Just a simple poll (public) to see how many of the regular posters in this forum owned the first "higher" definition format available to the public (that had "legs").

You should have an option for "still own".

Sure did, and I still have two working players and a collection of LDs.

It was nice to be region-free; I was generally able to get the better movies from overseas before they came out on VHS or DVD (Like Star Wars I - from Japan).

Yes I did until my player died for the third time and then I sold everything

No, at the time i always wondered what kind of strange people bought these expensive and rather unpractical machines and discs. :p (while being into analog audio myself :D )

Yes. I even have 2 unopened copies of "The Little Mermaid". I thought they might become collectible. What the heck was I thinking!?

I still have a lot of discs if anyone wants them! Even Song of the South.

I sold off my more valuable discs and ended up throwing a bunch of worthless ones in the trash when I moved. :(

I've got a Pioneer player and about three dozen or so discs. I still watch a few of them from time to time.

For example, I have a few British TV productions of Shakespeare's plays that I've not yet seen on DVD (at least not the version I have with the actors in it). So, every now and then I pop one of them in. A few other titles are ones I don't have on DVD, too.

I have a nice Gettysburg boxed set that includes an hardbound book, music CD, some maps, and a bullet. So, that still has some value even though I'll never watch the discs again (I have it on DVD).

However, I'd like to unload the rest, if anyone is interested.

Yip, I had a pioneer with about 12 discs and I still have an unopened copy of titanic...

You should have an option for "still own".Agreed :D

I did not purchase it when it came out, but I do have one now that I got for next to nothing.

Still have 2 working players (1 hooked up) and over 600 discs..PM what you want for Song of the South :) (Please don't be ridiculous it's just a movie)

Still own (and still buying LDs). Also HiVision MUSE LDs (1920x1035i/60). See my signature.

How about you Lee?? Did you own Laserdiscs ??

I still have quite a few discs, but my player died awhile ago. :(

Yes, there was actually a brief window where I owned Super 8mm, Laserdisc, tapes, and DVD, but I have since then divested myself of all but the little CD-sized platters.

How about you Lee?? Did you own Laserdiscs ??
OP's vote was "yes".

Yes - bought into LD in 1983. Still have about a dozen titles and my Sony POS LD player which is half broken:D

The cover is off. I need to trip the tray eject using a screwdriver:(

LD made me aware of OAR. Bought BLADER RUNNER, the CAV Criterion Collection disc set as my very first LD. Still have it today. The Syd Mead drawings on the jacket are truly amazing

I'm a little too young (DVD came out when I graduated university and started into movie collecting). However, I knew people with Laserdiscs, watched movies on Laserdisc, and I think, if I was born a decade earlier, I would have bought into Laserdisc.

I never bought any LD's. DVD's came out when I was in my first year of high school. I started collecting DVD's a couple of years later.

I started buying LDs in the late 90s. So you can never be to young to buy LDs. I still buy some from time to time..

You should have an option for "still own".


I still have my CLD-D704 Pioneer and a CLD-D501 that I use in my other rooms with around 250 discs.

I bought my first LD player in 2003 (yes, 2003) so I could watch the Star Wars OT in the highest quality possible. I have about 12 discs that came with the player (CLD-D704) but rarely watch them.

Yes, and still own a player with 2 players to serve as parts.
400+ discs.

Still playing happily in one of my basement theaters.

The LD's came out when i was in junior high, so i never owned one. But my parents owned a very large top loading vhs player w/ wood grain on the top (sticker i believe).

Anyways, my neighbor had Superman on LD, i thought my parents vhs was better.

How long did "they" make movies on LD? Someone on this thread said they had titanic on LD, they must have made them for awhile.....i guess.

I have a laserdisc player, but it was acquired used from eBay around 2000. At the time, there were numerous titles I wanted unavailable on DVD.

Yes I did and still do but unfortunately my Pioneer player has gotten really buggy so it's nearly impossible to watch most of my discs (about a hundred left).
So hey Paramount, now that you start promising a lot of cool films on the HD DVD format, can you please release Michael Mann's The Keep because I can't play the laserdisc of that anymore.
And Criterion, what about a version of (Cronenberg's) Crash with the audio commentary. Thanks !

