Pioneer LaserDisc - What It Is with Patrick O'Neal

[magbast9]

Patrick O'Neal is really relaxed.

[rickythekid]

my Pioneer LD player still works like brand new. too bad it's hardly used these days, but i still get a kick out of watching my Street Fighter animated movie in LD, full surround sound, while munching on some 'tato chips :)

[TheKenfig]

Hate Patrick O'Neal ; fuckin' wanker

[Watcher3223]

@TheKenfig

That's cool. I was less concerned about Mr. O'Neal and more interested in LaserDisc.

[TheKenfig]

@Watcher3223 Well each to their own eh ? I got no reason to hate the guy anyway, who has longsince passed away, but I hate his persona and nasty characters he played as in Q & A movie

[Watcher3223]

@TheKenfig

Guess you didn't expect my reply, eh?  Well, I still stand by it, though. It's cool.

[TheKenfig]

@Watcher3223 Didn't think about if you'd reply or not to be honest when I made my first comment

[john6380]

@TheKenfig I'm a little out of the loop here. What's wrong with Patrick O'Neal?

[timelineman37]

now i got bluray

[Watcher3223]

@timelineman37

Me, too. But I still enjoy using my LaserDiscs.

[FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0]

laserdiscs give you the feel on whats it's

like to here original sound and see in

original visual as it was intended at

the cinema without digital manipulation

it's bit like listening to an original recorded

lp but the whole beautie of ld is that you

can watch original cinematic recordings

on a shiney ld and you can use it as a handy mirror too .

[ducklandwikeno]

This is a old video from pioneer for laserdisc. I never knew that laserdisc was around untill 1993 when I seen one at my cousins house .Dvd is ok , blu-ray great . But I favor laserdisc the best . The year 2000 was the last time that hollywood made copies for us to view new material . Dvd came around and that was the end of it .

[jordancoles]

I'm 24 years old and up until about 6 moths ago I had no idea LD even existed. It must have been very poorly marketed. I asked my parents and they had no idea either. It's clearly so much better than VHS, I can't understand why it never fully took off.

[Watcher3223]

@jordancoles

You were correct that Pioneer didn't really market the product widely when they took the format over from DiscoVision Associates in 1981.

However, the inability to record programming on LaserDisc was one gigantic factor. Another were early manufacturing problems with discs in the early 1980s, resulting in laser rot with some discs.

Yet another was that, while buying movies on LaserDisc was cheaper than buying movies on cassette, it was cheaper still to rent movies on cassette.

[Watcher3223]

@jordancoles

Forgot to add.

LaserDisc's popularity was also primarily in North America and, especially, Japan.

[dvdmike007]

I would never touch my LD's like that lol

[Watcher3223]

@dvdmike007

Me, neither.

[sugreev2001]

@dvdmike007 They could've corrected him before shooting the video.

[sugreev2001]

I read somewhere that LD's were more popular in Japan than anywhere else,is that true ?

[Watcher3223]

@sugreev2001

Yes, more or less. At least popular enough to have beaten VHD.

[MetallicBill]

Japan is in pretty dire straits, following the disasters I remembered a heavy Net presence in n$a I believe was his moniker, he hunted down LD related discs, MUSE players, etc, Not sure if he survived that, but I hope I hear he's alright. I corrected a placed ad on Craigslist this week, People still don't know much about it, and surely take it for granted

[Clay3613]

I love this stuff!