Laserdisc Theater Featuring a Vintage Laserdisc Player

Welcome to Laserdisc theater, where a man with a horrible English accent shows you the beauty and grandeur of the Pioneer LD-838D Laserdisc player and a 2003 Sharp LCD TV. Also featured is Blue Planet, an IMAX laserdisc.
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[@michaelhall6178]

All I can imagine now is a laserdisc tutorial video voiced by Sideshow Bob!

[@marktubeie07]

I don't know how you managed to keep the accent up for so long - simply brill !

[@databits]

Tea lol

[@primarchayanamisrequious7946]

This is so cool, and your voice is awesome. You sound like a passive aggressive villain, who's about to reveal his plan

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Thanks for this BTW, love it!

[@HD7100]

I enjoyed the video. The LD-838D plays very good.

[@ccateni28]

The accent is perfect for this kind of video! Great job!

[@databits]

Thank you! It was fun. After all the complaints, I watched the video again a few days later. Still liked it.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

There are a few LaserDisc-related experiments I would like to see done, but can’t do myself because I lack the resources. Here are a few: - What happens if you spin a LaserDisc the wrong way while you try to read it? - Can you read a LaserDisc using a blue laser? - Can you use a CD Lens Cleaner to improve the playback quality of LaserDiscs?

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I actually had this model for years, found it thrown out in a school dumpster and it worked when I got it home and put a disc in!

[@lemonlimestiv]

NTSC = Never That SCart

[@pHD77]

2:18 Are you trying to give all LD fans out there a heart ♥ attack?!

[@jvatell6111]

I have that exact television I bought in 2003 It still performs like it did when new and still looks brand new except the Sharp letters in the front slowly started coming off one by one. It wasn't cheap...close to $500 but I loved the design and had to buy it. Purchased it at Circuit City.

[@SkyCharger001]

10:02 I've seen power connectors of similar design. they were part of all-rail power bricks. (as opposed to the more common main-rail (EG: 24) power bricks that require that the device generates the sub-rails (+12,+5,+3.3,-3.3) from said main-rail)

[@retrotechguy9517]

I found your accent relaxing and I enjoyed listening to you explaining everything. You sounded a bit excentric but I like that.

[@MinoTheShow]

>smartphone, computer, or tablet I’m watching this on my CRT, sitting right on top of my CLD-1080

[@Narayan_1996]

Why, for God's sake, did not I get notification of this video? I love laserdiscs,and nice video dude ^^

[@thelocustemperor]

Also I found a version of that player with digital in the title, exactly the same it just says digital before laser vision... do you know anything about it?

[@Renatodonadio]

The special disc could be the disc used in VR simulators, there were special videodiscs that contained approx. 5 minutes of video and audio of things like the cockpit of a rally car, a roller coaster, or a spaceship travelling in space, and digital data, this information was processed by a PC that drove a system of hydraulic pistons that moved and shook the cabin in which viewers were seating in sync with the show ;-D

[@databits]

Good guess! Although that isn't it. It's even more special, but I haven't yet devised a plan to make a video about this disc.

[@pineappleroad]

[Begin humour] Someone please smack me, I am somehow convinced I am watching a robot [End humour]

[@masterandservant8021]

at the end sounds like Anthony Hopkins when narrated the Grinch..!

[@MickeyD2012]

I heart your channel.

[@databits]

I heart you for hearting the channel.

[@PascalGienger]

AFAIK that was a very low end laserdisc player. It has no features at all, plays only NTSC and only the Laserdisc format. As opposed to other machines it doesn't even have a clamp holding the disc from above. Relying only on that anti slip mat on the spindle for 1,800rpm shows this. The video out only was normal because there is only composition video on the disc. Comb filters to well separate Y and C were in the TVs before S-Video as plug came with the arrival of S-VHS. The high end models from Pioneer had a very good quality comb filter then - better than the one of most TVs. I had the luxury Model CLD-2950 plus AC3 via RF demodulator via hardware mod.

[@Angie2343]

Classy!

[@maverickchan6107]

I have a pioneer LD 707 until today! I love it.

[@bigbro5793]

Stuart M. - you are the cool man, man!

[@retrotechandmore8899]

You inspired me to make my retrotech videos with an English accent! 😂

[@thelocustemperor]

I used to have a spectre gaming monitor with those jacks in it and I kick myself everyday for pitching the thing into thrash...

[@aegisofhonor]

MUSE Laserdisc players also won't play CDs, think of that when you fork over $2000 for one of those beasts.

[@stevesmusic1862]

Lovin the accent I laughed!

[@Madness832]

Seriously dude, what's w/ the Limey accent?

[@databits]

I see what you did there...lime green! Yes!!!