I actually had a friend give me theirs. I can't remember the model # but it is a Pioneer and it came out in '89. She also gave me 5 movies- 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Good Son, Blade Runner, T2, and Top Gun.

Laserdisc was a bit before my time, so I couldn't afford it when it was hot. But I do remember always going to the basement of the local store (Tower Records I think) to check out all the new LD releases and ogle at the box art. This was way before DVD. I think I bought into DVD in 99.

Before my time. I was a kid when VHS/Beta came out and my family was poor so VHS was all I knew about before going with DVD as an adult living on my own.

Yup, still own a CLD-97 and a few hundred LDs, many of which still haven't come out on DVD.

Five feet from me sits; what was at the time the coolest laserdisc player ever, it played both sides of two discs. For those of you too young to remember them clearly, some of the longer movies spanned two discs, with the LD-W1 you didn't have to get up to change them!

http://www.omegav.ntnu.no/~eldorko/pioneer/america/ldw1.htm

I bought a Denon Laserdisc player in the early 90s, maybe 92? Overall I was happy with it and the format. I sold my player and LD collection on ebay sometime around 2000.

Paramount seems a little slow going through their catalog to release on DVD. Or maybe their catalog is just so immense? Nah, it can't be that big.

I hung on to my laserdisc player and the only copy of Nate and Hayes on LD I ever found, until Paramount finally released it on DVD last year.

I still have my first laserdisc player that I bought in '89, packed up in my closet. I sold the bulk of my laserdisc collection on eBay about three years ago.

So, correct me if I'm wrong OP, but I think the point of this thread is that the majority of the people into high-def media owned laserdisc players, and are therefore either early adopters, or don't mind investing in niche formats.

I still own my two LD players, and all the movies I bought, literally hundreds.

At the time, there wasn't any place to rent LDs, so I ended up purchasing almost anything that I wanted to watch. Of course, a lot of those were from the cut-out bins at Camelot, where you could actually by some movies (not particularly good ones) for less than $15. With their stamp-card program I was able to parlay some of those purchases into discs that I really wanted.

I shudder to think how much money I spent on discs during that time.

Then along came DVDs, and I bought more and more of those, some replacing what I had bought on LD.

Just over a year ago, I decided to try NetFlix, and since then my purchasing has dropped off dramatically.

Six months ago, I bought and HD DVD player, and to date I've only bought two HD DVDs. With the convenience of NetFlix, I only plan on buying HD movies I really, really want. Frankly, I'd rather apply the money I had been spending on content and apply it toward system upgrades.

I don't know if this is a symptom of the changing market, or my own age - I have LDs that have never opened, and may not ever be opened, there's only so much time one can spend watching movies. I do expect that with each change in media format that my actual purchase of physical content will decline.

Scott

I got into audio in college, and never really got into video (had a VCR with a tube TV) till 2000, when I bought my first DVD player. Since then my priorities have changed (a lot). I don't spend much time critically listening to music anymore; but a lot watching movies (and HDTV via FiOs & TiVo S3).

You should have an option for "still own".Yup. My DVD/LD player is still connected and runs great. Well, save for the less than stellar picture quality...;)...also still have ~75 LDs from my college years as well as the LD player I had back then.

How long did "they" make movies on LD? Someone on this thread said they had titanic on LD, they must have made them for awhile.....i guess.

1978-2001.

Five feet from me sits; what was at the time the coolest laserdisc player ever, it played both sides of two discs. For those of you too young to remember them clearly, some of the longer movies spanned two discs, with the LD-W1 you didn't have to get up to change them!

http://www.omegav.ntnu.no/~eldorko/pioneer/america/ldw1.htm


That things gotta be a tank. I have just a regular player and its bigger then the A1 above it.
That player would be great for some of those CAV discs I have although the definitve starwars discs span 5 sides so you'd need a triple deck for that...



