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(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:38, archived)
# Never The Same Color twice
woo
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:39, archived)
# oh so true
the reds on my ntsc laserdiscs are a shade of orange/brown
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:44, archived)
# Laserdiscs' colors get messed up?
I didn't know- I'll have to watch one later and see :D
Woo!
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:49, archived)
# yeah I have the NTSC laserdisc of that rare BMX film "Rad"
and an original PAL VHS of it too
bright red cars look off-colour on the laserdisc but the VHS colour is fine
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:51, archived)
# wow lazerdisks
an LP in light, I love to just hold them
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:53, archived)
# they make CDs look tiny :)
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:56, archived)
# They make
CD's look like singles
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:57, archived)
# Iiiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting
*steeples fingers*

I remember watching laserdiscs as a lass and my dad telling me that one day, they would be the size of regular cds. I pictured them 2' high.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:56, archived)
# I'm lost
2" high or wide?

I also only ever saw one lazerdisk on sale, it was a deep purple concert, I wish I'd bought it to just marvel at
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:04, archived)
# I thought he meant DVDs'd be a cd's width
but really tall.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:08, archived)
# 2' high !
are you mad?

2" shirley?

etc etc
(, Sat 2 Jul 2005, 10:34, archived)
# Yeah but
the sound quality of DD or DTS of laserdisc has yet to be equaled by dvd.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:18, archived)
#
huh?

on a technical side of things, surely as DD and DTS are digital streams there shouldn't be any difference between them stored on laserdisc and DVD,
unless you're referring to some real-world examples where the laserdisc release does have a better soundtrack, in which case I wouldn't be surprised
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 15:41, archived)
# i doubt
that laserdisc stores its audio at the same sample resolution.
dvd probably supports more modern surround sound too, if laser disc supports any.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 17:17, archived)
#
Almost all DVDs that have 2.0 surround tracks are encoded to compressed AC3, most laserdiscs that have digital audio are uncompressed PCM.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserdisc

"Audio could be stored in either analog or digital format and in a variety of surround sound formats; NTSC discs could carry two analog audio tracks, plus two uncompressed PCM digital audio tracks, which were CD quality and PAL discs could carry one pair, either analog or digital. Dolby Digital (also called AC-3) and DTS, which are now common on DVD titles, first became available on Laserdisc, and Star Wars: Episode I (1999) which was released on Laserdisc in Japan, is among the first home video releases ever to include 6.1 channel Dolby Digital EX Surround. Unlike DVDs, which carry Dolby Digital audio in digital form, Laserdiscs store Dolby Digital in a frequency modulated form within a track normally used for analog audio. Extracting Dolby Digital from a Laserdisc required a player equipped with a special "AC-3 RF" output and an external demodulator in addition to an AC-3 decoder. The demodulator was necessary to convert the 2.88 MHz modulated AC-3 information on the disc and convert it into a 384 kbit/s signal that the decoder could understand. DTS audio took the place of the PCM audio tracks, and required only a direct connection via Optical Audio cable and a decoder to be heard."
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 19:10, archived)
# I think NTSC is the format for all American TVs
and the only reason I know about it is I had to make an animation with Adobe Premiere for a class and it lets you choose.

You turn on the same show on two different TVs and they look completely different. Even black and white movies..
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:08, archived)
# Yeah!
Or at the store where they have all the TVs lined up with the same show on and they all look different
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)
# yep
'ning miss ship. Don't you ever sleep?
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:17, archived)
# i just saw the last in yer profile too (3 mins ago)
how coincidentle!


EDIT: woo etc. (so true)
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:39, archived)
# This
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:41, archived)
# Ditto
Arf!
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:43, archived)
# clever
ah ah
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:40, archived)
# yes!
pass me the dog food
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:42, archived)
# hahaha
so simple yet so good
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:42, archived)
# Arf!
I like the rez'ing on NTSC, so true.
/stuck in a NTSC area, blah!
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:45, archived)
# arf!
very droll
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:51, archived)
# hehe
that made me giggle
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 9:55, archived)
# Pffft!
my old dog looked like that *sniff*

looked best in SECAM tho.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:00, archived)
# HUZZAH!
for incredibly geeky jokes!
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:06, archived)
# *clap* *clap*
It's funny 'cause it's true.

Very clever.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:18, archived)
# Never Twice the Same Colour
That hits the spot all right!
(Apologies for dog-type pun)

Woo indeed!
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:42, archived)
# Ahh
Perfect at last!
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)
# that is
inspired. Most woo.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 12:27, archived)
# Simple.
Yet brilliant.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 13:00, archived)
# *wild applause*
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 13:56, archived)
# almost
pissed myself - well played
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 14:42, archived)
# that's ace
It should win the compo, even though it's not a penguin or a monkey.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 15:49, archived)
# YES!!!
Thats exactly it! Shame their HDTV standard is a higher framerate than ours this time :( Ah well, we still have 100hz... and an LCD doesn't flicker anyway - we won't notice :)
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 19:13, archived)
# How wonderful
Wonderfully geeky as well. D'ya know just how few sad sods are going to get _all_ the subtleties of that? *8-D Perfick! Well done. And a well deserved FP. :)

[Yes, I'm that kind of sad sad person.]
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 21:25, archived)