Nice write up. This is echos pretty much my experiences with board repairs. I'm always surprised and elated when I fix something that has taken a while to debug and then that is followed by the "I hope it stays fixed" feeling.
I resolved the issue. I reseated the top plate of the mechanism thats held on by four screws and the plastic turn guide that is held by one screw. I guess it must have been ever so slightly out of alignment.
I think either: A: The LX-H670 is out of alignment and the discs are fine. B: The LX-H670 is only slightly out of alignment and the discs are slightly warped.
Mystery solved. This motor assembly lifts out quite easily with only one screw holding it to the rest of the carriage assembly and one screw that holds a plastic clip on top. Two broken teeth on the gear underneath the yellowed ones. VNL1353. Luckily I have a donor unit and was able to easily replace it. Fingers crossed that is all this unit needs.
Moore Bond films in general, but especially Moonraker and TSWLM. Easily my top two Moore favorites. Diamonds are Forever for Connery.
Goldeneye is maybe the best looking LD out there and it’s full of features. Possibly- I have three. One for my collection, one for my beater reference disc and one for my clean reference disc.
1. Ed Wood (1994) [2758 AS] 2. Logan's Run (1976) [ML102144] 3. Roger and Me (1989) [11978] 4. The House that Jack Built 5. Sneakers (1992) [41431] 6. Deep, The (1977) [PSE91-01] 7. Quick Change (1990) [12004] 8. Crash: Special Edition #349 (1996) [CC1500L] 9. Howling, The: Collector's Edition (1981) [ID2847SU] 10. Highway to Hell (1992) [LD 90447]
I enjoy LD for what it is. I think there is a group of people that really enjoy trying to min/max their setup, and then there is a group of people that just simply enjoy watching and handling these big shiny discs. I'm in the latter group. I have the really expensive players, but the majority of the time I'm watching whatever I just worked on- usually much cheaper players and it is still quite enjoyable for me.
I forgot about all the required stuff you have to sit through on DVD/BR. Definitely annoying. I will say though I could watch the Image Entertainment intro where it shows the laser hitting the LD on loop .
I wish I could remember exactly the size of belt I gave him. I think it was either a 3.6 or 4.0. It fit great on a LX-900 but he said it was too small for his LA-3500. Take this with a grain of salt though.
wouldn't the wavelength of the intended read laser (infrared) still be a limiting factor on the density of the pit placement during writing? I'm not sure. I feel they would have just used an infrared laser in that case, but I might not be thinking about this the correct way. I do know that the Ar laser was supposedly 200MW which is quite substantial.
Interesting comparison of track pitch: LD: 1.4 to 2 microns VCD: 1.6 microns DVD: 0.74 microns BR: 0.32 microns
Luckily I never shocked myself but was always extra careful when working on the monitors. I was out of town for a few days last month and came back and began working on a Trinitron I was halfway done with. I forgot I had plugged it into my main power strip before I left (very dumb of me) since I always plug them into my isolation transformer. I turned that strip on and thinking the TV had been off for several days, I grabbed the power supply and took a nice dosage of voltage. I have since put the isolation transformer and main strip on opposite ends of my bench.
In regards to hardiness of Trinitrons, I was given one that had been left in a ditch for probably years. Severe rust, boards caked in mud probably 1/2in thick. Took it apart, sprayed the boards with a high pressure water hose nozzle and let it dry for a few days. Turned right on and the picture looked good other than the composite video connector had partially detached from the board so I had to hold the cord in.
I can imagine it being inside the house and water, not fun.
Thankfully I had at least enough sense to bring it outside and drain the water. I just failed to realize that there was going to be a ton of small pieces of porcelain flying quite far.
Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) (1991) [12312] is a favorite of mine. Quite fitting since I just got Far Away, So Close (1993) [79966] in this week. Thanks :thumbup: Do they have to be like your list, comedies, or is it open? Two Lane Blacktop as a start No, I just tend to lean towards comedies I guess. Just noticed that all of the ones I listed were haha. I just Wikipedia'd Two Lane Blacktop which linked to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_movie#Movies_of_this_genre Nice! I guess "Road Movie" is the official name of the genre then.
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