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Posted: 09 Nov 2017, 09:38
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Posted: 20 Mar 2019, 23:33
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Here's the message:
Hello Criterion!
I'm sorry to contact you out of the blue like that but I should have done it a long time ago. :-)
I'm the webmaster of lddb.com (LaserDisc Database) where Criterion original releases are prominently featured:
https://www.lddb.com/
LD Criterion release by:
CC # = https://www.lddb.com/list.php?format=ld&list=crit&sort=ref&max=250 Title = https://www.lddb.com/list.php?format=ld&list=crit&max=250 Spine = https://www.lddb.com/list.php?format=ld&list=crit&sort=spine&max=250
All available covers, in chronological order: https://www.lddb.com/criterion.php
Site's forum section dedicated to Criterion releases: https://forum.lddb.com/viewforum.php?f=13
I know you dropped Laserdiscs decades ago and jumped into DVD, BluRay (no 4K coming?) and soon video streaming.
I have very simple questions/requests for you:
Would you still have people working at Criterion who used to work on the LD packaging/curating that I could interview?
Any left-over material (unused concepts, cancelled releases, etc.) that the fan would love to discover?
Any LD-related archives that would love to get a 2nd youth?
I'm trying to save the very little that remains from the 80's/90's before they completely disappear ^_^;
Thank you for taking the time to read this message!
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Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 11:52
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Ahhhh thanks :-)
Indeed there is little user interaction for now while I'm making sure the code base is sound before opening users updates and more.
There's just a bit of read-only GUI here: https://www.lddb.com/_test.php
It's a way to check/update parts vs. players like PacParts does:
DVL-90 on PacParts
Pioneer VEB1184 Belt, Load Pioneer VWT1139 Laser Pickup (DVD) Pioneer VWT1141 Laser Pickup (Ld)
Now if you enter DVL-90 as a device on the upper right search box and click on "Check parts", it will show the same + some more:
DVL-90.png
Parts # can be found on the Service Manual ( https://manuals.lddb.com/LD_Players/Pioneer/DVL/DVL-90/DVL-90-EN_service_manual_Scan.pdf ) that is also a part # in itself: RRV1710
If you enter RRV1710 in the upper left search box and click on "Check devices", the DVL-90 as well as DVL-700 shows up.
RRV1710.png
It's quite unstable right now, sometimes the search box will not refresh normally.
Ultimately, any parts confirmed to belong a registered device will has its own part/accessory entry that you can add to collection/wishlist and accept updates, pictures, comments as usual.
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Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 02:37
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These players most likely have belts that might have hardened a bit or got loose. Some of the grease (usually on rails and key clogs) might have dried up.
When taking a LD player out of the box after a long period of storage (or with any electronics), I usually:
Let it get back to room temperature (not too hot or too cold from an outside storage, eventually blow the dust inside if any); Put it on stand-by power for a while, to reload some of the power capacitors; Turn in on and leave it idle for some time (also for capacitors and to warm up inside, get rid of extra moisture that might have built up over time); Play with the open/close drawer(s) a few time without a disc to check they operate normally. First attempt might be a little rough when the belts kick in action again after resting in the same position for so long; Load a disc/eject a few times, to see of the pickup mechanism hangs to it normally; Play the disc and, if dual-sided, use the A/B function a few times to engage all the gears involved in the optical block U-turn; Let it play a disc entirely to check the focus goes all the way to the end of the side; Try both CAV and CLV discs; Try both analog and digital audio (AC3RF if any).
Then I declare the player in good shape :-)
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Posted: 08 Jul 2023, 17:30
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This is just my personal take but I don't think you have anything to worry about. Three years is not a long time.
However, if you are concerned, what I would do is power them up for a few minutes before trying to play a disc just to get the caps charged up from it's long shutdown. |
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