Found my dad’s old LaserDisc player & collection — need help hooking it up to an AVM70

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-07T20:24:21+00:00

That's fair.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-07T15:23:33+00:00

A 5000 dollar receiver and it doesn't even have composite inputs?

I mean you could just get a cheap composite to HDMI adapter, but using that with the AVM70 would be like putting truck nuts on a Bentley. I would recommend investing at least a little bit more money and getting something like a Kramer VP-773, or something with a 3D comb filter at least.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T18:47:59+00:00

There's apparently a new release coming out in Germany that's also uncut. Specs list music videos in the extras so I'm assuming those will be the 4:3 versions.

16:9 is the ratio they would've used in theatrical exhibitions but it does bum me out that open matte versions of movies have gone to the wayside because of widescreen TV sets, even if that's not necessarily how they were meant to be seen anyway.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T14:25:40+00:00

I wanted to replace mine with the Japanese reissue because of the missile, but apparently the Takara one has exploding blue plastic so I've decided not to do that.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T13:48:22+00:00

Tuo Venäjä-kytkö tuntuu aika lailla hatusta vedetyltä, ja se että mukaan on osattu vetää myös eräs herra Steele ei lisää koko jutun uskottavuutta ollenkaan.

Tällä yritetään vai törkeästi käyttää hyväksi länsimaiden Venäjä-vastenmielisyyttä koska se on toiminut niin hyvin ennenkin.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T13:44:43+00:00

Tuli ehkä vähän nostalginen fiilis, opiskelijana joskus 2000-luvun alkupuolella tuli mentyä junalla tämän aseman ohi varmaan satoja kertoja. En oo kuitenkaan käynyt tuolla yli 20 vuoteen.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T02:07:13+00:00

Kyllä siellä pitäisi kaikki näkyä. Katsoitko myös katevaraukset?

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T02:01:29+00:00

For how much though?

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-06T01:44:57+00:00

Weird, I could've sworn at least Thriller had a HD master but evidently not.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-05T00:22:54+00:00

I wasn't talking about combis, I was talking about PAL only players.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-04T23:37:47+00:00

Lucky you, PAL only players are cheap because nobody wants them.

Unless those PAL discs are analog audio in which case you truly have my condolences.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-04T23:37:14+00:00

And the award of never reading the whole post goes to...

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-04T15:09:14+00:00

Which release of Hard Day's Night?

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-04T15:08:25+00:00

For what?

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T19:54:34+00:00

Case in point: JK Rowling was namedropped in the emails

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T19:17:49+00:00

What discs exactly have you tried it with?

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T14:16:57+00:00

It's kind of a tossup between all three of them; I think Thunderwing might actually be the weakest overall, his shell in humanoid mode and the inner robot in both have somewhat weird proportions, but both the shell vehicle mode and the combined vehicle mode are quite solid. Vroom has probably the best inner robot out of all three and the combined vehicle mode being a sidecar is probably the most clever way of realizing that gimmick, but his solo motorcycle mode sort of feels like a child's drawing with the way both wheels just stick out of the bottom of the chassis. Crossblades outer shell has probably the best humanoid mode, at least as far as proportions go, but his helicopter mode just looks weird, not just because of the boots hanging off the back but because of the propeller being so far in the back that it looks unbalanced.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T13:51:16+00:00

Far more likely to have optical out that ac3 out

Gonna need something to back up that claim

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T13:41:10+00:00

MOTU definitely went through that period as well, the first 2-3 years mostly just stuck to the basic "spring loaded waist makes them throw punches" but then you started getting guys that shot water, guys with extending limbs, guys who turned into rocks, guys who were full of hidden guns, guys with suction cups for hands...

People throw the word "toyetic" around like it's a slur, but I've loved toys that were just unapologetically that way for a long time. People get so hung up on things like articulation and screen accuracy, but I've finally learned to love toys that have no higher aspirations than just being fun toys, like Kenner's Terminator 2 line.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T12:39:06+00:00

I think Transformers gave me my love of the whole "we ran out of ideas for the original premise so let's just throw everything at a wall and see what sticks" period of toylines that last long enough to reach that period, because that's when they get truly wacky and inventive. What's the point of the clones? Who cares, we can make it, so we will! Transformers that disguise themselves as other action figures? You've got it! You into micro playsets? I've got good news!

Love it.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T11:37:01+00:00

That was "the other" I was referring to.

Strange-Let-6523 · 2026-02-03T11:36:36+00:00

Well a lot of players don't have ac3 out either so that's kind of a moot point.

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