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 Post subject: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 09 Jan 2012, 05:46 
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Anyone Know anything about this machine? How early of a Pioneer is it? Thanks for any info.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 09 Jan 2012, 06:46 
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It's this one here

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laser ... d-1100.htm

I think this was used in some of the arcade games
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 09 Jan 2012, 07:52 
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It is super old, like 1982 old or 1984 old, lol. I am wondering because someone has one for like dirt cheap like in 10 dollars cheap.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 09 Jan 2012, 08:54 
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I think it was 1982
For 10 bucks you can't go wrong, as long as there's no shipping cost.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 09 Jan 2012, 20:31 
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The LD-1100 was Pioneers second player and the first with built-in CX noise reduction. It was introduced in 1982 as a top of the line replacement for the VP-1000. In addition to having CX built in, it also came with a wireless remote, which was a $50 option for the VP-1000. Along with the LD-1100, Pioneer also released the LD-660, a lower cost but almost featureless player meant to "compete" with RCA's SelectaVision VideoDisc player which sold for $499 at introduction.

The 1100's were well made - mine still works perfectly and receives frequent use. If well adjusted, crosstalk on CLV discs isn't even a problem. About the only drawback to a tube-based LD player is a low level buzz in the audio due to interference put out by the laser tube... CX reduces the buzz somewhat but can't eliminate it and all laser tube players have it. Also, resolution is limited to around 350 lines, tops, due to the circuitry used at the time, but, like all LD players, they output full chroma bandwidth.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 10 Jan 2012, 02:51 
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Those are great fun machines for a couple of reasons.

One is the flip-top featuer that always get friends curious and conversing about it.

Another is the vintage look which goes great on any sort of vintage or somewhat vintage TV.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 10 Jan 2012, 04:01 
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I got this new fangled thing called a laserdisc player. Any of you know anything about them. All I gots was a demo disc and a copy of Animal House. It looks pretty cool but I dont know.


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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 11 Jan 2012, 06:56 
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Definatley a cool looking vintage item. One thing though, if your going to play the thinner 8" LD in this, you need that J-L20 adapter.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 11 Jan 2012, 10:06 
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vinylcollector wrote:
Definatley a cool looking vintage item. One thing though, if your going to play the thinner 8" LD in this, you need that J-L20 adapter.

I've never heard of one of those before and nor will I likely ever need one but suddenly I want one:

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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 12 Jan 2012, 22:27 
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I have one of those adaptors with a different design, that came with a Japanese promo disc.
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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 13 Jan 2012, 05:47 
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When I first seen the adapter, I wanted one too, but not the price. And would you know it, a later 8" LD I bought had one with it inside. So mine was free :mrgreen: Here is what mine looks like. I also sent Julien scans of the instructions for the adapter which he has uploaded, incase anyone is inerested.


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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 23 Nov 2013, 18:56 
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found the adapter and got it with other stuff for cheap recently and didn't see this thread before.

Anyone have a translation of the manual and the front of the adapter?
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PostPosted: 10 Jan 2022, 05:51 
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mikeystoyz wrote:
I got this new fangled thing called a laserdisc player.


Photos added, thank you!

=> Pioneer LD-1100

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 Post subject: Re: Pioneer LD 1100
PostPosted: 10 Jan 2022, 18:54 
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I saw one of these in the early 1980s in a department store called Debenhams in Bournemouth (UK) - was still a schoolkid at the time, and couldn't persuade my mum to buy it for me :) so only had the brochure to look at longingly for the next few decades.

Eventually bought a PAL one from eBay a few years back, and it still works perfectly (almost - it doesn't track some discs quite as well as newer players). Quiet-running compared to the Philips VLP-700 and far more advanced.

Cosmetically though it's almost the opposite of the Philips (Magnavox) competition - they're all curves and circles and chrome, the Pioneer is a grey oblong box. But the lights on the front are nice and it has more of a quality feel than the early Philips machines.
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