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Topic: Happy New Year to All.... |
Midwinter
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:55 pm Subject: Happy New Year to All.... |
Beetlescott - hope you get to feeling better. I get sick every Christmas. Whenever I take a vacation from work I am guaranteed to get sick! This year at least it was just a common cold.
Happy New ... |
Topic: NEW TO THE FORUM....PRETTY NEW TO CED, TOO |
Midwinter
Replies: 15
Views: 3944
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Forum: General Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:47 pm Subject: NEW TO THE FORUM....PRETTY NEW TO CED, TOO |
Just out of curiosity is Laserdisc/VHS the newest formats you collect, or do you have any more current format collections?
I collect everything from Vinyl and CED to Blu-Ray and SACD. Just curious ... |
Topic: NEW TO THE FORUM....PRETTY NEW TO CED, TOO |
Midwinter
Replies: 15
Views: 3944
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:09 pm Subject: NEW TO THE FORUM....PRETTY NEW TO CED, TOO |
Welcome to the boards! I have only been posting here for less than a year myself and everyone has been very kind.
I am a collector like yourself and ran across the CED format later in life (I neve ... |
Topic: How do you know if it's been "Played Out" or not? |
Midwinter
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Views: 4613
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:05 pm Subject: How do you know if it's been "Played Out" or not? |
Just out of curiosity - has anyone ran across or watched one of their own movies enough times to see degradation?
I definitely have discs that have bad spots - no matter how many times the needle ... |
Topic: New Videodisc, Confused on how it works. |
Midwinter
Replies: 18
Views: 5306
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:59 pm Subject: New Videodisc, Confused on how it works. |
When you move the on off load/function lever does your turntable move at all? Does the player power on and off?
Since you are new to the format - what blindfury420 is saying: When you slide the l ... |
Topic: CRT sets found in local thrift store... |
Midwinter
Replies: 7
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:47 pm Subject: CRT sets found in local thrift store... |
My wife and I just had a baby otherwise I would make a trip out there to pick it up!
I used to be in charge of Bakersfield and anything south a few years back for Coca-Cola Transportation. Sometim ... |
Topic: Servo Drive Belt Issue or Arm Drive Belt Issue? |
Midwinter
Replies: 7
Views: 2664
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:43 pm Subject: Servo Drive Belt Issue or Arm Drive Belt Issue? |
| I appreciate your help! |
Topic: CRT sets found in local thrift store... |
Midwinter
Replies: 7
Views: 2534
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:13 am Subject: CRT sets found in local thrift store... |
| Good finds! I am still looking for an old woodgrain unit with fabric covered speakers to make my CED watching experience feel legit. |
Topic: Servo Drive Belt Issue or Arm Drive Belt Issue? |
Midwinter
Replies: 7
Views: 2664
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:08 am Subject: Servo Drive Belt Issue or Arm Drive Belt Issue? |
| I read the guide and that is how I narrowed it down to either of those two belts. I don't have a player that has page mode so I'm not exactly sure what that looks like. If I posted a video of what is ... |
Topic: Servo Drive Belt Issue or Arm Drive Belt Issue? |
Midwinter
Replies: 7
Views: 2664
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:34 pm Subject: Servo Drive Belt Issue or Arm Drive Belt Issue? |
I just fired up a CED player I received with a 100 disc collection (it is either the SFT100, SGT100, or the SGT101 - how would I know which one? - The one I have has woodgrain)
It plays a minute or ... |
Topic: New Videodisc, Confused on how it works. |
Midwinter
Replies: 18
Views: 5306
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:11 pm Subject: New Videodisc, Confused on how it works. |
For some reason the images are not working for me. Here is a link you can click and see the pictures really quickly:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72071231@N06/
I haven't worked on enough of thes ... |
Topic: WY NOT MENTION TITLES RELEASED ON CED??? |
Midwinter
Replies: 20
Views: 3760
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:34 pm Subject: WY NOT MENTION TITLES RELEASED ON CED??? |
| Did the portable laserdisc player also play the 5 inch discs or was it only designed to handle the 8 inch discs? I need to find one of these - because I didn't even know a portable unit existed! |
Topic: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Midwinter
Replies: 20
Views: 4714
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:13 pm Subject: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
| Just received the discs. Thanks! |
Topic: WHO ARE THEY KIDDING??????? |
Midwinter
Replies: 188
Views: 51488
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:10 pm Subject: WHO ARE THEY KIDDING??????? |
| There is a guy who lives by me that has been trying to sell a collection for an insane amount of money (in my opinion) for almost a year. I tried some lower offers last spring, but didn't get the appr ... |
Topic: CED Collection Question |
Midwinter
Replies: 6
Views: 1961
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:03 pm Subject: CED Collection Question |
I currently don't have any of the adult titles or I would send them out.
