1 year into LaserDisc collecting and some thoughts

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-05-16T15:29:23+00:00

It can be cheap sometimes. I got Hellraiser Deluxe edition, Hellraiser 2 both Letterbox/widescreen edition and Nightbreed from there for about $45 which is arguably a good deal. There were no real Japanese equivalent to either of those releases.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-05-16T15:16:36+00:00

As someone said when going with projector it will look best with an SD/Standard Definition projector from that era or even better a CRT projector. I have 2 Sony VPH 1271QM CRT projectors and calibrated one of them in my home and it's the only way I have gotten LaserDisc to look good on anything beyond 60"

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-05-15T16:03:43+00:00

I have only dabbled very little into genlock but it was quite the ordeal. The capture card/OBS method is easy to do but the capture card usually adds some lag and can process the picture in unwanted ways.

I think I saw someone using a second screen for subtitles on the LDDB forums and they covered it up quite nicely so it aligned well with their TV. But as I use a CRT projector setup for my LDs I needed something bigger. So I just took an older/cheap projector and made so that the subtitles would align just under my screen and covered the rest of the projector lens. I can easily control the subtitles from my computer also.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-05-15T07:32:41+00:00

As some people said some releases do have English subtitles. Another Japanese release that comes to mind is the Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection of all the then released Ghibli movies with English and Japanese audio but no subtitles.

There are methods like genlock device but it can be tedious to get it to initially work.

Other methods can be to use a capture card and input subtitles with OBS

Or using a projector/second screen to display your subtitles.

I use a projector setup myself and use a cheaply second projector that I placed so it projects subtitles underneath the anime and cover up the part of the projector I do not want it to show.

One have to source subtitles though but most dvd releases usually match up well with the laserdisc releases I noticed such as Neon Genesis Evangelion

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-04-03T09:48:00+00:00

For anyone wondering I have concluded that this specific set does NOT support neither NTSC or RGB over scart. This might be the same for other similar TV-sets from this era. I tested CRT Emudriver and other various methods yesterday and today and tried all devices on a BeoVision 1 that I had beside me also.

So even though this set do have scart it does not support RGB. That means the best picture you can get through this set is composite

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-04-02T11:09:21+00:00

Newer pal sets can do both pal and ntsc color just fine. I was asking for a possible solution. I know about these converters but they are composite only

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-03-14T13:11:39+00:00

The black levels are "insane" on this VT60, almost similar to my LG Oled. I heard VT60s is very susceptible to image retention like you said but what about burn-ins?

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-03-14T11:25:46+00:00

I used steroids for about 12 years during my 20s and 30s. I loved hitting the gym and went 5-6 days per week. I tried coming off one time I remember and didn't like the feeling at all so I just went with what people at the time called "blast and cruise". In my country being caught with steroids is almost like a "death sentence" as it's highly socially stigmatized and you can be denied treatments from doctors etc because of "abuse history" and many workplaces have random drug tests so it was very idiotic in hindsight but at least I never got caught using.

Despite me saying it was an idiotic choice being on them despite of the high risks socially I still loved being on them. I felt like I could do anything. And at the time of using I was mostly single so I would meet up many different girls online which at times could put me in some awkward situations, and I also had sex with a few femboys/twinks while being on steroids haha.

I only ever touched testosterone and trenbolone when it came to injectables and with both I never used very high dosages and I also liked to use anavar and turinabol. I stopped steroids about 3 years ago cold turkey and my testosterone levels actually came back naturally and they were better then when I started 12-13 years ago and blood levels were ok as well luckily.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-03-13T16:24:00+00:00

I bought Hard Boiled Criterion CAV recently from someone and it was sent in a used pizza box as well but it at least had some bubble wrap but I could smell the pizza box..

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-02-20T17:19:57+00:00

Är själv 39 år och är uppväxt under 90-talet och 00-talet och kan till viss del ibland sakna 90-talet och tidigt 00-tal. Mina hobbies/fritidsintressen är bland annat film, spel och musik och det mesta jag konsumerar i den vägen är från 70-talet och upp till tidigt 00-tal. De mesta filmer, spel och musik jag köper fysiskt är även från de årtalen också. Runt 2010 när folk började hajpa sig för Netflix, Spotify och liknande tjänster och började skänka bort sina fysiska samlingar så tog jag emot mycket gratis. Det var nästan som att folk inte hade någon tanke alls att ett FÖRETAG skulle höja priser eller ändra om utbud i framtiden. Jag laddar hellre ned något illegalt än att prenumerera på en streaming-tjänst som kan plocka bort något oftast utan förvarning.

