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I had a couple singers bring in some VCD's, don't have any in my own collection, although am planning on converting my laser library down to DVD.
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Hey Lon, you'll probably get some flack here for copying and/or changing of format. Better have a counter argument ready. Posts: 902 | From: Joliet,IL.USA | Registered: Oct 2001
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I had a bunch of old Pioneer dvds... almost the entire set. But once I purchased the lasers, I gave up on the dvds.
I also had one vcd of children's songs, but since the lasers were a purchase, that vcd got tossed. It was really too much of a headache for the player I used. I was better off with the dvds.
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quote:Originally posted by flameslayer: Hey Lon, you'll probably get some flack here for copying and/or changing of format. Better have a counter argument ready.
Yeah I know! No counter argument other than my players are dying & it's hard to find good working players - used or new.
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Agreed, That's one of the reasons I got rid of my whole LD library. That and the shear weight of carrying two full 50 disc speed racks.
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I have about a dozen of the Original Footage VCDs. I have some who sing from them, but I use them starting about 15min. before my show starts. Alot of people like watching them.
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I guess I will be adding some to my collection..noone around here has any and it will be something different and offer the singers a choice instead the same boring blue screen that everyone else has plus it makes it more interesting for the aud.
quote:Originally posted by GeminimALE: I guess I will be adding some to my collection..noone around here has any and it will be something different and offer the singers a choice instead the same boring blue screen that everyone else has plus it makes it more interesting for the aud.
Well I still have the laser discs with the videos & the singers still prefer the music on them but hate the videos & most of the audience just want to read the screen. The videos do tend to take away attention from the singer as well.
We're in process of converting our 200+ laserdisk collection to mpg. For the same reasons lonman stated, nobody makes laserdisk players anymore.
Most of our laserdisks are Japanese/Korean/Chinese. I REALLY hate the conversion process because everything has to be ripped at 1x. Further complicating my prediciment is I only speak english, the japanese owners are too old to use a PC to retype the asian songbooks, so basically i'm scanning in the asian songbooks for reprint.
Sometimes you have to transfer formats. I don't care who thinks it's not fair use, it is. When we went digital in 2003, it was because our DKK collection was so old, the disks had been resurfaced so many times that they were floppy.
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I use CDG, DVD, VCD, and SUPER CDG is my karaoke shows.
I use CD, DVD, and VCD in my veejay/deejay shows.
I run music videos between singers, BET / MTV style. The audience loves them and it takes my shows to a whole new level.
I have Original Format (VCD) too.
Many of the VCD videos are rather cheesy, though. Some of them make no sense or offer any relation to the song being song.
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Sounds kinda like the old Laser Disc's, it looked like they used out of work adult film stars in their video's.
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