LaserDisc: Poltergeist

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Title:	Poltergeist
Publisher:	MGM / UA
Country:	UK
Format:	LaserDisc
Date:	1983
Region Code:	None
Classification:	15
Barcode:	07708030165
Cat#:	30165
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Poltergeist
Released	1982
Director	Tobe Hooper
Writer	Steven Spielberg
Selected Cast	JoBeth Williams as Diane Freeling
	Craig T. Nelson as Steve Freeling
	Dominique Dunne as Dana Freeling
(Information from Cinema World)

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Neil Forbes 23rd May 2015		I knew it wasn't a laser disc, Graham, I was just musing about an idea to marry that older disc style(12" diameter disc) to the method used to "write" info to a DVD disc. You couldn't do it with these RCA CED types because of the playback method, almost akin to our good old vinyl LPs, but the laser disc, the idea could be adapted. Just make a DVD of 12 inches diameter and "write" to it in the same way you "write" to DVD discs of the same diameter as CDs. Of course, the playback deck would have to stand alone on a shelf near the TV and a writable deck(to burn your own discs) would have to be placed alongside a computer, but connected via USB, but the idea is there. And, as I said, the storage capacity of these discs would lend themselves(commercially) to packaging two- or three-disc sets of the Hollywood classics, all the Harry Potter movie, A few volumes of Classic Carry-On comedies, the possibilities are endless. For home movie buffs, the ability to store(much) more than two hours of content on one disc would come in very handy.



Graham7 23rd May 2015		This is not a laserdisc, but I already said that... I think CED video discs and Video CDs probably do require separate sections. but see wikipedia. Looking forward seeing henry29's 340 CEDs! I've just made a Cinema entry for Poltergeist (2015), which I first knew about from the side of a bus yesterday.



Neil Forbes 22nd May 2015		Interesting idea I'm having here! Marry the method used to encode content onto DVDs with the diameter of laser discs - think of the storage capacity? The entire Harry Potter series could be carried on a two-disc set with gatefold sleeve(the laser disc was 12", same as an LP album). Yeah!!! And think also of home-burn decks where you make your own.... All your home movies on one disc(come on now, you didn't think I'd suggest you copy feature movies to home-burn laser-discs, did you? Tutt, tutt, naughty, naughty!)



RecordDragon 22nd May 2015		I own a USA DVD of this title Interesting to see that a remake of this movie is hitting theaters soon.



henry29 7th May 2015		I have 340 of the 480 UK Pal releases and Still play them as a Lot of the titles will never be on DVD or Blu-ray as these pre-dated the Video Nasty era and therefor like the disc here are Uncut. The ones In the Blue Cadies are Stereo and the ones White are Mono. H.



Graham7 24th Apr 2015		LaserDiscDatabase has this and 2000 other CEDs listed. See CED Magic for more.



Graham7 18th Apr 2015		This isn't a LaserDisc, but RCA's version, Capacitance Electronic Disc (wikipedia), an analog system using a 12" vinyl disc and stylus, up to 12 miles of groove per side, plays at 500rpm (UK PAL) - I did not know that! I've only got this one disc, picked up for a quid at a boot sale very recently, have nothing to play it on!

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