The Laserdisc FAQ
IV) Resources
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17. Resources
17.1 What are some places to mailorder laserdiscs from?
Please help me update these!
- New discs
- A20 Laser Video Entertainment (95-xx-xx)
700 Sleater-Kinney Road SE
Suite B-286
Lacey, WA 98503
(800) 251-0150
Prices: At Least 15% Off Retail
Shipping: $1.50 Handling Charge
Catalog: None, but small brochures with recent releases
and prices mailed monthly
- Digital Hollywood Entertainment (95-xx-xx)
6849 Via Sola Circle
Buena Park, CA 90620
(800) 994-DISC
Prices: 15% Off All Titles
Shipping: Free For Shipments of 3 or more discs
Catalog: Free
Etc: Running 20% off everything sale thru March
- Starship Audio-Industries (95-xx-xx)
605 Utterback Store Road
Great Falls, Virginia 22066
(703) 430-8692
Prices: 10% Off list
Shipping: UPS Ground; $3.00
Catalog: Free
Etc.: International Orders Shipped by PO, UPS Air, or
DHL Air; Updates
Available by Fax Polling
- Laser Exchange (95-xx-xx)
444B Broadway Suite #275
Saugus, MA 01906
(617) 231-8010
Prices: At least 15% off Retail, 20% off New Releases
Shipping: UPS Ground, $3.50 per order
Catalog: Free
- Laser Blazer (Los Angeles, CA) (95-xx-xx)
2518 Overland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(800) 488-DISC (Inside California, (310) 558-8386)
Prices: 15% Off List
Shipping: UPS Ground, $3 for first disc (not title),
$1 for each of the next two discs, 50 cents for
each of the next 7, and 25 cents for each additional
disc after that
Catalog: Free
- Columbia House Laserdisc Club (95-xx-xx)
1400 North Fruitridge Avenue
Terre Haute, Indiana 47811
(800) 538-2233 (to join)
(800) 538-2233 (for customer service, members' orders)
Catalog: Mailed regularly to members
- Dave's Video, The Laserdisc Place (95-xx-xx)
12144 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 760-3472
Prices: 10% Off List
Shipping: UPS Ground; Free
Catalog: Free
- Flicks On Disc (95-xx-xx)
8740 SW Birchwood Rd.
Portland, OR 97725
(800) 848-3472
gilbert@teleport.com
Prices: Discounts range from 10% to 23% depending on amount
ordered, titles ordered, and payment method
Shipping: UPS Ground; Exact Shipping Charged
Catalog: None, but bi-monthly newsletter
Etc: Web site now up
- Ken Crane's Laser Disc (96-01-22)
15251 Beach Blvd.
Westminster, CA 92863
(800) 624-3078 (In California (800) 626-1768)
http://www.kencranes.com/laserdiscs/
Prices: 20% off List; Some Pre-Order Specials
Shipping: UPS 2 Day Air; $1.50 Handling Charge
Catalog: Free
- 01 Laser & Video (95-xx-xx)
8780 Warner Avenue #9
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(800) 342 -9715, (714) 848-4034
Prices: 10% off List, slightly more on pre-orders and
large orders
Shipping: UPS Ground; Free for 2 or more titles
Catalog: Free
Etc: International Orders Welcome, Running 20% off
Everything Sale
- Tewksbury Audio & Video (95-xx-xx)
202 Main Street/ Box 218
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
(908) 534-0354
Prices: 10% off List, 15% off Pre-orders, 20% off
Criterion Voyager titles
Shipping: UPS Ground; $4 for first title shipped,
$1 more for second title shipped, 75 cents for
each additional title in shipment
Catalog: Free, though it hasn't been updated in a long
while
Etc: Recently Moved
- Laserdisc Fan Club (95-xx-xx)
1058 E. 230th Street
Carson, CA 90745
(800) 801-3472
Prices: Current Catalog Titles 15-20% Off, Other
Titles 10% Off
Catalog: Monthly, Free
Shipping: Overnight Delivery, $2.75 Per Order
- Laser's Edge (95-xx-xx)
2009-4 East Greyhound Pass
Carmel, IN 46033
(317) 848-2088
Prices: 10% off Retail
Shipping: UPS Ground; $1.25 Charge Per Order
Etc: International Orders Welcome; Store on Compuserve
- The Laserdisc Division (96-01-22)
12115 Magnolia Blvd. #139
N. Hollywood, CA 91607
(818) 766-2334
grover@primenet.com
http://www.primenet.com/~grover/
Prices: 20% Off All Titles
Shipping: UPS Ground; $1.50 Charge Per Order
Etc: American Express, Optima, Visa, Discover, Mastercard
Recommended by Leopold for foreigners.