... I think the result will and have shown a lot have LD players. This is a movie and home theater fourm. Folks are buying the best they can get in media. I've got a few formats myself with plans on buying more I find it fun to collect odd formats. I don't know why. Although LD is pretty cool. Some formats were just not needed like CED. Doing some reserch I've found their have been several VHS based formats as well. Most lived for a very short time. Primarily becoming demos and such

Still have. Actually picked up the majority of my collection since DVD came out getting a lot of those huge boxes that I never could afford when the prices came down.

I think I have 4 or 5 players all of which have been tweaked/fixed/tuned up by Kurtis Bahr and over a 1000 discs (a complete DTS collection, almost all the Disney boxset, almost all of the Universal Signature, 150-200 Criterion, all the SW releases, and lot of other Special Editions). The artwork and extras in some of those boxes are almost worth it to me even if I never touch the movies anymore.

yes, sir. Still do. all working players, only the higher end ones. Pioneer Elite CLD-97, HLD-X9, HLD-X0, LD-S2, maybe a couple of others I'm forgetting. I did open my last sealed LD over the weekend. North Dallas Forty remastered edition. Ah the chemical aroma of a freshly sealed LD as it's being opened.:D based on smell my guess it's a Pioneer Carson pressed disc!:) or it Kofu! jk

LD definitely served it's purpose. It launched higher definition video and digital audio. Everything we have today with HDM all came from LD.

I had a Pioneer, a Magnavox, and currently a Pioneer CLD-V820 LaserKaraoke player with Autoflip capability all bought new for more than what I paid for either HD-XA1 or PS3. I recently used it to show Macross - Do You Remember Love to my kids since my DVD is still sealed.

Pioneer Carson pressed disc!

Oh no, my sympathies.

Ooooh that smell. Can't you smell that smell

Wow, after submitting my reply, I was (admittedly, naively) surprised at the results. I guess most AVS regulars really are cutting edge consumers on a regular basis.

One of the best days of my life was watching the whole Star Wars difinitve collection on my Novabeam 100 on a flat wall!! My freinds and I had two pioneer LD's running (Elite 79's). I felt like the king (by the way I also had a laser active with JB Harold 2 for the turbo grafix and Genisis game pacs). I currently still have about 300 movies.
I run it though a Centerstage CS-1 looks good.

It belonged to the wife, came into the house via our marriage along with some karaoke discs a few years ago. Pioneer it still works. Looke okay if you send it through the faroujda in the Pioneer reciever. It has been on a couple of times in the last two years. So yes I own one.. but have never bought media for it.. it only does composite and stereo. So it is basically a dinosaur.

I got into audio in college, and never really got into video (had a VCR with a tube TV) till 2000, when I bought my first DVD player. Since then my priorities have changed (a lot). I don't spend much time critically listening to music anymore; but a lot watching movies (and HDTV via FiOs & TiVo S3).

Hey, we sort of flip-flopped. I was into audio up until the late 70s but got out with the advent of the CD. I then concentrated on just watching a lot of movies on VHS, but I never bought a single tape. I also could not see the point of paying extra for LD. When DVD came out, I bought into that pretty quickly but really did not get into the high end. Since 2000, I have gotten pretty heavily into audio again, having acquired over 800 CDs since then. I build my own speakers and pretty much have taken over the living room :), and soon will start building my own amps. The computer has revolutionized audio for me. Everything is on a harddrive and it sounds wonderful. I am excited about HDM, too. As soon as my current TV and player get replaced, I'm in!

Doug

I have 4 players that I use: HLD-X9, LD-S9, CLD-99 & Denon LA-3500. I have hundreds of LD's that I stille watch. That lot is heavy on Academy Ratio films and concert discs. I have a wide variety of other films and shows that aren't on today's formats or aren't as good on DVD. I have a dozen Muse LD's and a few Squeez LD's. For me, LD is here for the duration.

Still own two working players and plenty of discs.

Sanjay

Ooooh that smell. Can't you smell that smell

sorry for my silly statements!:) I just have not opened a factory sealed LD in a while and forgotten about that distinct scent.

It's a 1979 film, but a 1998 pressing, so it's not a early 1980s, or mid 1990's disc thank goodness! no rot.

I did not own Laserdisc but knew someone who did.

Yes, still do. Love those covers.

Michael

You should have an option for "still own".

