CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[Rixrex]

A buddy bid on a storage unit in a building over in LA, and got it, and turned out that there were over 1200 CEDs there and one player in the back of this big unit on metal shelves. He let me buy the CEDs and player since he had no idea what they were, but he kept the shelves.

So I have a whole bunch of discs in dozens boxes to catalog and go through, and see what I like to keep. However, there's no way I'm going to keep more than a fraction of them. I've already done about 300 titles, and 80% I already have.

So get your wish lists together and when I get a list made up, I'll post it, or rather make it available via email. I'll let them go pretty cheap. This is going to be some job, I can see. Already I've seen a couple of obscure titles I didn't even know existed.

By the way, they were kept in one of those several-story tall climate controlled storage buildings, and were kept all upright and not with anything on top of them.

[jbrockhyde80]

Yeah...wasn't this confirmed to be the missing CED Central inventory just left behind?

I would like an e-mail list when you get ready.

[blindfury420]

^ exactly what I was wondering! I'll have a list for you soon rix hahahah
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[SaxCatz]

Amazing find!
Definitely interested in any at least semi-obscure horror, sci-fi or other genre films if you're going to keep the prices low!

[Rixrex]

[Jesse Skeen]

A lot of the discs from "CED Central" were bought from a shop in Canada, and many have yellow labels with computer-printed info on them. Check the discs to see if they have these- if they do, I have a good idea of what titles there are. I was lucky enough to see the inventory when it was in Sacramento, truly a sight to behold! There's a few discs in my collection in less-than-great condition that I'd still like to replace with better ones.
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[Rixrex]

I'll check as I go through them. So far I have not seen that yellow label. However I did see several discs that came from a business in Red Bluff CA, which is north of Sacramento on the Sacramento River. So that might be an indication.

If these are from that lot, I would also suspect that there were other storage facility or facilities that had more discs and/or players. But someone else may have gotten them. My friend only got this one because it had other stuff in it he was interested in. The discs were hidden in back and not visible, and the storage place only lets you look in from outside, you can't go in or open boxes.

Sometimes they get a "pig in a poke", and sometimes not.

[Rixrex]

I got about another 100 disc titles catalogued.

This is a time-consuming job. Doing it alone, I did not realize how much effort it takes to do this since nothing is in alphabetica order. Whew, I hope I can get done before Christmas!

[Rixrex]

I finally got done with cataloguing all the CEDs I got in that big lot, and I am right now typing it up on Word to email to anyone interested. There's several hundred titles, so it will take me the better part of the day to finish. If you want the list, send me an email using the button below, or send it to rixrex @ netzero.net

Also, in that list I have around 50 titles that are still sealed discs. That will be a separate list from the main list of used discs for ease of viewing. I will also include pricing in the list.

Below, I have these discs for FREE, you just pay shipping:

The following two very good caddies with no disc:
1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2. Scrooge

These two good playing discs with real dingy caddies:
1. Hell in the Pacific
2. Three Stooges, Vol 1

And I have these Part 1 only or Part 2 only discs of two disc titles, FREE you just pay shipping:

Part 1 Only

1. A View To A Kill
2. Bridge On The River Kwai
3. Close Encounters Special Edition
4. Coming Home
5. Deer Hunter
6. Fiddler On The Roof
7. For A Few Dollars More
8. Gandhi
9. Officer And A Gentleman
10. Oklahoma
11. Once Upon A Time In America
12. Raging Bull
13. Red River
14. Silverado


Part 2 Only

1. 2001 A Space Odyssey
2. Airport
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Barefoot Contessa
5. Birdman Of Alcatraz (RCA)
6. Godfather II
7. Magnificent Seven
8. Murder On The Orient Express
9. Never Say Never Again
10. Ordinary People
11. Silkwood
12. South Pacific
13. Star Is Born – 1976

[Rixrex]

Well, I just counted individual CED titles and there's over 900 of them. There were some duplicates, but I expected that since this lot seems to be part of the CED Central inventory. I actually am keeping a couple hundred myself and I already traded about 50 for some rare LDs I wanted , so that meant there were well over a thousand individual titles.

