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The other day, we dusted the laserdisc player off and connected it to the receiver because we have a bunch of laserdiscs that we would like to include in our "library." The player only has composite or s-video out. I figured going through the reciever that the upconversion to hdmi would be fine since our Plasma does not have an S-Video in. Needless to say, the upconversion works but is not the best in quality. Going from the player directly to the composite in on the TV does not look any better. Any cheap suggestions to fixing the picture quality? I realize that this is probably an exercise in futility, but before I ditch the player, I thought I would ask. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
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I never had any LaserDiscs, but I had a nice LD player for awhile that just used as a CD player. Sounded great.
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Mucking around the low-end since 1986.
Aside from getting a dedicated video processor, there's not much you can do to improve what you are seeing. Even then, after seeing how well HD can look, the picture still won't be that impressive.
I have about 100 LD's, and I have noticed a wide variance in picture quality. The best, IMHO are as good as a well-mastered DVD. But, on some LD's, they were obviously mastered poorly, or taken off of a poor source.
Amore Solum Opus Est
Laserdisc looked spectacular when the reference was VHS tape. The gap was huge. That advantage disappeared with DVD. I've never experienced a well mastered LD to be superior to a well mastered DVD of the same title. I do agree that two channel sound quality was superior with LD.
-Wendell
Edits: 12/10/11
However, for the first few years of DVD, the source used for the digital conversion of nearly all movies was the same as that used for the DVD release. Depending on the age of the film and how well it was maintained/stored, the LD could hold its own to these early DVDs. The reason for this was that the movie studios did not switch to anamorphic widescreen until a few years down the road (so the resolution was the same as LD), DVD authoring was in its infancy and digital artifacts stood out -- mostly due to MPEG compression, edge enhancement, mosquito noise and blocking, as well as poor deinterlacing capability in players.
I wish I could remember the source of the info, but a few DVD releases were actually made from the composite output of a LD player. This was probably due to either poor film storage, the studio having budget issues or just plain incompetence.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Japanese actually had a High Definition version of the laserdisc (MUSE Hi-Vision) based on their analog HD broadcast format.
When comparing a "well mastered" LD to a "well mastered" DVD ... with the key word being "well mastered". However many DVD(s) are not "well mastered" ... it's not always a given.
For example: my LD copy of Criterion Collection Paths of Glory #57 (1957) was far superior to my DVD copy of this title ... in regards to PQ.
In this particular case, I'm assuming the source material that Criterion used for the LD was better than the standard DVD issue.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
I own five LaserDisc players and about 190 LD(s). My main LD player is hooked up to my 37" Panasonic LCD TV via HQ Composite video cables. I adjust the video picture via the LCD TV picture menu for an "analog friendly" output. It took basic trial and error on my part.My "well mastered" LD(s) are roughly equivalent to standard DVD picture quality on my LCD ... However I must state that the main thing I like about the format is the sound.
Some LD players have better picture quality than others and some LD(s) have better picture quality than others ... just like DVD(s).
There is a forum now for LaserDisc collectors at LaserDisc Database.com. Go to the site and select the forum option under the menu. There are many knowledgeable LD collectors there who might be able to offer you more technical help.
Good luck.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
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