Pioneer's Ordinary Europe (1993 Analog HDTV 60FPS MUSE Hi-Vision Laserdisc Footage)

[@ajace1000]

Just discovered your channel not too long ago and I'm absolutely fascinated. Seeing HD video from the 90s that isn't on film is mind-blowing! You should definitely make an Internet Archive account to preserve these rips uncompressed.

[@ReelyInteresting]

Now that I have "Great America" and "Ordinary Europe" up, can anyone tell me where to find "Okay Asia", "Above-Average Africa", & "Decent Antarctica"? 😄

[@lizichell2]

You forgot Somewhat Decent Russia

[@mubd1234sAussieMediaArchive]

Awesome Australia still yet to be found...

[@chrisobrien6249]

Subpar South America, anyone?

[@sioux22]

unspeakably astonishing and excellent oceania

[@awatf8244]

We need to come back to the Europe we lost after the 2000s

[@cromulence]

Thanks so much for sharing this stuff. Taking the time to properly capture it and present it to the world is fantastic. I'd gladly sponsor you on Patreon to obtain other rarities like this (and HQ source files!)

[@viktorpavlovih]

"Ordinary Europe" on an unusual Japanese Hi-Def LD :D But seriously, this is truly amazing for its time. It's still amazing today. I can rarely see such beautiful content nowadays

[@ipsiulan]

Thanks for uploading the MUSE video and let us see this most expensive and excellent HD video system again!

[@baron8103]

Y LLEVADO A LA REALIDAD POR PIONEER ELECTRONIC....MADE IN JAPAN....! ! !

[@kesirien]

Love that 80's groove man

[@WarLore]

this is an incredible upload, thank you so much for sharing it. I crave more... but I'm satisfied with this amazing stuff, thank you!!!!

[@gzoolong]

I once had a Pioneer DVD demostration disc, which included the same video and music. It was really pity that I got the DVD demo disc lost and never had a chance to buy the same one. from Guangzhou, China

[@decfairlight3228]

This is really soft looking compared to stuff like Metamorphosis.

[@baron8103]

LA MEJOR TECNOLOGIA DE EQUIPOS ELECTRONICOS A NIVEL MUNDIAL...HA SIDO LA JAPONESA...Y FASCINANTE CON LA ALTA DEFINICION...VIVAN LOS DISCO LASER Y LOS MUSE....! ! !

[@kingcrimson234]

Excellent! I've always wanted to see HD Laserdisc, but not enough to spend the money on it lol. Nice capture!

[@OldClassicGamer]

Do you maybe have 1080i HD MUSE Hi-Vision Laserdisc Footage of 90s Russia?

[@dommovedchannels6268]

None exists most likely. After the collapse of the USSR, crime and gang violence skyrocketed. It would have been suicide to visit Russia at that time.

[@SL4RK]

@@dommovedchannels6268 Yes, you are right, in Russia then there was total poverty, even television was in decline at that time, I don't think anyone cared about tourists from abroad especially with expensive video cameras.

[@eccIefechan]

​@@dommovedchannels6268 That's a huge exaggeration. It wasn't THAT bad. In many ways you're more likely to face serious problems as a foreigner with a camera nowadays, from the 'authorities'. In the 90s there was significant organised crime and the economic situation was very shaky, but there wasn't 'gang violence' like you get in Latin America for example and it was ever changing. Putinist propaganda loves to exaggerate how bad the 90s were. It wasn't good for sure, but at least there was hope and a future. Not a fascist dictatorship like now.

[@eccIefechan]

@@SL4RK User 'docukino' has high quality videos taken in Russia in the 90s. It's not HD footage, but it's excellent for the time and clearly with expensive cameras. No one attacked them!

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

Came for Yuji Ohno Stuck around for beautiful visuals

[@Drago1995]

might be 1993 but you can still spot some 80s like fashion

[@revokdaryl1]

Funny you should mention that. As I recall, the 80's didn't truly end until about 1993.

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

I'm still wearing the same pants/belt/dress shirt/tie combo since the late 80s. Always dressed right, business-wise.

[@Shineyongs.]

Wow.. the video quality is amazing

[@rheathesecond]

1:10 Oh look, Snoopy appeared.

[@avisio]

Thanks for these great videos! I wonder if the aspect ratio is correct, some sources say it should be 15:9.

[@ReelyInteresting]

Nice catch! Yeah, my AR is off but it should be 16:9, not 15:9. I'll see if I can fix this on future uploads. The old 5:3 AR applied only to video shot on analog HDVS (see my Coral Story upload)

[@deckofcards87]

Looks almost as sharp as early 2000s dvd. This would've blown me away in 1993.

[@diogofaria5965]

This definitely looks sharper than DVD ever did. I'd say this looks slightly worse than early Blu-ray releases. The main issue with this system is the double interlacing method, which results in severe blurring with moving objects

[@Pleyer7575lol]

Muse laserdisc players are crazy expensive and you need a separate muse decoder to get component (hd video)

[@Ale.K7]

Amazing, thanks for sharing!

[@gzoolong]

thanks for sharing.

[@oblitum]

Thanks, great stuff

[@matteorinaldi8197]

Hello, I am looking for information about the camera used to film those videos but I cannot find anything. Were they using vidicon, plumbicon or CCD sensors? Do you perhaps know some model of analog HD camera? (even if not produced by Pioneer). Thanks :) these videos are so special

[@Cballin]

wtf there was 1080p60 in 93?!?!?!?!

[@revokdaryl1]

There was... but it was mostly in Japan. We didn't see much of it in North America.

[@ventasocr]

Not trying to sound nostalgic, but analog HD then looked way better to my eyes than digital HD. Now everything looks like a soap opera with too much brightness it hurts my eyes and looks really dull. I'm interested in hearing opinions.

[@JnL_SSBM]

Could you do a lossless audio (or maybe on Hi-Res) (wave format) laserdisc rip of this Yuji Ohno arrangement? It doesn't exist outside this release.

[@betamax1815]

The DVD version has an AC3 audio track which is certainly better quality than YT. It can be found on the Internet Archive: archive(dot)org/details/ordinary-europe-dvd

[@JnL_SSBM]

@@betamax1815 BIG THANKS!! It is the only one from laserdisc releases, or there's more?

[@betamax1815]

@@JnL_SSBM Do you mean if there are other DVD releases like this that were originally released on Laserdisc/Hi-Vision LD?

[@JnL_SSBM]

@@betamax1815 Yes

[@betamax1815]

@@JnL_SSBM So, Pioneer put out many DVDs that were sourced from Hi-Vision content: Gaia's Daughter (Pioneer's own production) Shinzo Maeda: Hills of the Seasons (Sony's production) Shinzo Maeda: The Seasons of a Hilltop Tower (Sony's production) Yoshino's Magical Splendor (Sony's production) Alaska: Last Frontier (Sony's production) Tahiti (Sony's production) Penguins (Sony's production) Guayana - The Lost World (Sony's production) You can find those uploaded on the Internet Archive too. It baffles me why none of those titles were ever released on something like Blu-Ray.

[@Dconquist]

anyone know what the alpine song at 10:35 is called?

[@henrypoole]

Fantastic video! This reminds me of "Great America" - do you think they were produced at the same time?

[@happycube]

Close, but totally different companies/crews.

[@lizichell2]

No masks, no phones, no social distancing. No hostile attitudes

[@deaddycruel]

absolutely no alien savages on the streets

[@lizichell2]

​@@deaddycruelyes agreed