Laserdiscs (Was:Re[2]: [rescue] Hello?)

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Friday 05 April 2002 10:47 pm, you wrote:
> On April 5, Mike Hebel wrote:
> > DM>   Don't buy a cheap or old-and-beat-up LD player.  I have over a
> > hundred DM> LDs, and I watch them all the time.  I have *never* had an
> > alignment DM> issue, or any other problems for that matter.
> >
> > Any suggestions on brands?
>
>   Pioneer, or [better yet] later models from Sony.

Additionally my RCA player works great.
>
> > I know this is probably a stupid question but are there media company
> > still producing Laserdisc versions of current films?  (I know you can
> > get a hell of a lot of Anime on them but that's not what I mean. ;-)
>
>   I really don't know...the only data point I can provide is that I have
> the last Trek movie, Insurrection, on LD.  It came out in 1998 or
> 1999, if memory serves.  I don't think I have anything more recent
> than that, but I haven't even been looking due to lack of fundage.
>
The newest film I have on LD is 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (1997) James Bond movie.

Mike N