+1

I still have the good old Panasonic LX-600 dual side player and a dozen LD's

The covers were sweet on a lot of the discs. The T2 CAV sets was nice. The later 5star DVD does it no justice.

Still have my Pioneer & about 80 discs, use it from time to time. I've pretty much replaced the must haves on DVD and a few HD-DVDs. I loved the 12" format those huge cardboard sleeves were so much fun for artwork.

Still own, got my first player (Yamaha, a Pioneer rebadge) sometime in 2000 or 2001 I think, mainly for things not available on DVD and for things I could get cheaply (such as anime LDs). Got another player eventually, a Pioneer DVD/LD, was hoping the component outputs worked for LD but they don't :( so at least I have a spare player.

I've probably got 25-30 discs, 40 tops.

Never forget hearing Apocalypse Now for the first time on Laser Disc:)

Helicopter scene! Classic first HD awe memory:D

I was one of those stubborn people who bought LDs to the end. My Pioneer-90 LD/DVD player served as my bridge into DVD, but even then I still bought LDs. I still have people sign my LDs over DVDs (I recently had Neil Jordon sign my LD of Interview with the Vampire) since they look so much nicer on display. I've even had people (a number of Babylon 5 staffers) exclaim that they didn't know it existed on DVD (Peter David) or even worse didn't know what they were!

Never forget hearing Apocalypse Now for the first time on Laser Disc

Helicopter scene! Classic first HD awe memory


Incredible! That's one of my favorite memories of LD as well! Especially when "The End" by the Doors comes chiming in.

And oh yeah, I have two working LD players (Marantz LV-500 & Pioneer CLD-704), and 30-40 discs. We still watch at least one LD each year, that is "Grumpy Old Men" every Christmas. It isn't available in widescreen on any other format (hopefully it will eventually makes its way to HD-DVD or Blu-Ray). Unfortunately its hardly a reference quality disc, but I'm still amazed how good "The Nightmare Before Christmas" looks on LD. My list of LD exclusive discs has slowly eroded over the years as DVD has filled in its back catalog. I thought the original Star Wars cuts would never come out on DVD, but they eventually did, and so did "Hoop Dreams".

The composite nature of LD really is it's achille's heel. My biggest peeve with LD is when I see high frequency luma information bleeding into the chroma. Other than that, it's just a bit softer than DVD, and no MPEG artifacts of course. I wish I could easily get the raw composite signal off LD and into a PC so software comb filtering could be applied. Of course now that nearly all of my LDs are available on DVD, there's really no point any more.

Dave

I was too young to own LD. That said, I was an early adopter for DVD (bought one the first year they were available in the US, and one for my parents since I was in the Army and had a lot of disposable income).

Pretty sure I would have owned LD if I would have been older. I remember a neighbor's dad owned a player, but I think they only owned about a dozen movies and the thing just sat around collecting dust.

The good thing about "Grumpy Old Men" on LaserDisc was that there was a promotional version with 16x9 encoding. Thanks Toshiba!

The composite nature of LD really is it's achille's heel.....I wish I could easily get the raw composite signal off LD and into a PC so software comb filtering could be applied......Of course now that nearly all of my LDs are available on DVD, there's really no point any more...

The easiest way around that composite nature is get an LD player with a great comb filter onboard. The Japanese HLD-X9 and LD-S9 are those players. I know, they're not easy to get or cheap. If you want really good composite, maybe you should land a CLD-97? I had the CLD-95 which has the same composite....C'est bon! A good 97 will be a cut above your 704.

I picked older films, alot of Academy Ratio stuff, so I stille have plenty of LD's I wanna watch and haven't been on DVD yet. I have some LD's where the LD is better than the hasty DVD of a 30's or 40's film. I watch several LD's a month, bare minimum.

A annual event....hmnnn, I can't picture myself down to that any time soon or maybe ever!

I can't remember as I gave my players away when I compared all my movies to the DVD version when the Star Wars trilogy came out. I remember I had a Magnavox and a Sony that automatically switched sides. I still have the Star Wars Trilogy with the Book (I find that more interesting than the movies now) it came with.

Nope. Never did. If I remember correctly Laserdisc came out before I was even born (1986).