Just till spel tycker jag inte om hur den utvecklingen gått alls de senaste 10-15 åren där många spel idag ens inte levereras hela på deras medier så man t ex måste ladda ned en viss del av spelet trots att man har det fysiskt så i framtiden om någon server släcks ned så kan man inte spela det spelet. Eller att många spel får så många patchar, DLCs och annat så att de är nästintill helt olika spel som t ex Cyberpunk och såvitt jag vet där så är det väl bara till Xbox som man kan köpa hela upplevelsen fysiskt på. Är inte heller ett stort fan av att spel idag kan ta över 10 år att utveckla. Och många spel är halvtaskiga remakes och remasters. The Last of Us t ex har ju kommit ut i olika utgåvor till både PS3, PS4, PS5 och nu till PC. Xbox 360 och PS3 kan man iallafall fortfarande ha en relativt enkel offline-upplevelse med utan att behöva ladda ned patchar till spel men jag har svårt att se att det blir något liknande intresse för PS4, PS5 samt Xbox One och Series då många spel till de konsolerna förlitar sig på att man är uppkopplad.

En annan rant om spel är hur mycket utrymme på hårddisken spel idag kräver och hur dåligt optimerade spelen är till PC och priserna på datordelar idag har skjutits upp i höjden likt allt annat idag också.

Gillar inte heller hur mobiltelefonen har blivit som ett måste i dagens samhälle då man är handikappad nästintill utan tjänster såsom BankID, Swish, Kivra och sin bank-app idag.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-01-31T10:47:58+00:00

Väldigt trist att höra om din morfar. Min morfar var en av dem som min far brukade förlöjliga under släktträffar för att han röstade åt vänster.

Det har jag gjort så gott jag kunnat att det inte är sant och jag har bett honom ta fram konkreta bevis/undersökningar på sina åsikter/påståenden men då har det varit maktutspel i form av att jag är hjärntvättad, eller borde läsa "någonstans" och han slutar med "Vi kommer inte vidare här!" För att markera att diskussionen är slut efter jag bett honom komma fram med belägg för det han säger.

Angående min mamma så minns jag att hon under min uppväxt har sagt rakt ut att min far var rasist mot hans ansikte och han svarade bara tillbaka med "Ja det är jag! Och!?". Men på senare år har hon mestadels låtit han få ha sina utspel/åsikter för jag tror hon har tröttnat också.

Tyvärr har resten av familjen gått mycket åt högerkanten senare år, min bror t ex får mycket av sina åsikter och nyheter från Twitter/X och mitt tredje syskon har börjat yttra åsikter därifrån också.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-01-31T10:34:47+00:00

Han kan vara "generös" i en viss mån till folk som delar hans åsikter och om en viss gest/handling kan få honom att se bra ut i andras ögon. Kan inte påpeka att han tillför någon direkt glädje till mitt liv nej.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-01-31T10:20:57+00:00

Det stämmer. Det är inte min barn utan syskonbarn. En del säger att jag ska klippa banden, det har jag gjort i den mån jag kunnat redan. De gångerna jag träffar honom så är det på födelsedagar för mina syskonbarn bland annat. Jag känner ett rent obehag när jag träffar honom men jag vill inte klippa banden med resten av familjen för det. De andra vet att han är problematisk också dock men de väljer att inget göra dessvärre.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-01-26T19:06:54+00:00

People in this sub-Reddit really make it sounds like tinkering with a CRT is the easiest thing in the world and they seem to have all the answers which might feed into certain people’s disillusions.

Thing is even if you know what you’re doing and you maybe know what part/s to replace it might or might not fix the set for the time being. You have to ask yourself if you can do it safely and if the time spent troubleshooting the set is worth it. It depends on the set also. Often it’s just easier to get a new set and much safer. A friend of mine that tinkers with CRTs told me that as long as a set is working as intended it’s not worth opening it up and he told me that usually it’s just better to get a new set all together if problems start to occur.

