the discs from
initial runs. The rationalle behind this "pickyness" is that most
"modern" players with front-loading draws are not to be used with
aluminum-backed laserdiscs. Aluminum-backed discs are *very* old any
were really only intended for laserdisc players that had a flip-top
lid, like a top-loading laundry washing machine.
I hope you found this helpful,
Bill N.
Long Island, New York
morris
haven't been opened because they still have the plastic on them. A
number of them still have price tags on them from where ever they were
selling them. And there are some that have 2 discs. If you need more
information about them, let me know as I don't know what information
is important.
Mick Jagger- Running out of Luck
Metropolitan Opera- Giacomo Puccine - La Boheme
Metropolitan Opera-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-Idomeneo
Horowitz Moscow
Naughty Marietta
Verdi's Rigoletto at Verona
That Hamilton Woman
American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco
American Ballet Theatre at the Met
Rolling in the Sky Snowbirds
Lost Horizon
Beauty and the Beast
The Vancouver Disc 1872 to 1983
The Kirov Ballet- Giselle
Natasha
The Royal Ballet- Swan Lake
A Disney Christmas Gift
Camelot
All That Jazz
A Chorus Line- The Movie
Walt Disney's Pinnochio
Walt Disney- Mary Poppins
Walt Disney- Dumbo
American Ballet Theater- Don Quixote
The Royal Ballet - Manon
Personal Services
Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War
The Master Cooking Course- Craig Claiborne & Pierre Franey
Nicholas and Alexandra
National Geographic- Save the Panda
National Geographic- The Great Whales
National Geographic- African Wildlife
National Geographic- Atocha Quest for Treasures
The Nightingale - Mick Jagger
Vladimir Horowitz- The Last Romantic
Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Metropolis
The Royal Ballet- Romeo & Juliet
Marlene
The Maria Callas Concerts 1959, 1962
Je Te Veux- Erik Satie
Citizen Kane
W.C. Fields- The Bank Dick
45/85 America and the World Since World War II- Volume 1 1945-1952
rjn
> If you need more information about them, let me know
> as I don't know what information is important.
Catalog number, and label for extra credit.
There are multiple releases of some of those titles,
representing various transfers, vintages, formats,
aspect ratios, supplements, etc. The disc could be
valuable or worthless depending on this. Title alone
is not terribly useful.
--
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morris
> morris <dulce_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > If you need more information about them, let me know
> > as I don't know what information is important.
>
> Catalog number, and label for extra credit.
>
> There are multiple releases of some of those titles,
> representing various transfers, vintages, formats,
> aspect ratios, supplements, etc. The disc could be
> valuable or worthless depending on this. Title alone
> is not terribly useful.
>
> --
> NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.
Since I don't know anything about these. Where would I find the
information that is needed? For example, where would the catalog
number be located? (Or anything else that is needed.) Thank you.
Marshall
Since I don't know anything about these. Where would I find the
information that is needed? For example, where would the catalog
number be located? (Or anything else that is needed.) Thank you.
Go here http://www.lddb.com/index.php
This site has just about anything for almost every laserdisc made. There is
a place to click for just laserdisc, so you don't get replies to HD, dvd,
etc.
Then just type in the title and it will give you all of the ld's made for
that title. It is also by country. And use the picture to help. And most
important, the spine number and the UPC number. Good luck.
publius
>
> Since I don't know anything about these. Where would I find the
> information that is needed? For example, where would the catalog
> number be located? (Or anything else that is needed.) Thank you.
Catalog number is on the spine, just like with a music record, almost
always. It may also be on the disc label. The name of the label will
generally be in one of those two places, & may also be on the front or
back of the jacket, usually in a corner.
--publius--
morris
Hello all,
I've had a few inquiries about these 45 Laserdiscs and I've noticed
that Laserdiscs are listed anywhere from $5 to $60
so I thought that I would offer them for $10 a piece plus S&H / OBO.
If you are interested, please email me. Thank you.
morris
Mr. Mike
wrote:
>I've had a few inquiries about these 45 Laserdiscs and I've noticed
>that Laserdiscs are listed anywhere from $5 to $60
That is what someone wants to sell them for.
You should check the "Completed Listings" on Ebay to determine if
anyone is actually buying any laserdiscs, either these or those of
similar pricing.