My uncle introduced me to LD in the mid 80s, and I got into it in mid 90s. Loved it.

I owned a Pioneer player and about 60 discs. I slowly upgraded all my LDs to DVDs over time, and dubbed to VCD/SVCD/DVD (depending on how much I cared about the original LD) those few LDs I couldn't find DVDs for. Since then, those DVDs have come out too. I can't think of any LD I had that isn't out now on DVD.

I remember paying nearly $250 for the Amadeus box set, and $125 for the T2 box set (which had a ton of extra content on it, actually). :)

My player really started acting wonky (wouldn't "flip" the disc, wouldn't eject), and that's when I started to give up on it.

I kept my three Star Wars THX remastered LDs for any collector's value they may have someday.

Chris

Hello everyone,

It's great to see and hear that there are plenty of people on this forum that still own Laserdisc's.

I am also and will continue to collect for some time to come.

I know what you mean about the ''fresh smell of a brand new Laserdisc''
Silly i know, but it's a collectors thing.

I love the handling of the disc's and the sound of the players ''GREAT FORMAT''

I shall be purchasing my first HLD X9 in about 2 months and shall be travelling 370 miles to pick it up in the UK.

Then i shall be purchasing a Brand New ELITE CLD 97 from a seller in the US.
Have wanted to own these players for about 8 years now and then i will be purchasing new parts and an AC-3 upgrade for the CLD 97 ''can anyone help me get hold of this upgrade?

I would appreciate your help!

Genuine sincere regards

Mark :)

......so, ya'all are huffing the glue that bonds LD sides! That explains the popularity of LD's....;)

Yup, still have player and collection connected to a secondary TV.

Great use for a long time but the superior overall experience from HD DVD and BD though make it mostly a relic...

I stayed away because of title price. I recall some of the titles I wanted made the current Fox BD pricing look like a bargain.

I bought my first player in the late 90s, at the tail end when no one really carried the discs anymore. I wanted to pick up films and videos that I figured would never be released on DVD. Some still have yet to be released on DVD (though not that many), but those that haven't make me happy in a stubborn kind of way. :)

I still have laserdiscs because of their superior audio quality over DD and DD+. Once TrueHD/ DTS-HD / PCM audio becomes the norm on HD-DVDs, I will finally sell my laserdisc collection.

I voted "Yes" to the question, do you own a Laserdisc. I do own a laserdisc, however I do not have a laser disc player like Pioneer use to make. I have a demo laserdisc from Paramount with samples from various movies. I for one am glad this format failed. Damn those things are huge. I cannot imagine having a collection of these in my library.

I still have my player that I got long before DVD's came out. Laserdisc was so much better than VHS that I soon found tapes hard to watch.

A real perk was that our city library had a large LD collection you could access (for free!). Along with current Hollywood stuff they had most of the Criterion classics, Operas, etc so I got myself and my family a bit of a film education along the way. I miss that part still.

Bryan

63% owned laserdisc??? That is absolutley amazing. I don't think I've ever even seen a laserdisc (and I'm no kid), nor do I know anybody who did own one.

This really puts the whole HD DVD/Blu-ray thing into perspective for me. Sometimes, I get a little too excited with these new formats, when in reality, this really is a very unique, rabid demographic on these forums, driving all the hype around HDM. This indicates to me that standard definition DVDs still have a long healthy run still in front of them.

I still have laserdiscs because of their superior audio quality over DD and DD+. Once TrueHD/ DTS-HD / PCM audio becomes the norm on HD-DVDs, I will finally sell my laserdisc collection.

Good point. I have LD copies of a couple of musicals, and one of my personal soundtrack favorites - The Mission. That waterfall soundtrack and the embedded music was just fantastic on LD. Like you, I've skipped DVD for that title, but I might go for a TrueHD copy eventually (if it gets released).

I can't remember as I gave my players away when I compared all my movies to the DVD version when the Star Wars trilogy came out. I remember I had a Magnavox and a Sony that automatically switched sides. I still have the Star Wars Trilogy with the Book (I find that more interesting than the movies now) it came with.