- Laserdisc Enterprises (95-xx-xx)
2516 Cobb Parkway
Loehmann's Plaza
Smyrna, GA 30080
(800) 347-1941
Prices: 10% Off All Titles
Shipping: UPS Ground; $1.50
- Dallas Digital Discs (95-xx-xx)
10723 Preston Rd., Suite 157
Dallas, TX 75230-3806
(214) 987-4744
Prices: 15-20% off list
Shipping: Unclear
Etc: Running 20% off Everything Sale
- Sky Entertainment (95-xx-xx)
1223 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles CA 90015
(800) 399-2759
Prices: 22% Off All Laserdiscs
Shipping: Free UPS Ground (Unknown if there's a
handling charge)
Catalog: Free
- Lansing Video (See Listing Under Rent-by-Mail)
- Wholesale Laser & CD-Rom (95-xx-xx)
24832 Forest Knoll
Lake Forest, CA 92636
(800) 766-5273
Prices: 15% or 20% off all discs depending on label
Shipping: On Orders Under $150, $3.25 for UPS Ground;
Free for Orders over $150
Catalog: Free
- The Laser Outlet (96-01-22)
366 N. Allen Avenue Suite 250
Pasadena, CA 91106
(818) 797-4484
Prices: 15-20% off Discs, 25-30% off pre-orders
Shipping: $2.99 for UPS Shipping of 1 or 2 titles; Free
for 3 or more titles
Catalog: Free catalog shipped to customers who request it.
Etc: VISA, Mastercard, American Express
- Laser Disc Exchange (96-05-01)
1404 Old County Road
Belmont, CA 94002, USA
1-800-943-3472, or USA 415-591-4268
http://www.laserdiscs.com/
Prices: 10%/15% off List; Specials 20-40% off List.
Shipping: UPS: $3 + $0.50/disc, orders over $100 free
Catalog: Free
Etc: International Orders, New & Used.
Web site updated daily. All major credit
cards, personal checks. C.O.D for $4.75.
- Video Online Express (96-05-08)
5339 Prospect Road #336
San Jose, CA 95129
Voice: 408-364-2250, FAX: 408-364-2251,
Modem: 408-364-2252 (8n1)
http://www.videoexpress.com
(also telnet videoexpress.com)
Email: manager@videoexpress.com
Prices: percentage markup over cost per item, average of
12% off list.
Shipping: US: $3.90, orders over $100 free, 2nd day air (UPS or FedEx) more.
Catalog: NTSC only, changes weekly, averages: 9300 LD,
53000 VHS, 3800 Audio Books.
Etc: Sales to individuals overseas welcome; VISA,
MasterCard, Personal Check (US only), Money Order,
Pay-By-FAX Orders; Secure Netscape server.
- Used discs
- CEBA Video (95-xx-xx)
P.O Box 44411
Fort Washington, MD 20744
(301) 292-6670
Prices: See catalog
Shipping: UPS Ground; $3.50 for first disc, .50 for each
additional disc
Catalog: Free
- Video Brokers (95-xx-xx)
1836 Irving St. NW
Washington DC 20010-2644
(202) 232-5660
Prices: See Catalog
Shipping: UPS Ground; $3.00 for 1 Title, 50 cents for
each additional title, but free for 4 or more titles.
