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9954tony
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Post subject: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 00:13 |
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This seller on ebay has 4 LD players for sale, in really good shape (it looks like) that he claims all play PAL discs. Looking at the pictures, i only see that the SONY mentions playing PAL video cds, and no mention of PAL LD compatibility (and no SCART). Playing PAL VCDs does not ensure that it plays PAL laserdiscs. I even messaged him and he "swears" they will play PAL laserdiscs, the price is high and the shipping is from Israel to US, so also high. https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=l ... r&_sacat=0Can anyone input on this?
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9954tony
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Post subject: Re: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 05:14 |
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Thanks, that was what i was suspecting. I would have tried to see if he would come down some on pice.
I made this mistake once before on a DVL-909 that even said PAL / NTSC on the front. However, it would only play NTSC laserdiscs, and PAL/NTSC VCD (and maybe PAL/NTSC DVD).
@reno, is there another place to look to buy PAL laserdisc players? On ebay, i see none in the USA for sale even, a broken 2850 from Russia for $530 (price + ship), a 2850 from germany for $1000 (price + ship), and "oh my oh my" 2x 4300d for $3500 (yes $3,500 that is not a typo).
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deadlegion
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Post subject: Re: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 12:08 |
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9954tony wrote: Thanks, that was what i was suspecting. I would have tried to see if he would come down some on pice.
I made this mistake once before on a DVL-909 that even said PAL / NTSC on the front. However, it would only play NTSC laserdiscs, and PAL/NTSC VCD (and maybe PAL/NTSC DVD).
@reno, is there another place to look to buy PAL laserdisc players? On ebay, i see none in the USA for sale even, a broken 2850 from Russia for $530 (price + ship), a 2850 from germany for $1000 (price + ship), and "oh my oh my" 2x 4300d for $3500 (yes $3,500 that is not a typo). There's a Philips CDV400 in France. Doesn't appear to have a remote. It's an ebay auction but there's a make offer option (I'm not looking on US ebay). Price including shipping would be like $309aud (probably around $210usd but maybe shipping to the US is more idk) if the auction doesn't move.
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 17:11 |
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9954tony wrote: Thanks, that was what i was suspecting. I would have tried to see if he would come down some on pice.
I made this mistake once before on a DVL-909 that even said PAL / NTSC on the front. However, it would only play NTSC laserdiscs, and PAL/NTSC VCD (and maybe PAL/NTSC DVD).
@reno, is there another place to look to buy PAL laserdisc players? On ebay, i see none in the USA for sale even, a broken 2850 from Russia for $530 (price + ship), a 2850 from germany for $1000 (price + ship), and "oh my oh my" 2x 4300d for $3500 (yes $3,500 that is not a typo). Well here’s the deal. PAL is useless in the United States. That’s why virtually nobody ever imported a PAL player until...probably this forum existed. Why do you want one?
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substance
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Post subject: Re: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 18:31 |
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signofzeta wrote: 9954tony wrote: Thanks, that was what i was suspecting. I would have tried to see if he would come down some on pice.
I made this mistake once before on a DVL-909 that even said PAL / NTSC on the front. However, it would only play NTSC laserdiscs, and PAL/NTSC VCD (and maybe PAL/NTSC DVD).
@reno, is there another place to look to buy PAL laserdisc players? On ebay, i see none in the USA for sale even, a broken 2850 from Russia for $530 (price + ship), a 2850 from germany for $1000 (price + ship), and "oh my oh my" 2x 4300d for $3500 (yes $3,500 that is not a typo). Well here’s the deal. PAL is useless in the United States. That’s why virtually nobody ever imported a PAL player until...probably this forum existed. Why do you want one? I did I have a DVL-919E which I imported from France a few years ago. I have about a dozen PAL discs, nothing overly interesting. There is the French Star Wars releases in English with French subs. A bunch of music discs, some are from PAL masters and the others are PAL exclusives. If I dig in , I can probably find another dozen or two somewhat interesting titles.
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9954tony
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Post subject: Re: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 23:39 |
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Any modern TV or projector accepts all the standards now, so while it may have been hard to play in the past, i have no problem playing them now. Same as Substance, I also have the French THX original trilogy. I also have the French version of "The Big Blue", (which is quite a bit different than the US version, different cut and soundtrack but still english dialog) and the french version of "The Abyes: version long". I have probably a dozen others too.
For the record, i already have 2 PAL capable players: I have a cld-1050 and a ld-4300d, the cld-1050 is "long in the tooth" though, and doesn't function 100%, the 4300d works well, but seems to diminish the horizontal resolution (the same disc played on the 1050 has more detail than the 4300d).
So i have been "casually" looking for 3rd alternative, ideally i was looking for a "low mileage" sony mdp-640d just to add to my collection and use for comparison.
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laserfanhld-gb
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Post subject: Re: Sanity Check (just need a second pair of eyes) Posted: 26 Nov 2019, 10:07 |
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signofzeta wrote: The S310 is not a very good player at all. Yes....definitely agree on that; and performance aside I don't think there's analog playback or a digital out either, it was just the fact it was described as brand new so fitted the criteria in that respect. Big bucks to pay for what is a budget player at the end of the day! 9954tony wrote: Thanks. @laserfanhld-gb, that DVL-909 looks like it isn't the "E" model, so it only plays PAL DVD/Video CDs, i think that is the exact model i bought a few years ago. With some tips from everyone and a few realizations, i am now getting better search results. One thing is that a lot of people selling in PAL countries may not include "PAL" in the description, because it is just "assumed". That is my fault/oversight (i was searching for "PAL laserdisc player). I found some good units in Germany, but the seller doesn't currently ship to USA. I have messaged him asking for an exception. If that doesn't work, i think i have a coworker that has family in Germany and will ask if he'd be willing to intermediate. Agreed on that DVL-909 Tony....my apologies for not noticing, just seen there's no scart or CE Logo on the back. Trouble was they didn't add the E to the model number on that earlier DVL it only appeared on the later 919 versions. I sold a really nice spare CLD-925 18 months back so a case of bad timing here, good luck with your search!
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