Oooo, I might be able to one-up you here. I had three sets of Star Wars on LD.

1) The individual ones
2) The original non-edited Definitive Collection (in the nice black hardback case. I still have this)
3) The edited box set (the newer ones).


I was a proud Laserdisc owner back in the day. I remember working in the mall next to Saturday Matinee/Record Town, and I would scour the LD section looking for $20 bargins. I had 3 boxes of discs, including all kinds of series (Beverly Hills Cop, all the Batman's, etc:). They all got flooded out when my basement flooded. The saddest day for me was when we moved out of that house and I had to have Got Junk come get them because they were ruined. :(

I wanted one, but went with VCD. I know they both eventually failed but VCD was much worse, every movie I had was 2 discs minimum to watch the entire film.

I still remember the day I bought my 3DO, drooling over the Pioneer Laseractive CDL-A100 laserdisc player that could play Sega Genesis/TurboGrafx 16 games. Beautiful piece of machinery.

I still have my collection.

I bought one just about 4 years ago to get titles that were either unavailable on DVD or were only full screen on DVD. I have Star Wars Definitive collection, Time Cop, The Shadow, Meet the Deedles, Howard the Duck and about 5 others. I would capture the video to my computer and then make my own DVDs.

Stace

Still a lot of fun collecting Laserdiscs.

It funny I knew very little about the format. All I knew was that some of my teachers had a player and used it for looking up stuff. I recall them using a barcode reader to call up frames that had information. Either a short video or words with pics.

It wasent until a teacher showed a regular movie on one that I further looked into the format. A qwick look on ebay brought up many players and movies. So I bought a good sounding player witha few movies. It wasn't until later that I found their were far better player. Duel sided ones. So my next player read both side and had RF out. Which is what I have now. After 3 years of ebay and used record shops I've hit just over 200 LDs.

Most are just regualr movies that I got cheep. $2-3 each. Some like star wars defintive and Ep1 I paid a bit more for.although far less then what they were new..

A few I bought becase their was no DVD or a very poor FS DVD. A few have been replaced with DVDs but so far I've not sold them.

I was lucky on a few as I got them in lots. I've yet to see a LD copy of F.I.S.T. Which came with cliffhanger WS and rhinestone for $20. Ciffhanger has had severel LD verisons. LD FS, WS , SE, squezze and MUSE HD. The DVD has had like 3 versions.
As far as FIST. It came to UK DVD right away but the R1 disc just came a few years ago. I've got the UK r2 and R1 DVD now. As well as the LD.

Yes, not only DID, but still DO! I own five players and LOTS of LD's (though I've little doubt there are many others with MORE lots :).)

I bought the very first one that came out while stationed in Japan. I think it was a Pioneer LD-1000. I've still got it along with two others. They all still work!

LOL, I did have a LD copy on VHS, will that count?

Not to many of my friends owned them back in the CAV only days. Most of us jumped onto the LD wagon once the players came out that could play digital audio and CDs. This was a brilliant move on the LD companies (Pioneer's idea?) part. I remember being awed by the audio capabilities of those LDs and thinking how much better they sounded compared to the older (was it called CX noise reduction?) movies.

OThey all got flooded out when my basement flooded. The saddest day for me was when we moved out of that house and I had to have Got Junk come get them because they were ruined. :(

I had no problems playing flooded LD disc. I still have about 100 disc that were in a flood that still work perfectly afaik. I have not look thru all of them. But all of the labels, album on them were ruined. Sometimes you have to remove the ruined disc labels as it might affect the clamping of the disc.

Still own (and still buying LDs). Also HiVision MUSE LDs (1920x1035i/60). See my signature.

Hello tteich,

It's good to see that i am not the only one that's still purchasing a great deal of Laserdisc's and hardware from all over the place, but especially from HongKong, Japan and the USA.

Look forward to hearing from yourself.

Genuine regards

Mark from the UK.

:eek::):rolleyes:

No - wasn't old enough

Hell ya!

http://lddb.com/collection.php?action=list&user=drcrawn&max=99

I never owned LD, but had I been as old as I am now back in the day you can bet your behind that I would have.