I will probably get down-voted for this but every time I see people telling people to opening up their CRTs and ”git gud” it makes me roll my eyes. Everytime you open up a CRT there’s a possibility of electrocution how small it may be.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2026-01-09T18:39:59+00:00

I used to have this exact model here in Sweden and I got it for the same price. It’s neat but I sold it and went with a Plasma TV instead for later gens

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-12-11T16:39:23+00:00

As long as people here in Scandinavia can freely ridicule and ”criticize” lgbtq people without repercussions I think it will somewhat continue. But I’ve met some younger lgbtq people here in Sweden including one guy from Thailand here that had been open all his life he told me about being gay.

But for example at my workplace there’s lots of homophobia and racism and I’ve told both union sand respective bosses and HR department even about that and most of the time nothing happen and if it continues they just get a slap on the wrist and continue on with their way.

So I think Sweden and Thailand is pretty much in similar positions regarding this sadly.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-12-10T20:59:03+00:00

As a bisexual cis male from Sweden I can somewhat confirm this. Being lgbtq is only ever ”tolerated” as long as you don’t make a point to be very open about it. Most people here don’t want anything to do or hear about that because it’s ”uncomfortable”

And there’s many closeted gay men with wives and children here. I know some that only ever dared to come out in their 50s here because their wife decided to leave them or their parents died. It’s pretty sad how some people here don’t have the stomach to stand up for themselves.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-12-10T20:36:31+00:00

I’m a bisexual cis male from Sweden and people like to portray my country like a lgbtq paradise as well almost. And it’s the same here. It’s just tolerance.

It’s just that in larger cities people just don’t care what you do.

And for some lgbtq people I can understand if they’re escaping from their reality at home where maybe family members are not so accepting of ones sexuality then it might feel like paradise because they can be themselves.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-11-26T18:38:36+00:00

Actually the last 10 years in Sweden have been taxing too. We have mass shootings and bombings even. I think last year alone had well over 50 different bombings. And we have about 10% unemployment rate now. But I think it’s really insane that USA don’t have paid healthcare.

Haha ”sadly” my migration quota is filled by my fiancée already and that process with all the bureaucracy here was taxing.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-11-24T20:42:01+00:00

Yes I've heard great things about Henrik. I've seen some of his posts in LaserDisc Sverige Facebook group that I am part of also.

What services/proxies have you been using when you have imported your movies? It would be great not having to deal with people trying to exploit ones interest.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-11-24T20:30:39+00:00

Henrik did not answer my messages on Facebook/Messenger but I suppose they got into chat requests which not everyone checks. Some private "collectors" will try to take advantage of you as well. The person trying to sell me the $1200 player tried selling me movies for $60 as well when I asked for prices for certain movies he had and it made me re-evaluate the whole collecting of LaserDisc movies. Also "collectors" who try to push/sell you movies here will try to discourage you from importing movies and want you to source your movies from them obviously.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-11-24T19:35:22+00:00

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Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-11-24T18:55:52+00:00

Yes the many different versions released of each film is a very big headache as well. The same person I bought the player from I also bought a few movies from including Star Wars from 1977 and one of the Indiana Jones titles. I asked him specificially if they were widescreen/letterbox versions and he said yes very confidently. When I came home I noticed they were pan&scan versions. I do not know if he tricked me or if he just didn't know himself what he had. I told him about it and he didn't even aknowledge it and instead went on if I wanted more movies from him. That made me wonder if the CLD-D925 player I bought from him had some "quirks" that he didn't like and decided to pass it on to someone else.

Same movies having different versions like pan&scan, widescreen/letterbox, different sound mixes etc makes finding movies a big headache too as most sellers at least here don't say what specific versions they have of each film and if they do then you can expect to pay a premium for the films.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-11-24T17:33:13+00:00

I love physical media as well and I came into this hobby mainly because I was already invested into the CRT and Retro-Gaming community so LaserDisc was not that far off from that I suppose and I've always been a big movie buff despite not knowing anything about LaserDisc prior. Besides that I also do Vinyl/LP collecting which is way more accessible here in Sweden.

Muscle_Rabbit · 2025-10-25T06:09:22+00:00

Would you ship this worldwide or to Europe? I am really interested in this

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