I don't think I want my daughter when she is older to see the titles in my collection. I definitely want her to know that w ... |
Topic: WHAT IS THE LAST CED YOU WATCHED? |
Midwinter
Replies: 261
Views: 71062
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:02 pm Subject: WHAT IS THE LAST CED YOU WATCHED? |
| Brannigan with John Wayne. I haven't decided what I think of it yet. It wasn't terrible, but quite predictable. Kind of on a kick recently to watch CED films I haven't seen before. I also need to chec ... |
Topic: CED Collection Question |
Midwinter
Replies: 6
Views: 1961
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:20 pm Subject: CED Collection Question |
I know there are a few CED adult releases such as the Playboy titles.
My question is for you other CED collectors: When collecting titles do you make these adult titles part of your quest or do yo ... |
Topic: Watch CED and then Watch Modern Format |
Midwinter
Replies: 5
Views: 1816
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:56 pm Subject: Watch CED and then Watch Modern Format |
| Isn't it still common practice for the camera to pick up more on film than the widescreen image we receive? I'm just thinking of some botched home video releases of Back to the Future and Pirates of t ... |
Topic: WHAT IS THE LAST CED YOU WATCHED? |
Midwinter
Replies: 261
Views: 71062
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:49 pm Subject: WHAT IS THE LAST CED YOU WATCHED? |
| Beetlescott - is that three times for White Christmas? Good movie, but three times already? The sisters performance by Bing and Danny is pretty funny. |
Topic: Watch CED and then Watch Modern Format |
Midwinter
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Views: 1816
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:45 am Subject: Watch CED and then Watch Modern Format |
| I wasn't sure if anyone else on the board has done this. I recently started watching a CED movie and then checking out the same movie on a moderm format such as Blu-Ray, digital streaming, DVD, etc... ... |
Topic: WHAT IS THE LAST CED YOU WATCHED? |
Midwinter
Replies: 261
Views: 71062
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:33 pm Subject: WHAT IS THE LAST CED YOU WATCHED? |
Watched Bonnie and Clyde. I had actually never seen the film before.
It was pretty grizzly for a 60's flick. |
Topic: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Midwinter
Replies: 20
Views: 4714
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:31 pm Subject: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
| Yes, that was me asking for the sealed titles. I just sent you my info in an e-mail tonight! |
Topic: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Midwinter
Replies: 20
Views: 4714
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:55 am Subject: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Sent you a list of titles I am interested in. I hope they are still available!  |
Topic: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Midwinter
Replies: 20
Views: 4714
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Forum: General Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:38 am Subject: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
What are you charging for shipping, or will you not know until you run to the post office and actually ship it?
Thanks! |
Topic: vacuum tubes? |
Midwinter
Replies: 3
Views: 1780
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:12 pm Subject: vacuum tubes? |
I am too young to remember tube devices. I obviously know about them and have always been extremely interested in old radios and other devices that used them (computers, etc...)
I remember reading ... |
Topic: CEDs As Found in Thrift Stores |
Midwinter
Replies: 22
Views: 7238
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:58 pm Subject: CEDs As Found in Thrift Stores |
I actually ran in to my local used book store this weekend to see if any new stuff had shown up that caught my interest. I happened upon a lot of 95 discs.
I would have taken a snapshot with my ca ... |
Topic: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Midwinter
Replies: 20
Views: 4714
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:41 pm Subject: Big CED lot catalogued & many Pt 1 or 2 discs available |
Just sent an e-mail for a list!
You know you are killing me looking to sell this stuff right before Christmas when I'm already broke as is. |
Topic: Tech Question - How to hook up CED to Flat Screen HDTV |
Midwinter
Replies: 17
Views: 7116
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:49 pm Subject: Tech Question - How to hook up CED to Flat Screen HDTV |
I just did a lot of research on this...the picture will suffer without a VGR device. HDTV's have a hard time recognizing the inferior picture signal of analog (trouble dropping below their pixel r ... |
Topic: 275 discs and 2 players on ebay - anyone off here?? |
Midwinter
Replies: 7
Views: 2181
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:44 pm Subject: 275 discs and 2 players on ebay - anyone off here?? |
I was in Tampa on business awhile back - too bad I might not be there again until the end of the year.
Pretty cool set. I didn't read the whole auction details, but based on the pictures it looks ... |
Topic: WELCOME TO ALL THE NEWCOMERS!!!!! |
Midwinter
Replies: 50
Views: 12296
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:49 pm Subject: WELCOME TO ALL THE NEWCOMERS!!!!! |
Either this site gets overloaded easily, or I'm doing something wrong-I get the 'connection was reset' notification more times than naught.
Yes, I receive this error a lot also. When I get m ... |
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