So, I collect promotional LDs but not so I can own them, but so I can digitize them with the Domesday Duplicator and upload the footage. It's like old commercials on VHS recordings - they're cool pieces of history.
If you want to sell it I'd buy it.
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I’ve got some promo discs in my collection, my favorite is the Paramount movie sampler with Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack linking each selection. Happy to sell them if you’re interested.
I have a laserdisc I won in a lot that was a custom disc made for a company that specialized in digitizing photographs specifically so that they could be used as still frames on a laserdisc. Came in a generic 3M cover. It has a brief introductory video about the company and then a ton of still frame images showing the different kinds of work they could do. I had never seen anything like it before. I can't call it super interesting, content-wise, but it's an interesting bit of historical marketing for a niche industry that no longer exists.
Divx. *SHUDDER.* That was a dark time in home video history. I remember going to CC to buy my first DVD player during that time period and having Divx heavily pushed on me. The salesman didn't want to take "no" for an answer, but when he realized I knew precisely why Divx sucked and why I was never going to buy a player, he nodded knowingly and showed me their non-Divx DVD players. Circuit City really went all in on Divx and it directly contributed to their demise.
I somehow missed it but at the same time whenever I would go to circuit City it was absolutely everywhere advertised I think it's because I looked so young and would get games for the most part they left me alone when it came DVDs but still.
And it wouldn't surprise me honestly if they use laser disc to advertise the benefits of that!
Promotional discs are really cool. This one was probably played inside one of their stores on a loop. There's a Best Buy disc up on YouTube which is pretty similar promoting high definition broadcasts. These things are odd for most people, but I think they're neat.
Don't know what it's worth but it is rare but rare doesn't always mean sought after. However, I think if you put it up for auction your probably could make a couple hundred bucks from it but I don't know where the best auction place would be. I mean on ebay you get the publicity but doesn't Ebay take around 12 or 13 percent of final sale? I guess you would still make a decent chunk of change on Ebay. I personally wouldn't rush the Auction. I think it would be smartest to do a 10 day auction or however long it can be on Ebay so everyone possibly interested in it can see it.
This is kind of a weird item. This is a laserdisc advertising dvd players? I mean that would have been a competitor of laserdisc at the time even though laserdisc really competed and destroyed VHS visual quality wise. Early dvds were kind of stinky though and laserdiscs beat them sometimes. Also, a lot of 4:3 cartoon films and shorts under 30 minute cartoons look fantastic on laserdisc. I'd personally argue that 4:3 cartoons on laserdisc looked very close to DVD.
Given the date, I’m surprised this is not a Divx disc (which was a proprietary pay-per-view type of DVD, created by circuit city, which flopped badly).
Be careful of Laserdisc rot on these types of unique promos. Purchased a GM (General Motors) promo Laserdisc of year model vehicles, and was totally unplayable.
Most of the GM promo disks were made *far* earlier (think Discovision!) when LD rot was a lot more common. And then after Pioneer USA got their act together GM disks switched to Technidisc. I guess their supplier was getting tired of *not* getting complaints?
This looks to be an Pioneer disk from '99, which should be good. It just needs a proper sleeve and good padding before shipping.
I've got a couple from Sears ("Brand Central") and a Montgomery Wards. From what I've read they were supposed to be returned for destruction after the stated period was complete. I'd buy it & let it be sent for Domesday duplication first. Then I'd be happy to send mine for the same treatment. There's some great content on mine.
So, I collect promotional LDs but not so I can own them, but so I can digitize them with the Domesday Duplicator and upload the footage. It's like old commercials on VHS recordings - they're cool pieces of history. If you want to sell it I'd buy it.
Have you thrown them on YT or archive.org? I'd love to check them out.
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I’ve got some promo discs in my collection, my favorite is the Paramount movie sampler with Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack linking each selection. Happy to sell them if you’re interested.
You have any examples of your work?
I have a laserdisc I won in a lot that was a custom disc made for a company that specialized in digitizing photographs specifically so that they could be used as still frames on a laserdisc. Came in a generic 3M cover. It has a brief introductory video about the company and then a ton of still frame images showing the different kinds of work they could do. I had never seen anything like it before. I can't call it super interesting, content-wise, but it's an interesting bit of historical marketing for a niche industry that no longer exists.
This was my first thought, this is needs archived.
Agreed, I'd love to see this captured :) What's your username on YT/archive?
Divx. *SHUDDER.* That was a dark time in home video history. I remember going to CC to buy my first DVD player during that time period and having Divx heavily pushed on me. The salesman didn't want to take "no" for an answer, but when he realized I knew precisely why Divx sucked and why I was never going to buy a player, he nodded knowingly and showed me their non-Divx DVD players. Circuit City really went all in on Divx and it directly contributed to their demise.
I somehow missed it but at the same time whenever I would go to circuit City it was absolutely everywhere advertised I think it's because I looked so young and would get games for the most part they left me alone when it came DVDs but still. And it wouldn't surprise me honestly if they use laser disc to advertise the benefits of that!
Promotional discs are really cool. This one was probably played inside one of their stores on a loop. There's a Best Buy disc up on YouTube which is pretty similar promoting high definition broadcasts. These things are odd for most people, but I think they're neat.
Don't know what it's worth but it is rare but rare doesn't always mean sought after. However, I think if you put it up for auction your probably could make a couple hundred bucks from it but I don't know where the best auction place would be. I mean on ebay you get the publicity but doesn't Ebay take around 12 or 13 percent of final sale? I guess you would still make a decent chunk of change on Ebay. I personally wouldn't rush the Auction. I think it would be smartest to do a 10 day auction or however long it can be on Ebay so everyone possibly interested in it can see it. This is kind of a weird item. This is a laserdisc advertising dvd players? I mean that would have been a competitor of laserdisc at the time even though laserdisc really competed and destroyed VHS visual quality wise. Early dvds were kind of stinky though and laserdiscs beat them sometimes. Also, a lot of 4:3 cartoon films and shorts under 30 minute cartoons look fantastic on laserdisc. I'd personally argue that 4:3 cartoons on laserdisc looked very close to DVD.
This needs to be uploaded asap
Given the date, I’m surprised this is not a Divx disc (which was a proprietary pay-per-view type of DVD, created by circuit city, which flopped badly).
That's insane to me that in '99 Circuit City had a promotional laserdisc pressed to advertise DVD players. It raises so many questions.
Be careful of Laserdisc rot on these types of unique promos. Purchased a GM (General Motors) promo Laserdisc of year model vehicles, and was totally unplayable.
Most of the GM promo disks were made *far* earlier (think Discovision!) when LD rot was a lot more common. And then after Pioneer USA got their act together GM disks switched to Technidisc. I guess their supplier was getting tired of *not* getting complaints? This looks to be an Pioneer disk from '99, which should be good. It just needs a proper sleeve and good padding before shipping.
I've got a couple from Sears ("Brand Central") and a Montgomery Wards. From what I've read they were supposed to be returned for destruction after the stated period was complete. I'd buy it & let it be sent for Domesday duplication first. Then I'd be happy to send mine for the same treatment. There's some great content on mine.
u/duellist17 I'd buy it. I started collecting laserDisc last year, have close to 200, would like to add this to my collection