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I suppose you make a somewhat fair comparison. This was the oldest Star Wars tape I had at the ready since the rest are Special Edition. I did have the 1984 CBS/FOX version once, but it never had a box, and it was always in rough condition which is why it's no longer in my collection. I also wish I had one movie to demonstrate across all three formats but I didn't which is why I had to do it this way. I believe my current tape player has 4 heads??? But I have been wrong before. Though to be fair, all the VHS VCRs I have ever owned were from the 1990s, and CED obviously didn't make it to the 90s, so it's always going to be stuck in the early 1980s technology-wise. If we want to make a fair comparison concerning age, my Sears Beta player is from 1983 (methinks) so it might be closer in quality to the CED player. Anyways, other than some CED "glitches" I didn't really see too much of a difference comparing STALAG 17, but A NEW HOPE definitely (yes) had some differences. Not only is the pan-and-scan different on the tape (actually has less picture I think), but the color-timing is better, and the CED is actually slightly sped up (hence why it couldn't be synced right).

In a way, pretty much. AT MOST, the CED Disc could hold about 60 minutes per side... again, at most. That's why movies about 2 hours or under had to be split in half at a certain point to account for that, because technology at that point (disc-wise) could only do that. Once Side 1 was done with the first half of the movie, you had to flip it over to play the other half of the movie. However, if a movie ran over two hours, you would often need a 2nd disc, usually with 'Side 3' or even 4 depending on how long the movie was. So I suppose for example, if we want to look for modern examples, a movie like Avengers: Endgame would need a 2nd disc or a 'Side 3' since it's three hours long, probably same for a movie like Killers of the Flower Moon, which needs a 2nd disc for sure. However, a movie like Men in Black 3 could get away with one disc since it's under 2 hours. There's also no special features on these things, so it's not like there's extra things to see as well. To be fair, CED died in 1986, so its not like these movies would have made it onto the format unfortunately, although I would be very curious to see what Endgame would look like on a CED or LaserDisc. Honestly, flipping it isn't so bad, and honestly, it does demand a little interactivity with your movie, something lost in modern times.

@@20thcenturydude56 could you record off tv onto these? Or buy blanks to record? It is crazy how much plastic these things generated, the mass and weight of hauling these to stores. These thing were never a part of my life, and i only found out about them in the past year, but i think i would like to have some just to collect them as items of history

@@SHANECatLoveActivistHistorian Unfortunately no. That wouldn't have been applicable for this format. You basically had the movies themselves and that's it. NO RECORDABLE CEDs. Back in the day, you had recordable VHS and Betas and that was it. This is probably one of the reasons CED failed. There were recordable LaserDiscs, but those were saved mostly for the professional market, and nothing for at home. Not to mention, you could only get 20-30 minutes on a recordable LaserDisc anyway. Chances are if you were in a museum back in the day passing by an exhibit with some "video pictures" most likely it was a recordable LaserDisc. It's nice that you've become acquainted with the format. I found out about their existence five years ago and I got a player and a set of movies as a graduation present back in 2020. It's not the best format out there, nor is it my favorite disc one, but it is probably one of the most unique out there, and honestly, not many people can say nowadays that they've watched movies on vinyl.

@@20thcenturydude56 well this morning i just bought 4 of these movies just to have them as historical collectables. I dont have a machine, and was really just going to display them. I paid $100 for a sealed star wars. The others much less. I really dont know how i never knew about these when i was a kid. I was 13 when we got a vcr.

@@SHANECatLoveActivistHistorian Nice! I have Star Wars as well. I am hoping to pick up The Empire Strikes Back soon to go with it. Hopefully you can get a working player soon so you have something to entertain yourself with. I only have the movie WarGames on display simply because the disc doesn't work. What are your other titles exactly? Maybe we have other similar titles

Somewhat true. I did feel that Cassandra Nova was somewhat underdeveloped, and honestly, I don't have any real opinion on the Paradox character (whether that's good or bad idk). I also feel like the Deadpool battle (while entertaining) did feel tacked on like a "2nd third act" (which I hate). I do know that many people are already calling the beginning of the movie one of the best MCU intros there is. As for Logan, since the multiverse appeared to be somewhat rejuvenated, maybe his world is okay-ish??? Overall, I think this is my favorite Deadpool sequel but I do prefer the first one more (the jokes landed the best).

