LaserDiscs are the coolest thing ever - analog video encapsulated within an FM signal, read by a laser (a HeNe gas laser in the earliest models). CAV-mode discs are the best - I've got a few special-edition movies that use CAV, and bonus: you can frame-by-frame through all of the discs with perfect image results. CLV discs don't work quite so well, but they're still awesome.
I've got a really nice LD setup: a Pioneer CLD-D500 (a dual-sided player! woot!), which outputs Dolby Digital AC-3 sound (when available) to a Yamaha 5.1 channel decoder, which then runs the sound and SVideo signal to a Pioneer receiver. It's fantastic. I just need a new TV.
I also have an old Yamaha LD, but it's more of a standby deck.
In "The Jackal", they definitely use Macs in parts of it. Some are the 5200-style AIO boxes, but they also show some desktop Power Macs. They definitely run either System 7 or OS 8. Good movie, btw.
I totally didn't know that SVideo cables could be used as replacement ADB - I suspected for a while, since they look almost identical, but never tried it for fear of blowing a fuse or something (much like what would happen when a phone cord was used for the keyboard on an original Mac).
I've got a really nice LD setup: a Pioneer CLD-D500 (a dual-sided player! woot!), which outputs Dolby Digital AC-3 sound (when available) to a Yamaha 5.1 channel decoder, which then runs the sound and SVideo signal to a Pioneer receiver. It's fantastic. I just need a new TV.
I also have an old Yamaha LD, but it's more of a standby deck.
In "The Jackal", they definitely use Macs in parts of it. Some are the 5200-style AIO boxes, but they also show some desktop Power Macs. They definitely run either System 7 or OS 8. Good movie, btw.
I totally didn't know that SVideo cables could be used as replacement ADB - I suspected for a while, since they look almost identical, but never tried it for fear of blowing a fuse or something (much like what would happen when a phone cord was used for the keyboard on an original Mac).