Wednesday, 25 September 2024
quote [ I hope you all read my impassioned plea, and start searching garage sales, junk shops and eBay for some of the last remaining functional LaserDisc players.
[…] The glue used to bind LaserDiscs is breaking down, but they can’t disappear. Disney and James Bond and whoever else can try to pretend that a movie didn’t feature outrageously large mermaid breasts or outright misogyny, but the LaserDisc is a witness. ] As if you wouldn't know. Interesting archivist's stance though. From last year.
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ooo[......7 said[7] @ 10:44pm GMT on 25th Sep
[Score:3 Informative]
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stv179 said[1] @ 6:59pm GMT on 25th Sep
He -> She lost me on "records produce a better sound". Kudos for the idea of preserving old formats, though.
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Paracetamol said @ 4:18am GMT on 26th Sep
It is a she, BTW
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stv179 said @ 7:23am GMT on 26th Sep
I was thinking about that for a second but should have been more careful.
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Hugh E. said @ 8:29pm GMT on 25th Sep
Isn't the solution transferring the content to other, newer, physical media?
It's not about preserving the laser disc, but preserving its content. So it's not enough to get the player, one should get the software and alternative storage. |
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mechanical contrivance said @ 8:35pm GMT on 25th Sep
Yeah. Collecting laserdiscs is useless if they aren't ripped. The discs themselves are deteriorating and nothing can stop that.
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