The Hot Rock (1972) doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves. Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, Zero Mostel and others crush it in this film directed by Peter Yates (Bullitt) based on a Donald Westlake novel. If that isn't enough, Quincy Jones provides the music. One of my favorites. Grab it if you ever have the opportunity.

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I know LD’s typically aren’t worth much, and the true rarity is finding a working player. I inherited these from a friend. I’m guessing the movies are pretty common and not worth a lot, but curious about the music ones, especially the Prince.

Thank you for whatever advice you can provide.

To celebrate 16 days to halloween we are running a sale on all laserdisc

Lots of new additions just in time for halloween

I love Halloween season!

I started digitizing a bunch of my old laserdiscs and VHS tapes the other day so I can enjoy them out in the wilderness via flash drive on my portable projector setup. Nothing ever beats the vibe of watching the actual physical media in my living room on my old Pioneer VP-1000 but I am really stoked to watch some of these outdoors in the woods by the campfire

I actually found a few laserdiscs in the wild for once! Wanted to grab a couple more but had to behave until payday. Might stop back this weekend.

hey, all! First time poster here but I wanted to find information that I couldn’t otherwise. For anyone who owns the classic 1996 Deluxe CAV release of Pixar’s Toy Story, can someone confirm if the shorts present on that release are presented in 4:3 or in a 1.66:1 letterbox? I’ve been looking for images around the web and haven’t found any, and would very much appreciate if anyone could help me out with my research.

The clamper arm can't grip onto a disc. This player also can't read CDs for whatever reason, but I'm more concerned with the clamper arm failing constantly. I've already swapped the belts inside with parts from LaserParts. Any tips?

This is my entire collection as of now (with a singular exception, an anime release: Magic User's Club Vol. 4. It is in storage currently.) I can't recall how long I have been collecting, but its been over a year or two for sure. My player is a Pioneer DLV-909 for anyone curious. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Idk how I've made it this far into life without seeing this movie, but im very excited to finally be watching it.

My Dad showed me this movie back in the early 90s and we have always tried finding it. But it never got a dvd release. It's not even on any streaming services that I can find. So to me this is a all time get a movie not available any other way than VHS making this the cleanest way to watch it.

Shouldn’t there be a rubber O-ring for the disc clamping mechanism? Mine appears to be straight metal which might explain the excessive spinning noises I’m hearing when starting and stopping my discs. If it is missing, where could I find a substitute or replacement? Can or should I lubricate anything. On this or elsewhere to reduce overall noise?

I’m going to Tokyo for a week at the end of the month. Any suggestions for shops where I can buy laserdiscs?

The end of the movie made me crippled and dumbfounded … 👍

I love this time of year! Most of these gems are available on dvd/bd, a few are not, but somehow the noise from old ld player spinning in the background adds a little something extra to the nostalgic viewing experience!

"My personal trainer's grandfather has died, leaving behind 200 laser discs and 2 laser disc machines. The family don't want them, and have no idea how to advertise them to collectors other than Ebay. Do you have any suggestions?" - my mum

She asked me because I collect physical media, but I only know about the DVD and Blu Ray market as that's the medium I collect my films in. I know CeX probably won't take them because I've never seen a CeX sell laserdiscs, maybe cash converters? But I've never seen laserdiscs in cash converters too, and I figured laserdiscs would be either really cheap or really expensive depending on the title. Please can someone here with more knowledge of the subject answer this as I know laserdiscs are big with collectors but also really niche so it's not as straightforward as a VHS or DVD collection.

Signature is a little hard to see in the pic, but got this bad boy signed.

I have an old pioneer LD-870 laser disc player that is no longer consistently reading and playing discs all the way through. I’ve had this player since I was a kid in the 90’s. It belonged to my dad before I got my hands on it. I’ve contacted the one person I knew that was in the laser disc business (semi locally to me in the Portland, or area) but his repair guy has since moved to the Bay Area.

This is probably a long shot but if there’s anyone out there that knows about the mechanics of these players and would be willing to chat with me, I’d be so appreciative. The guy I was chatting with suggested checking the power supply (possibly going out) or that perhaps the rails that the laser travels on may have grease on it or something.

I’m nervous to open it up and do exploratory surgery without some additional opinions.

Anything is helpful. Thanks. 🤞

My newest pickup! I finally managed to get my hands on a Pioneer CLD-HF9G. For those who aren't familiar, this is essentially the JDM sibling to the legendary North American Elite CLD-99. It's in fantastic aesthetic shape, and its play operation is completely normal and smooth. First spin, Alien!