I'm down to owning only 3 laserdiscs. Ask me anything!

[Deja Q]

(and I've yet to purchase DVD equivalents for some... I just never watch those...)

[darkstar]

1. What are they?

Just curious...

[Deja Q]

6. Okey...

Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Freaky Friday (1976)
Doctor Who - The Five Doctors

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Did you enjoy the Complete Babylon 5 set?

(Or was that Tom Joad who bought it and posted here?)

[Deja Q]

8. Nope.

'twas I who bought the set and I loved ALL of it.

Even season 5, which is understandably going to be a bit of a downer after the dénûment of season 4... though I wish the telepath war subplot was carried to its conclusion and not dropped. We needed the Bester/Garibaldi resolution too.

Nice to see Tron (and Scarecrow) as Capt. Sheridan... His wife (Melissa Gilbert!!) in the season 3 finale too. GREAT stuff... season 3 is definitely my fave...

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Great! I can't imagine getting it all at your leisure.

Gobbling it all up at the rate you set, not the stations... I agree, season 3 was the best. And there is a 3-book set on the fate of Bester, including the origin of the Psy Corps. See Ebay; it's a decade out of print. Or see if RetroLounge has them, he's just opened up a used book store.

You do know about the brand-new straight-to-DVD episodes, right? You've been off the board for a bit so I don't know if you'd seen it:

http://www.amazon.com/Babylon-5-Tales-Bruce-Boxleitner/...

Cheers!

[TommyO]

3. Which laserdisc player do you have?

I used to have a Pioneer CLD-3080 and absolutely loved it.

[Deja Q]

7. RCA...

From best Buy. They cheated out of their own extended warranty/no-lemon policy as well; I had to keep bringing it in because the player wouldn't automatically play the 2nd side -- they kept repairing it for free, but claimed it was only a "cleaning", which was bollocks as an excuse.

They've come through with their warranty on other issues and, let's face it, I got the unit in 1998 when laserdisc players were nearly impossible to get.

The unit still works, and still flips to side B 98% of the time.

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. My laser disk player is broken and can't be fixed or replaced.

Nobody makes laser disk players anymore. The repair shops that I have called won't touch them. Mine is broken, and I have no way to watch my laser disks. They sit on a shelf and gather dust. Sigh.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. SOunds like you need ebay

I will see if I can find anything for you.


http://cgi.ebay.com/MARANTZ-MULTI-LASER-DISC-PLAYER-LV5...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pioneer-CLD-S201-LD-CDV-CD-Video-La...

There are a ton of players on Ebay...

[Deja Q]

9. Pioneer is one of the best LD brands...

Thanks for looking into that for him, jasonc!


(Just get a guarantee from the seller after the purchase... though chances are there'd be no problems, especially from anyone with a high positive rating.)

[Lionel Mandrake]

12. And thank you as well

I need all the help I can get.

[Pierre.Suave]

16. you are welcome

nt

[Pierre.Suave]

13. it really wasnt that hard with a handy dandy OSX feature

called Sherlock.

[Deja Q]

14. In case he doesn't own a Mac:

Click me

[Pierre.Suave]

15. or you can do that

too...

[Deja Q]

17. Well, I won't deny Sherlock has some instantly accessible features...

It just depends on how frequently one needs them.

[Pierre.Suave]

18. I actually use it

quite frequently.

For example, lets say I wanted to go see "Knocked Up" tonight...



BAM, there it is.

[Lionel Mandrake]

11. Thank you very much for the suggestion.

I've never used eBay before, but I'll look into it.