rein-o wrote:
I'm keeping all players that I have now, I won't ever be selling players, even for parts.
Also since they are larger and heavy they aren't aging well with shipping and no spare parts anymore.
Me too. I treasure every machine I own - even the broken ones.
I wasn't aware prices for laserdisc players had risen so much in recent times.
All my players are second hand but I bought them quite some time ago in the UK mainly between 2006-2009.
Back then the going rate for a CLD-925, CLD-2950, DVL-909, DVL-919 was about £75-£125 if you were patient and didn't click buy it now on the first auction you saw.
That got you an almost new looking machine with original remote, and often a few hundred discs thrown in as well.
If you were able to settle for a single side player or older model prices were even lower - I picked up a few for around £25-30 just as cheap backups. These cheaper more basic players seemed to last just as long as the expensive ones for what its worth.
Recently it seems condition has dropped and the price has risen sharply with the much higher likelihood of buying one that been 'tinkered' with or been shipped around the world a few times. Is demand finally starting to outstrip LD player supply?