Knight Rider on Laserdisc
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:25 pm
I recently had a fun eBay acquisition that I wanted to share - two episodes (the pilot and knight of the juggernaut) on Laserdisc!
These items are pretty rare, as Laserdisc didn't last long as it existed in the valley between VHS and DVD - even though it has better quality than VHS.
The discs themselves are from Japan and have very interesting illustrations and inserts - and of course Japanese subtitles. The image quality isn't the polish that you see on the remastered DVDs - there is alot of grain that you can even see in these camera pics. Also Laserdisc has two levels of quality, one where it's 30 minutes per side (higher quality) and the other where it's 60 minutes per side (lower) - these discs are 60 minutes on each side, meaning there is a flip of the disc you need to do half way.
The person I purchased them from kept them in very good shape. Not only were they in a protective sleeve, but inside there the original shrink wrap was still mostly intact, just slit on the side in order to get the disc out - the card board itself hasn't seen air since it's pressing.
I originally bought these as I thought it would be a unique thing to get signed, but now that they're kept so well - I hesitate to ruin them.
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These items are pretty rare, as Laserdisc didn't last long as it existed in the valley between VHS and DVD - even though it has better quality than VHS.
The discs themselves are from Japan and have very interesting illustrations and inserts - and of course Japanese subtitles. The image quality isn't the polish that you see on the remastered DVDs - there is alot of grain that you can even see in these camera pics. Also Laserdisc has two levels of quality, one where it's 30 minutes per side (higher quality) and the other where it's 60 minutes per side (lower) - these discs are 60 minutes on each side, meaning there is a flip of the disc you need to do half way.
The person I purchased them from kept them in very good shape. Not only were they in a protective sleeve, but inside there the original shrink wrap was still mostly intact, just slit on the side in order to get the disc out - the card board itself hasn't seen air since it's pressing.
I originally bought these as I thought it would be a unique thing to get signed, but now that they're kept so well - I hesitate to ruin them.
More images in the gallery here: gallery/album.php?album_id=10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
