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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…our site in the article LaserDisc Archives: A Primer On The LD Format. Links to other LaserDisc Archives articles will be provided where appropriate.) LaserDisc technology was first demonstrated in… |
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LaserDisc Archives: A Primer On The LD Format
As an introduction to our LaserDisc Archives series, we thought it might be fun to take a trip on the way back machine and travel down memory lane to revisit… |
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Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!
…dropped in with a new article for our occasional LaserDisc Archives series, Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!, which looks back fondly on the golden age of the format and… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…to debut on the LaserDisc format, and again on low-priced collectible VHS, which is where a shift began to emerge. Given the chance to see it again, attitudes toward the… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…the CAV LaserDisc boxed set of Pocahontas will know that If I Never Knew You is good for a couple of other reasons too: it’s possibly Alan Menken’s strongest melody… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
…(and a gorgeously lavish LaserDisc set) was a major benefactor of the theatrical release, Burton and Elfman’s growing fanbase and praise from those that had seen it helping it become… |
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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…the later titles suffered in terms of truly great supplements included in those packages. Despite a previously wonderful and elaborately lavish LaserDisc box set being released with plentiful supplements in… |
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The Lion King: Platinum Special Edition
…in the home, the King will keep his throne, with millions of VHS tapes already sold, not to mention the previous LaserDisc release, both in “vanilla” movie-only form, and as… |
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Bambi: Platinum Edition
…that has never sat well with me, and there is an argument for extending the pace of the fade out here, allowing for the shock to settle in (the LaserDisc… |
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Cinderella: Platinum Edition
…motion in the animation came in part from this method of preparing the film. The film was last available on VHS and laserdisc in 1995, and its last time in… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…edition, packing in all-new and previous content, it does actually turn out that each previous important edition of the film (the 1993 LaserDisc box set, the 2001 DVD) contains their… |
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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
…got into LaserDisc, myself and my friends’ fix of Avery Droopy magic came from a bargain bin VHS compilation, and the cartoon that the tape was always fixed at was… |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…reminds why Lady And The Tramp still pleases after all these years. It’s a very nice documentary, as professionally put together as any yet seen on a Disney LaserDisc or… |
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Peter Pan: Platinum Edition
…did not look like it was stacking up well in anything that was compelling or even new. Many features seemed lifted from previous 45th Anniversary LaserDisc, Limited Edition DVD or… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…case of all previous important editions of the film (the 1993 LaserDisc box set, the 2001 DVD and 2009 Blu-ray) remaining to contain their own plusses? Well, yes, there is… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…set ups, but the many, many different posters from original and reissue release sadly go completely amiss here. Finally, a straight lift from the ten-year old collectors’ LaserDisc set is… |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…title. Indeed, even a deluxe 1990s LaserDisc set – routinely lavish affairs that still contain more material than has ever appeared on DVD – wasn’t as quite well supported in… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…dream of is down to Pixar’s undoubtedly unique creativity. Is This Thing Loaded? After VHS and LaserDisc releases, an Ultimate Toy Box triple DVD set, stand-alone DVDs, a double-feature collection… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…Before Christmas has become so much more than a cult film: its home video release (and a gorgeously lavish LaserDisc set) was a major benefactor of the theatrical release, Burton… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete First Season
…at the show’s history. At the end of the review, there will also be a comparison with the laserdisc box set released in the late 1990s. In the late 1950s,… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…familiar to those with the Restored LaserDisc and/or Gold DVD editions, finishing with the original Buena Vista fanfare opening to the film. Missing from the 40th Anniversary edition is The… |
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Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
…film’s shooting that will be familiar to those with the Restored LaserDisc and/or Gold DVD editions. The piece finishes with the original Buena Vista fanfare opening, and leads right into… |
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Mickey Mouse: The Black And White Years
…again. And speaking of Walt Disney Treasures DVD comparisons, let’s swing the clock back and glance an eye over the Mickey Mouse In Black And White set’s LaserDisc counterpart in… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2: Special Editions
…those with the original LaserDisc pressings may get a feeling déjà vu. After this, many of the other LD and previous DVD supplements have been carried over, including the 1996… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
…been entranced by its magic, either on the big screen or television by way of VHS, LaserDisc and DVD. With its anniversary on the horizon in the form of an… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…tapes through LaserDisc, the two-disc Vista Series DVD and now this Blu-ray edition. I’m also, naturally, well versed in the many in-jokes that Roger’s original prints contained, from Baby Herman’s… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…either on the big screen or television by way of VHS, LaserDisc, DVD or certainly last year’s Diamond Edition Blu-ray. Although 2011 is Beauty And The Beast’s 20th anniversary, this… |
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The Lion King: Diamond Edition
…throughout the film, and an Audio Commentary with producer Don Hahn and co-directors Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers. LaserDisc and Platinum DVD owners will have a huge feeling of déjà… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…film in the set. A previously restored print of the Academy version does exist, having popped up on LaserDisc format in the 1990s, but I guess space must have been… |
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Captain America (1990)
…as well as laserdisc. Until now, it had not shown up on disc, except for pirated DVDs of course. It is tempting to pile insults on this movie further, but… |
