Working with the laserdisc was the problem i thought, something about Topaz ai and having to mask out Japanese subtitles with other video sources, tv recordings. I would just have accepted a rip of them raw.
I’ve looked at the prices on those sets and they are always 300 and above in price. Its not even a rare laserdisc set but its price gouged. I’ve seen so many of them.
The Japanese sellers think Indiana Jones or Disney, or they want to charge retail for the year of release in Japanese yen to USD. Nobody pays hundreds for laserdisc sets. You can go up from 50-70 to a hundred dollars for a rare set maybe. But a common set that was not low in circulation.