Thank you! He does indeed. This is a video he's wanted to make for a long while now, and thankfully it paid off. In the near future, expect a potential continuation with maybe hints of LaserDisc or even more CED magic!

Thanks! I actually had to re-record the reaction separately because the first time the video didn't sync up right for some reason. But I suppose if you want to see another "flat" trailer reaction, then check out my INSIDE OUT 2 Trailer Reaction

Interesting way of viewing the film. If I have time to watch it this summer, I'll definitely get around to it

@@20thcenturydude56 re watching in winters late night is awesome

I suppose they got more out of it than I did. Then again, I would have just preferred another Mad Max movie with Tom Hardy rather than a Furiosa prequel (Fury Road already kinda was her movie anyway). Perhaps a rewatch is in order I guess when I get the chance.

@@20thcenturydude56 I've read that Miller has every intention of making a prequel centered around Max and it'll probably be called The Wasteland, so everyone needs to calm down about losing Max as the main character lmao.

@@rockguitarist931 Then hopefully he can make it as soon as possible cuz the man is eighty years old, and while he's still somewhat on the top of his game, life is unfortunately finite. I just wish we had that movie first honestly

@@20thcenturydude56 I think Furiosa was a ballsy release in today's market, it definitely does it's job of supplementing the plot of Fury Road and I can't wait to see how he ties The Wasteland into this. The movies are basically a documentary about the Rise & Fall of Immortan Joe, anyways.

@@rockguitarist931 I just hope we get The Wasteland movie at this point. After all, George Miller will only be around for so much longer and the franchise would go horribly in the hands of someone else (sound familiar?)

An imperfect format but not worth completely throwing away. I also suppose it depends on the quality of your player and the discs that you're provided with (important for hardware care). Some movies just turn out better than others I suppose. Sure, I like other formats like Betamax, VHS, DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, and LaserDisc a lot more, but at least CED has enough room to be unique on its own. I also have a friend that supposedly has a CED player that is "skip-less" but I've never seen it in action so I leave it up to my imagination to see how that works.

I have very many that play all the way through. It's all in how they were stored and many of them weren't stored well. It's also in the stylus and how well the machine is serviced. It's pretty simple. You take care of your equipment and media and it will work properly for you.

@@sturkrazee288 Very true. Which reminds me that I need to replace the needle in my machine, otherwise I might have to get something new. It's a shame they don't make replacement parts for these things anymore

I love laserdisc to me laserdisc are actually better then most of the early DVDs what laserdisc I have all still play no problems only ever had 1 disc go bad it was an early discovision title I actually prefer the sound better on laserdisc then DVDs never had issues with weak volume like on a lot of DVDs also laserdisc provide true wide screen DVDs don't

@@michaelliptak358 Yeah I have one or two early DVDs at home and both are pretty subpar, to the point where my Great Escape VHS actually looks better than my Great Escape DVD. Perhaps in 1997 or so they haven't worked out all the kinks. I have no prior exposure to an actual DiscoVision title though I did hear they weren't reliable after awhile. The only LaserDisc I think I actually had a problem with was my NIXON movie, because I think it was probably poorly stored and the first disc had obvious laser rot on both sides (there goes eight bucks)

Have no fear! Sorry for the late response but this channel isn't the most active one on RUclips as you can see but the SHARP CUTS are now present on the Internet Archive with the link in the description. Enjoy!

I have some new student shorts included on my channel if you're interested

no this is Patrick

Nah. I respectfully disagree. It was a matter of doing the best with what I could with a mostly free budget. I admire the enthusiasm though