[@Fluteboy]

He very nearly pulled it off too! It ain't easy to imitate us, but he did VERY well! Ben at the Oddity Archive made an attempt too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gniWqWaYrb2on8Um18s

[@bombtwenty3867]

Thought it was Snake from the Simpsons.

[@Wenlocktvdx]

Still hearing American vowels. Valentine Dyall next?

[@germanboy5392]

How you learn to talk like that ?

[@theshadowman1398]

Now this player looks like a nice basic solid machine. Would love to own one as a back up.

[@theshadowman1398]

Actually I am 29. I simply love the format. I have about 120 carefully selected titles + Pioneer DVL 909 player and a DVDO VP20 video scaler / processor to enjoy LD in full on a modern screen.

[@theshadowman1398]

Yeah I was never a tape based format kind of guy.

[@mercuryvapoury]

The record is "Piano In The Dark" by Brenda Russell. I paused it at just the right time, so you don't have to.

[@cyberwolfe]

Can you say some brilliant English things like: "Cheerio!" and "Blimey!" 🧐

[@Fluteboy]

I would like to hear his "innit buv" accent. That would be "bare nang blud, ya git me!"

[@jfbujv]

it looks very similar to my pal pioneer ld-700

[@AaronRedding]

I used to have this same one ... a room mate stole it.... it was not a slim device

[@CodaGardner]

This is hilarious.

[@Darieee]

Naration is 102% pure awesomeness !!

[@databits]

Thank ye! haha

[@mspenrice]

Heh, to my ears, that sounds like an "upper class American" accent. Masterpiece Theatre and all that.

[@pHD77]

"All the best stuff is made in Japan 🇯🇵" BTTF3 reference?

[@databits]

Indeed.

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

Unbelievable!

[@retrotechguy9517]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@slapandtick1e]

idk man, im watching a laserdisc right now, crt

[@gio048]

You make me laugh 😂 😂😂😂😂

[@davidwithnalll2987]

NTSC = Never Twice Same Colour

[@TimLeeSongs]

Why do people think English people talk like this? I've literally never met anyone who talks like this. Very nice machine though!

[@kaitlyn__L]

haha, i've met people who talk like this. they tend to have offices in hundreds-year-old stone gothic buildings in oxford or cambridge or sometimes london. their desk is wood and their chair is musty leather. every wall is completely covered in leatherbound books.

[@bradrichards6107]

Tim Lee It is a bit of a posh accent. It reminds me of Alistair Cooke when he was on Masterpiece Theatre.

[@mcramp20]

...hmm that voice, great video !

[@databits]

Thanks Mike.

[@simonward2823]

Very funny video

[@freezetile8588]

Wait, is that Seaman?!

[@brun20]

LOL, I see what you did here.

[@codenamescarletfox]

U WOT M8!?

[@martinbrewer7629]

The accent didn’t really bug me much, I’m saying that as a guy from Somerset UK where most of us sound like a bland mix of Bristolian and Cornish… The thing that bothers me about the vid is that there was supposed to be something special about the player, and apart from the daft idea of it not being able to play five inch discs, I can’t see why it’s special. I wonder if the player came with a five inch to eight adaptor like how three inch discs sometimes came with five inch ones? It’s probably unlikely due to the spinal diameter…

[@martinbrewer7629]

The thing is, CDV was a multisized format... maybe to the point of it not really being a format... This is why this machine is kinda confusing... Other machines could handle all disc sizes...

[@mybigfatpolishlife]

Dude he was joking there was nothing notable about that player at all

[@gregpavell777]

I got so excited...I booked my flight to Mars...Hello Stanley Kubrick! [this guy's great entertainment]!

[@databits]

Thanks for watching!

[@Claro1993]

Hi

[@mybigfatpolishlife]

That accent keeps slipping bro

[@databits]

I need a linguist on my staff...lol

[@barriep9]

Accent funny you should do voice overs lol

[@databits]

Ha! Thank you! I'd love to do voice overs!

[@LeChave]

You've a better English accent than me, and I'm English! :D

[@databits]

Haha I’m terrible!!!

[@soliman15]

I only have 1 friend”s”, what should i do?

[@EpicLPer]

I hate to give this video a downvote but the stupid forced accent wasn't pleasant at all

[@nliberty]

yeah... oh hi EpicLPer, the guy I was searching for!

[@MovieGuy846]

At first I was going to give the video a thumbs down not only for the accent but the obvious silliness of demonstrating it can’t play CD’s and LP’s. However, after enduring the full 19 min and 36 sec, I came away laughing and enjoying it after all.

[@databits]

Thank you David, I'm glad I accomplished my goal of entertaining and informing you!

[@MrAzztech]

this was painful to watch

[@subliminalvibes]

Talk normally!

[@codenamescarletfox]

Did you really think this is going to be funny