I never owned LD, but had I been as old as I am now back in the day you can bet your behind that I would have.

ditto.

Don't have my player anymore (it broke). Kept the Star Wars LDs just for kicks. Including the final box set. Also, my spouse framed three of the Star Wars LD covers for our HT (the ones that were the large print covers of Darth Vader, a Storm Trooper and Yoda). They look pretty good. I really miss the THX and DD intros that some of the LDs had. They always sounded fantastic when you fire them up! SJ

I found a Pioneer LD player in a store today... didn't buy it... but I may go back and pick it up. It should be interesting trying to explain that one to the girlfriend, though...

Hello tteich,

It's good to see that i am not the only one that's still purchasing a great deal of Laserdisc's and hardware from all over the place, but especially from HongKong, Japan and the USA.

Look forward to hearing from yourself.

Genuine regards

Mark from the UK.

:eek::):rolleyes:

Hello Mark. Apparently there exist a lot of LD fans who are still buying LDs in order to expand their collections. Here is mine (http://www.lddb.com/collection.php?action=list&user=tet&sort=title), at least the 250 movie LDs, not to mention more than 100 Arcade/Laseractive/etc. I own.

@alpha21:
I started to buy my collection when my first DVD player broke, and during my search for a new one came across the Pioneer DVL-909, wondering why it has such a large tray ;-) That was long after LD has died. So it's never to late to start a new hobby...

Best regards, Torsten

I found a Pioneer LD player in a store today... didn't buy it... but I may go back and pick it up. It should be interesting trying to explain that one to the girlfriend, though...
Buy it! But beware, it can suddenly become a passion.

So after almost 500 respondants - we are stil above 60% that have/had LD. What surprises me the most is the number of people who didn't have LD. Guess that is due to age for the most part which does say something as a reflection of the current status of HD movie player owners.

I don't think age is always a factor. I'm 23 and just started collecting a few years ago.. So it all what your willing to do.

I don't think age is always a factor. I'm 23 and just started collecting a few years ago.. So it all what your willing to do.

I got my first player an LD-838D when you were a toddler.

When it came time to remodel our house, the main focus was to find something we liked that would hold all of my LD's. We don't really watch them anymore so they are now more of a showpiece.

DVD / Blu-Ray / HD-DVD or whatever comes next will never match the LD Box Sets.

When it came time to remodel our house, the main focus was to find something we liked that would hold all of my LD's. We don't really watch them anymore so they are now more of a showpiece.

DVD / Blu-Ray / HD-DVD or whatever comes next will never match the LD Box Sets.

I dont have the room to show mine anymore and have been trying to get rid of them for some time.

Still have LDs (and am often surprised by how good the well-mastered ones look on an LCD RP screen). Many were so good that I've never had to buy DVDs of most titles that were on LD. But HD has spoiled me...to the point where I'm even considering selling my HLD-X9 player.

LD really had a good long run... a lot longer than Standard DVD has had before being supplanted by HD discs.

I got into the game in '99, when DVD started its surge to the top. I worked with someone who had an LD player, nothing too fancy, but it got me hooked nonetheless. I've been through a few machines, ending up with a Runco LJR II (great player, best I've had).

I still keep an eye on ebay - a few months ago I imported the Japanese Die Hard Trilogy boxset - but my passion for LD is fading these days. I don't have a huge collection, 100 or so. I love boxsets, the bigger the better, although I think my favourite is the Japanese Star Wars Trilogy SE, which I got signed by Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher and Warwick Davies. :D

Still do.

I had a Magnavox that I got from Rich's, with Battlestar Galactica (Can you say "Early Adopter?") but I ended up returning the third unit when it overheated like the first two.

Got back in later when better models were available, and bought my share of Pioneer Anime (Tenchi Muyo!) and movies, Star Wars and more.

I have a Pioneer Elite player that still works, I was just using it last week.

I bought my first laserdisc player back in 92 in collage durring the Fantasia Pioneer push. I replaced my player in 98 with a DVL909 combo player. I still own about 50 discs and I have since been framing them and using them as decorations in my HT.

I still have my player & collection.

This survey makes me wonder if the two HD formats have reached the market penetration of LD yet?