Plus there's about 50 still sealed and a whole bunch of Part 1 only or Part 2 only as listed above.

If you want to see the list in Word format just email me. Or send me what you are looking for if it's just a few and I'll let you know if I have it.

[Beetlescott]

Rick,
I'm sending you an email. Surely you wll have one of my 5 most wanted discs in youur pile!!!!
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[SaxCatz]

Hey Rix, I'm e-mailing you a request for the list. Are they priced as well?

[Rixrex]

Yes, the pricing is in the heading of the list. I could not price most individually, just too hard, so I priced at a flat rate according to rarity.

However, there are a few that I pulled out that I want to use in trade for a playable copy of Zombie, mainly the RCA demo discs and some other rare or very rare discs. Those are listed at the top of the document and the sealed ones are at he end.

[Midwinter]

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.
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[Rixrex]

Yeah, sorry about that. But they'll be around a while I expect. It seemed to take ages to catalog them all and pick out what I wanted to keep.

Once everyone here gets their pick, then I'll have to figure out what to do with the remainder. Most here on the board seem to have a lot of them already.

[Midwinter]

What are you charging for shipping, or will you not know until you run to the post office and actually ship it?

Thanks!
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Trying my wife's patience one purchase at a time.

[Rixrex]

It's media rate shipping from USPS, and I don't know for sure until I have location and they are packed, but, for example, I sent 12 discs to Illinois from CA for about $10 and sent 20 to Florida for less than $17.

Each disc weighs almost 1.5 lbs, and media rate is not expensive. 15 lbs across country is around $9 and 30 lbs is around $15. I don't think it's a good idea to send anything heavier than about 30 lbs.

Here's the post office wording about media rate mail from the USPS website:

Media Mail is not sealed against postal inspection. Regardless of physical closure, the mailing of articles at Media Mail prices constitutes consent by the mailer to postal inspection.

Media mail is used for certain types of books, films, manuscripts, printed music, printed test materials, sound recordings, play scripts, printed educational charts, loose-leaf pages and their binders consisting of medical information, video recordings, educational reference charts, and computer-readable media.

[Midwinter]

Sent you a list of titles I am interested in. I hope they are still available!
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My SJT400 keeps me warm MIDWINTER when the OSD board overheats!

Trying my wife's patience one purchase at a time.

[Rixrex]

I got a list from someone who wanted 5 sealed titles. Was that you?

I'm updating the FREE discs/caddies list:

Below, I have these discs/caddies for FREE, you just pay shipping:

The following two very good caddies with no disc:
1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2. Scrooge
3. Return of the King

These two good playing discs with real dingy caddies:
1. Hell in the Pacific
2. Three Stooges, Vol 1

And I have these Part 1 only or Part 2 only discs of two disc titles, FREE you just pay shipping:

Part 1 Only

1. A View To A Kill
2. Bridge On The River Kwai
3. Close Encounters Special Edition
4. Coming Home
5. Deer Hunter
6. Fiddler On The Roof
7. For A Few Dollars More
8. Gandhi
9. Officer And A Gentleman
10. Oklahoma
11. Once Upon A Time In America
12. Raging Bull
13. Red River
14. Silverado


Part 2 Only

1. 2001 A Space Odyssey (TAKEN)
2. Airport
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Barefoot Contessa
5. Birdman Of Alcatraz (RCA)
6. Godfather II
7. Magnificent Seven
8. Murder On The Orient Express
9. Never Say Never Again
10. Ordinary People
11. Silkwood
12. South Pacific
13. Star Is Born – 1976
14. King Kong - 1976
15. Excalibur
16. The Longest Day
17. Firefox

[Midwinter]

Yes, that was me asking for the sealed titles. I just sent you my info in an e-mail tonight!
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My SJT400 keeps me warm MIDWINTER when the OSD board overheats!

Trying my wife's patience one purchase at a time.

[Midwinter]

Just received the discs. Thanks!
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My SJT400 keeps me warm MIDWINTER when the OSD board overheats!

Trying my wife's patience one purchase at a time.