CED Digest Vol. 2 No. 19

CED Digest Vol. 2 No. 19 • 5/10/1997
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 23:10:49 +0300
From: sobel
To: ceds@teleport.com
Subject: SUBSCRIBE

i have approximately 600+ mint condition CED discs plus three
interactive remote stereo RCA players that I wish to sell as a package.
i need a fair price since i have to spend a lot to have all this shipped
from israel.  if anyone is interested, you can call me at 00972 50
391121 any time or fax 00972 7 6375595 (press start key several times so
my machine switches over to fax) or e-mail me at sobel@isracom.co.il

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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 21:52:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jesse Skeen
To: Tom Howe <ceds@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: CED Digest Vol. 2 No. 18

Sorry if this is getting a little off the topic of the mailing list, but 
I want to put in a few more comments about DVD. As was mentioned in the 
last mailing, DVD's look worse on bigger screens. The first time I 
commented on the "blockiness" of DVD to a salesperson at "The Good Guys" 
(a store that is anything but) he said "oh, that's because it's on a 
projection TV. They never have a very clear picture." Funny, that's also 
what they told me a couple years ago about DSS (WHY are so many people 
actually buying that thing???)
I wonder how salespeople sold CED's when they came out. Did they try to 
convince people that they didn't actually see the disc skip, or that it 
was nothing to worry about? It's funny how old video magazines often 
wrote about CED players as a viable product, seems the companies were 
putting cash in their pockets for not saying that they were a joke. Now 
history is repeating itself.
RCA now not only sells a DVD player, but also has their own DVD demo disc 
for instore play. I haven't gotten to watch it but I wonder if they 
brought back the blonde twins to sing the praises again? ;)

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From: DWest14582
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 17:31:33 -0400 (EDT)
To: ceds@teleport.com
Subject: SUBSCRIBE

I STARTED COLLECTING CEDS BACK IN DECEMBER OF1981, I STILL HAVE ALL OF MY
DISCS THAT I COLLECTED (OVER 60) AND AM DEFINATELY INTERESTED IN ANY INFO.
PERTAINING TO CEDS.   THANKS, DEREK WEST  

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 04:01:35 -0700
From: Tom Howe 
To: ceds@teleport.com
Subject: Best and Worst Side Breaks on CED's

How about some discussion on what people feel are the best and worst breaks
between side 1 and side 2 they have ever encountered on a CED. Here are my
choices:

BEST:
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"
A visitor to the web site pointed this one out some time ago and I can't think
of a better one. Side one ends at 58:11 right after Indiana Jones says "That's
It"

WORST:
"2001" (Part 1)
Side 1 ends at 37:43 as the ship is landing on the moon, almost mid-note in
Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz. Why couldn't they make it one minute longer to
complete the scene and finish the song?

--Tom Howe
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