RickR

For as long as I can remember I've always believed that RCA's CED players and movies were good.  Not great mind you but OK.  For those that think I'm crazy, and you are probably right, the time the CED came out there really was no Dolby Surround Sound available for the home market in my area.  We had simple, monaural (or mono if you prefer), video equipment.  So having movies that could play in Stereo sound when you didn't have the stereo equipment to play it on didn't matter much.  Once my family moved on to VHS it was the same thing; stereo sound didn't matter as long as the sound was easy to hear without having to crank the volume up on the TV...and there were some cheap knock-off pre-recorded tapes where the audio was horrible and something that stereo sound could not help.
 
Sorry...got a bit side tracked.  The CED format always fascinated me because of how it worked.  I had more fun watching the player take the discs, play them, watch the stylus sweep across the disc, and the disc get returned back to the caddy and the door close.  I don't know how many times we had to replace the loading/unloading belts on the SJT models.  And me being only 8-years old I was not afraid to take the top off to find out how to do it myself since the only dealer in the area stopped messing with the format altogether.
 
As a YouTuber I enjoy watching videos on older technology that was either a part of my childhood or I missed completely.  I had little idea that a similar CED format was on the market...only in Japan.  It never ceases to amaze me how things America invented and developed Japan has always tried to perfect similar ideas.  And the CED format was not safe either.  Nothing against Japan as it is one location I would love to visit but the one CED-like player I watched in the video I am about to share here took the CED format and improved it.  Seriously, the machine in this video is pretty neat.  
 

 
The fun stuff about the machine starts around 11:00 in.  But watch how the National machine loads and unloads these movie discs...it's very cool!  

RJB8 is making it's final preparations before lift off....

Final confirmation for RickR.  Thanks.  How could I say no?

We really need a mod to get involved  

Here is what I put in:
 
 

Thank you for hosting. 

correagonzalez, your "what-I-took" photo looks a lot like my "what-I-put-in" photo... 
 

 
Was gonna post a video too, but really the only thing I mention in the video that's not in the photo is that the Buggy Quest handheld belonged to me and my brother growing up.  We got it in the early 1990s, I assume when it was new.  It still works, and it's pretty fun!  The random-sound-effect button on it is a cool bonus feature.  Anyway I knew you collected them, so I'm glad you're keeping it.
 
Thanks for hosting this round of the RJB!

Final confirmation for RickR.  Thanks.  How could I say no?

We really need a mod to get involved  

Final confirmation for RickR.  Thanks.  How could I say no?

We really need a mod to get involved  

Yeah I already had a PS2, I was hoping someone who didn't have one would snag it.  It's a great system. 

Btw, I was surprised that no one took the ps2 slim. I was tempted, but decided to let someone else have a shot at it, since I have a ps2 phat. My guess is several others felt the same way.

Here is what I put in:
 
 

Here is what I put in:
 
 

Well I have a partial video of what I put in, but it cut out.

To the best of my memory:
Tele-Games Night Driver
Tele-Games Target Fun manual
Famicom Golf
Famicom F1 Racing
New copy of 3DS Adventure Time
Shifty game by Tiger
Fix it Felix for Sega
and Dead of Knight (An Atari 2600 homebrew, 17/20 produced, autographed)
MST3K DVD

 

Great Job hosting the box cg!
 
Gangster Town is a Light Gun game, I believe. And I really dig that Radio Shack game.
 
I took a picture of what I put in, but for whatever reason, I can't find it.
 
So here's what I put in, to the best of my memory:
 
Q*bert NES
Riddle of the Sphinx 2600 Complete
Pit Fighter Lynx
Classic Arcade Pinball Plug n Play
A bunch of manuals including Spider Fighter, Multi Language Yars Revenge, ET and a 2600 System manual
Frogger 2600, no label
Radio Shack Slots LCD game
 
And I also sent a separate package to creep with the following 2600 games: River Raid, Othello, Millipede, Basketball, Freeway & Pole Position II (7800) plus the manuals to River Raid and PP2.
 
I may have put another item or two in the box as well, but I can't remember for sure.

