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Sundance Film Festival – January 17th through 27th 2013

Sundance Film Festival

  This is the place to go to view independent films, meet directors, actors and movie lovers. The Sundance Film Festival will select 200 films from nearly 12,000 submissions. More than 50,000 people will attend Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.  Each city is separated by a short drive (30 to 75 [...]

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Gig Harbor 5th Annual Film Festival October 19th, 20th, 21st 2012

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Join in the all day Film Festival featuring over 40 films. DaDon just discovered this awesome event in Gig Harbor Washington after talking with Film Director Sandy Smolan. DaDons supplied 2 LaserDiscs for the Movie “Rachel River” to Sandy so that he could showcase this film that he directed. ‘Rachel River” was nominated for the [...]

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LaserDisc Packaging the Right Way…

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How to Properly Package a LaserDisc One of the most frustrating experiences for a LaserDisc Collector is the arrival of a damaged LaserDisc / cover. You see, we have already researched the title, the release and the listing. Then we purchase and pay. Then we wait a month or so only to find that due [...]

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Contempt CinemaDisc LaserDisc Movie Review

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My relationship with Jean Luc-Godard’s “Contempt” is complicated… It’s Godard, so I love it; but it’s also the Godard movie where you most clearly see the greedy hands of Hollywood. And ironically, that’s what it’s about: how Hollywood puts a price on a man, and how it ruins his marriage. In an equal-and-opposite manner that [...]

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Pioneering LaserDisc Player Service: Bayview Electronics

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In 1978, Pioneer started marketing the LaserDisc as the first commercial optical disc storage medium, and in 1979 Duncan Hunter attended the first seminar for field servicing Pioneer’s first Video Disc Player. Recently DaDon and DaDaughter visited Duncan at his LaserDisc Service Center in Olympia Washington We were given a tour of his facilities and [...]

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LaserDisc Database and Blog

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Introducing LaserDisc Database, Store and Blog… DaDon’s is a Rare LaserDisc Website with over 47,000 LaserDiscs in its Database and over 9,700 Discs in its Store. Designed for the Collector, the site also includes a Blog for LaserDisc Optimization, Reviews and Commentary. Further, you can switch from Database mode to Store mode with a single [...]

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Collecting LaserDiscs…

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Building a video library is very rewarding. Many LaserDisc movies and features are not available on DVD. Furthermore, many have special features that are not available elsewhere. The 12 3/8 inch jackets have ample room for artwork and inserts that can not be duplicated in smaller formats. Add natural analog video and uncompressed sound for [...]

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First LaserDisc Blog and Reviews

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Welcome LaserDisc Collectors ! This is DaDon’s first Posting ! So, I am excited about the opportunity to comment on the LaserDisc Industry, Movies and Home Theater tips and tricks. Let me know if you have questions that can be answered in future installments. Otherwise, I will just ramble on… Science Fiction / Sci-fi Movies [...]

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