---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alan Heimann <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Laserdiscs To: Alan Adler <[email protected]>
Hi Alan ..I have quite a large collection Of laser disks… Many deluxe box sets with various books and reproduction lobby cards… I do watch some of them occasionally… I have found that some of the earliest ones in the collection have undergone laser rot but most still play nicely.. as concerns laser disc players the pioneer elite series was always considered pretty much the best that was out there… To find one in pristine condition with the remote is difficult these days and people still ask a lot of money for those, relatively… although most people would agree that the laser disks were an improvement over VHS tape somewhere very poorly produced and not much better… It’s interesting that VHS tape in terms of collecting is making a comeback and I’ve looked into that and although I have a large collection of VHS tapes as well not the ones that collectors seem to be after… I don’t think this is going to happen with laser disks but who knows… Best Alan On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 9:26 AM Alan Adler <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mopos - > > I just came across what appears to be a well-curated collection of laser > discs. > Good titles - boxed sets - noticed Japanese discs - some still sealed - > including what I was told by the collector was the best laserdisc machine. > > Before I commit to handling the collection, I wondered what the status of > laserdisc collecting was at present. > Has the VHS craze seeped into the world of laserdiscs? > > Any Mopos out there collect these - or is there some kind of marketplace - > or site with titles and values, etc.? > > I always thought laserdiscs were cool but never have found only a few here > and there and no machine to play them. > > Any laserdisc specialists in the audience? > > Thanks. > > Alan Adler > Museum of Mom and Pop Culture > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