Catalog: Free
Etc: BBS at (202) 234-8432
- Video Disc International (95-xx-xx)
5339 Prospect Road #221
San Jose, CA 95129
(408) 257-3472
Prices: See Catalog
Shipping: $3 first title, 50 cents each additional title
Catalog: Free
- Laser Exchange (See Under New Discs - New and Used
Mixed in their Catalog)
- Sight & Sound (See Under New Discs - Lists available
on their computer BBS)
- Rent-by-Mail
- Lansing Video (95-xx-xx)
6321 West Saginaw
Lansing, Michigan 48917
(517) 323-4897
Catalog: Free
17.2 Are there any good laserdisc magazines I can subscribe to?
From Bill Cruce (wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu)
The following list of laserdisc/video magazines contains information I
believe to be accurate as of July 1993, but I guarantee nothing :-)
VIDEO and VIDEO REVIEW have been omitted because everyone knows how to
find them. These are magazines I am personally familiar with. There
are others as well ...
Web magazines:
Catalog of (almost) all Laser Discs in print (but no reviews):
- Laser Video File
[semi-annually, $3.50 each at store]
[$9.95/yr, $17.95/2 yr including postage, U.S.]
PO Box 828
Westwood, NJ 07675
Magazines devoted (largely) to Laser Disc software reviews:
- LaserScene Monthly (formerly Laser Views)
[monthly, $25/yr, U.S.]
c/o Scott Hughes
37 Dorland Street
San Francisco CA 94110
no phone no. given
- Laser Disc Newletter
[monthly, $35/yr, U.S.]
PO BOX 420
East Rockaway, NY 11518-0420
800-551-4914 for free sample issue
516-594-9304
516-594-9307 FAX
- Widescreen Review (considerable emphasis on transfer technology and
technology of film production).
[bi-monthly, $18/yr, U.S.]
26864 Mandelieu Drive
Murrieta, CA 92562
909-677-0335 Voice
909-677-2604 FAX
Magazine with more emphasis on Video Hardware
(But some Laser Disc software reviews and considerable discussion
of the source movies and technology of framing, transfer, etc.):
- The Perfect Vision
[quarterly, $23/yr, U.S., $30 Canada, $38 outside North America]
Box 6384
Syracuse, NY 13217
(credit cards by phone, VISA, MC, AMEX)
800-825-0061
516-676-2830 (overseas)
17.3 Is there a guide to Bob Niland's articles?
Excerpted from Bob Niland's (rjn@csn.org) LD#00: Index of Articles on
Laser Video Disc (LD) 04 Jul 94
You may request any of these at any time. Recent copies are also available
for anonymous ftp on:
- ftp.csn.org (128.138.213.23), directory Laserdisc
[The CSN site is personally maintained by me, and is
the only one guaranteed to be up to date.]
- bobcat.bbn.com (128.89.2.103)
- nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100, Finland, dir:
/pub/culture/tv+film/laserdisc)
Niland's articles are also available through the WWW, at address
http://www.tde.lth.se/home/hf/ce/ld/lda/index.html.
Note:
If you fail to include one or two known-valid email
addresses in your email request, I cannot guarantee
you will receive anything. Do not rely on the
return path of your request being usable.
Timelines: This index and the listed articles are available on other
networks and BBS's on which I have no access. If the date at the top
of this index is over 90 days old, you almost certainly have an
out-of-date copy of the index. Please ask for an updated index when
requesting an article.
All articles are flatfile ASCII (no non-standard HP ROMAN8 or standard
ISO Latin-1 eurochars) and fit in 80
columns. Caution: some are over 64KB long and the complete set is
around 800 KB.
Feel free to request articles by number.