My contribution to the junk box
Ps2 console
God of war 2 ps2
Star wars episode 3 ps2
Gamepack sample ps2
Crimson skies Xbox
Minestorm overlay vectrex
Super nes mini console
Football game snes
Separation anxiety snes
Power rangers snes
Rad racer nes
Super Mario 64 n64
Super Mario kart 64 n64
Virtual pool 64 n64
Sport talk baseball Genesis
Jurassic park genesis
Hard driving genesis
Sonic 1 genesis
Tac scan Atari 2600
Lego star wars 2 GameCube
500 xj joystick
Namco museum ds
Tmnt 2 pack 3ds
Michelangelo tmnt action figure

I just watched "The Fog" (John Carpenter version) for the first time, and it was great!  Thank you for the suggestion. 

I just got the junk box back today, I will post tomorrow what I took out, guess whatever is left will be towards the next junk box sponsored by Nosweargamer, thanks to everyone who participated.

DVD = no way.  It has encryption. 

You'll need more than your hands.  You'll need some biceps and a strong back too -- these things are heavy!
 
 

I tested the Neo Geo with a game, and it worked fine. Such a cool thing to find in a junk box! Wow!

I don't think mine can play CD's, since the spindle has such a big diameter. 

This new HP video, dubbed “Computer Show,” hits the sweet spot perfectly with its recreation of a Reagan-era public access show about technology, but with a fish-out-of-water spin. The host is stuck in time—stilted stage manner, goofy haircut and all—but his guests are current-day tech pioneers. Awkward hilarity ensues.
 
 

I tested the Neo Geo with a game, and it worked fine. Such a cool thing to find in a junk box! Wow!

Yep...and I couldn't thank you enough for that.  
 
What got me back in to laserdiscs was shortly after I met my wife we paid a visit to our local goodwill.  I was going through their vinyl LP stack when I seen three LD movies.  That's where I found Disney's Santa Claus for $1.  I didn't grab the others because I wasn't sure if I would find a player.  I went back the next day to grab the other movies and they were already gone.  I don't think our Goodwill realized what these were.
 
My wife did get a bit upset for having movies we couldn't play, then I grabbed a player that had been literally beaten up, but you, RickR, sent my wife's favorite Disney movie so the player and other movies quickly became a small investment she became OK with.  So, yes, I couldn't thank you enough for sending that particular movie.  And I wouldn't mind having someone to share in the collection adventure with at home and online.  It's a good format.  Players are heavy, yes, but they are built like tanks and unlike almost every piece of "junk" gear we get now a days they are built to last as long as possible.  Much like the CED players, too.  Those can last just as long when cared for properly and well maintained.
 
I have ordered movies from Discount Laserdisc in the past and shortly after I got the player I have now with good results.  The prices on his stuff and shipping might seem a bit high at times but most of the good stuff can be picked up for $5 or less.  I got 10 movies last time and did have to pay $15 on top of that for shipping but it was worth it and the discs were well packed.
 
If you can find an older one, and have a computer to use it on, you could transfer these, and VHS, to a digital format with an ATI All-In-Wonder.  I use to have one a long time ago and was converting my favorite VHS movies to AVI format.  Worked OK for me...just don't expect to get anything of HD quality.
 
 
 
The Independence Day LD I had was the Letterbox edition on two discs and in a gatefold sleeve.  I think that is why I enjoy this format so much because I always loved the packaging some of the vinyl LPs came in.  The artwork was absolutely some of the best seen on any format in the music and video industries in my opinion.  You can't do that with digital downloads and DVDs, as nice as they are, miss this most of the time.  The Driving Miss Daisy I have on LD is a single disc but also in a gatefold with inside information about the movie that VHS didn't have.  It's those little extras that really make laserdiscs shine and worth collecting.  But, just like video games, I wouldn't buy them if I didn't intend to complete the cycle of watching them, too.  
 
If you are interested in computer animation the Mind's Eye has some cool compilations of computer animated shorts.  I use to have this one on VHS and loved it.  I played it so much that I wore out my copy and have not been able to find it until I discovered Discount Laserdiscs.  They have it but I have not jumped on picking it up yet.  
 
I wonder if your player, RickR, can play CDs?  I don't know if all of them can or not.

And I mentioned that we have a laserdisc collection group on Facebook for this area -- they mention all the time of finding players at goodwill or thrift shops in town.  I know for sure by the markings on the back of mine that it came from a thrift shop that I know of, and the discs from Goodwill.  So keep your eyes out.  The players are easy to miss since they look so much like the 5 disc carousel CD players.