Ah, the riveting tale of why Southeast Asians chose #VCDs and #Laserdiscs over VHS—spoiler alert: it's because of *mold*! 
Who knew discussing outdated media formats could be so thrilling? Enjoy sifting through linguistic trivia while you dust off your time machine to 1995! 
https://rubenerd.com/vcds-and-laserdiscs-in-southeast-asia/ #Mold #OutdatedMedia #LinguisticTrivia #HackerNews #ngated
Tonight I finally watched one of the #laserdiscs that I got while I was in Japan last month.
"Who Am I?" - one of my favourite #JackieChan films. So much fun and great to finally see the full length Hong Kong cut which has different editing and is around 10 mins longer. Great 5.1 AC3 track too!
Years ago, I gave away a van full of #Laserdiscs because, I too, inherited a large #LD collection. So I kept all the #disney, #anime, & my favorite LD films. So after all these years, I needed to upgrade storage for my small but always slowly growing ld collection. Now I can keep all of my film ld, #laseractive games, #snk #Capcom #videogame strategy lds, & the big collector boxes in one place. Repurpose #vinyl #records storage for LDs.
@kn4ntu It's one of the first #laserdiscs I bought.
#BBC #DouglasAdams #TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy #THGTTG
I scored one of my favorites on #Laserdisc today. I don't normally pick up laserdiscs that I have on other formats unless it's something pretty neat. Going to give it a spin in the LD player then add it to the wall. #movies #physicalmedia #laserdiscs #clerks #kevinsmith
WAHOO!!!
More friends join my plushie collection.
It's the LaserKaraoke parrot and his band ensemble!! From Japan!!!
Really hard to find info on the blue and purple parrots, but they are backup support it seems otherwise!
They appear to be fully licensed products down to a very small PIONEER stamp/insignia found within the attached loop tag near the feet.
Yahooooooo!! 
Pioneer, Jun 1984. Introduces commercial-use Laser Karaoke systems centered on the LD-V11 LD player for karaoke. Simultaneously adopts a parrot character as the logo for Laser Karaoke.
#laserdisc #laserdiscs #laserKaraoke #plush #plushie #plushies #plushy #plushToy #plushToys #collectible #1980 #pioneer #collectibles #japan
More cool #snk #neogeo #gaming #laserdiscs. I really have a soft spot for these play through videos. Kind of a proto-twitch but on #ld. #worldheroes #worldheroes2 #fightershistorydynamite #karnovsrevenge #mvs #aes
A friend is heading to #London for a few days and is asking for any recommendations for places to find #Laserdiscs.
The only place I've ever found them on my visits is Sister Ray's. Any other suggestions?
In my experience London is pretty poor for #Retro tech shopping.
It’s Christopher Reeves birthday. It’s a good day to binge #SuperMan #laserdiscs
Cleaned out the interior of the remote control where the batteries had exploded; cracked open the hood so I could manually lift the old, tired disc clamper; and we're ready to party like it's 1999 (and Dave's Video is still on Ventura Blvd.). #archiving #laserdiscs #PioneerCLDD704
For those of you who have never seen a #laserdisc player change sides!
It's a crazy design! The whole laser pickup flips to the opposite side of the machine while the disc stops, changes direction and speeds up again.
I assume all the stabilisation hardware built into the pickup made it too expensive to add one for each side. Either way you'd still have to wait for the disc to stop, change direction, and speed up again.
Todays arrivals #RetroTech #OldTat at AVAV Towers
Couple of #LaserDiscs
Thames Video - Benny Hill. I was hoping for the Thames Ident, but got a far inferior 80s Synth thing. Gutted
BBC Video, 2 Disc, CAV of Barbara Woodhouse Training Dogs
@stux This reminds me of a podcast I just listened to.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jW7hrHOsnbxIegncfErYk?si=hO9L4Jy8T1aHRGTs-0dOcg
Decided to test our Pioneer DVL-700 Laserdisc player ... and it still works like a charm! The brake assembly scared me a little in the first disc (didn't slow it down fast enough to STOP and eject) but it was just dust. Trying a second, then a third disc cleared it right up.
If you're curious, I played bits and pieces of Apollo 13, Judge Dredd, and First Blood :)
Considering my username I should really post more about #laserdiscs; that was kind of my thing over on the other site in the before times.
No idea why I've just not been in the #laserdisc zone lately. I really should sit down and watch some again soon; I've got plenty to pick from!
Yesterday’s Post Arrivals
Couple of BBC #LaserVision / #LaserDiscs for the stash.
Black Adder is NTSC, which I don’t usually pick up as they are CBS Fox, but for a fiver, yes please
Hey All! #introduction time!
I’m a software engineer - focused on #frontend #webdev #CICD and #testing
I spend a lot of time building tiny libraries, useful chrome extensions, and simple web-apps
Outside of that, I spend a lot of time playing #boardgames, collecting #laserdiscs, and learning #steno
I'm excited to be here, and can't wait to see how this platform grows!