No. Topic Revision
-- --------------------------------------------------- ---------
1. Introduction to Laser Video Disc. Contains info on 04 Jul 94
LD that you won't easily find anywhere else.
2. Introduction to imported LDs. 10 Jul 93
3. Introduction to surround sound. 16 Apr 93
4. LD media quality report. 30 Mar 91
5. How to return a defective LD to Pioneer. 18 Feb 92
6. Introduction to Criterion Collection. 22 Nov 91
7. Current Voyager Press (Criterion Collection) Monthly
catalog summary.
8. LD loaning agreement. 30 Dec 90
9. Identifying LD mint marks. 26 Apr 93
10. LD "Best Practices" suggestions for producers. 13 Jul 92
11. 00 Abc 00
12. CAV still-frame: ramblings on 3-2 pull-down and white flags. 01 Apr 93
13. LD care and repair. 13 Jul 92
14. LD retail sources: national mail order and Colorado 22 Jul 93
15. A summary of articles on IDTV. 16 Mar 92
16. Looking back: CED 05 Mar 92
17. What is a "defect"? 06 Aug 92
18. Tips for LD retailers 01 Mar 92
19. Glossary of LD/Video/Cinema terms (in progress)
20. Bibliography of LD/Video/Cinema titles 22 Aug 93
Short subjects - These articles will disappear when they are incorporated
into planned larger articles.
91. LD Player purchase suggestions. 22 Jul 93
92. Y/C ("S-video") connection on LD. 28 Oct 92
93. LD-101 "A Video Standard" disc summary. 16 Jan 92
94. How to buy a CD player (applies to LD audio). 16 Jan 92
95. Laser Disc Newsletter overview. 13 Jul 92
96. How is LD "analog"? 21 Jan 92
97. CAV vs CLV 24 Jan 94
These articles are updated frequently and feedback is solicited. They also
probably contain errors, as the author is not a video professional. These
articles contain information that I want to know, and when I find it, I
write it down. They exist because no one in the industry or in the trade
press has done the same.
Regards,
Bob Niland
Internet: rjn@csn.org
17.4 What good WWW-pages are there for people interested in LDs?
I maintain a jumpgate for different LD pages at
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~leopold/Ld/. From there you can find links
to many other LD WWW-pages.
17.5 What are some other Internet resources for LD info?
(Please help me build this list.)
- David Uy's Disney LD supplement is posted on a regular basis to
rec.arts.disney or can be received by reading the WWW page
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/d/duy/public/ldsup00.html, or by
sending an e-mail message to duy@unity.ncsu.edu.
- Ed Weiland's Star Wars: The Definitive Collection Flaw List
can be obtained by e-mailing Ed at emw107@psuvm.psu.edu
18. People You Might Want to Avoid
I have considered for a long time if I want to add this section to the FAQ.
Unfortunately, as the Internet spreads there are always some clueless idiots
who have nothing else to do with their lives than to try to con you out of
your money, or just disturb everyone else's conversation. Thus, I have
decided to finally add this section to the FAQ.
18.1 Scam Artists
These are people who are proven scam artists: either they took someone's
money and didn't send proper discs, or they took someone's discs and didn't
pay for them. If you are going to buy or sell used discs, do
not deal with these people, at least not without strong
precautions.
If anyone of you feel you have been added to this list without a good
reason, mail me (leopold.cs.tut.fi). You will be removed if you are
able to convince me.
- Mr. A. Sampson (Alonzo), storm@sfsu.edu, 1996, 1997
Has bought discs without paying, some people have lost
upto $300. Has received money without sending discs. Now trying
to sell discs he stole.
18.2 Flamethrowers
This is a list of sad people whose existence seems to be dependent of
them flaming, trolling or just otherwise disturbing any conversation they
happen to see on alt.video.laserdisc. My belief is we'll all be
better off if these people are just quietly ignored. If no-one answers them,
they will probably grow tired and move elsewhere.
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