Hey guys,
I hope everyone is keeping well.
Some of you may remember me mentioning in another thread that I bought a faulty HLD-X0 for cheap a year or so ago. To cut a long story short, I had a guy who could fix electronics. So I decided to take a chance on a faulty X0 in the hopes that this guy could fix it. I drove to pick it up and the guy demonstrated the faulty machine, only using the s-video cable. He said he wasnt interested in trying to fix it himself because he bought it not realising it was a single sided machine, and was only interested in having a flipper. As far as I was concerned he did the hard part of importing it from Japan.
Anyway, it turned out the repair guy was a scumbag so I never got around to giving him the X0 to repair. Mainly due to the excessive weight of the thing (35kg), it sat idle in the same corner I left it in the day I brought it home, wrapped lovingly in a bath towel.
Having had some time off I decided to lift the thing from its corner and test it out. I was using the 925 in the bedroom so decided to swap it for that. The first way I connected it was with S-video because thats how the 925 was set up. The fault which was demonstrated to me back when I bought the machine manifested itself once again. Its hard to describe, its like the image has some kind of black and white filter over it. Its clearly corrupted. This may have something to do with the fact that the other S-video port is physically broken. I did check continuity on the external pins and there were no shorts.
Following that I connected it up with a composite cable. To my surprise, it worked! The X0 works! Pop the champagne, the X0 works! I couldnt believe it. Then it occured to me the guy I brought it from only tested the S-video output!
The picture from this beast is unlike anything ive ever seen from a laserdisc. I'm totally blown away by it and I havent even paired it with the C2 yet! One thing I'm struck by is how quiet it is during loading and operation. It really puts the X9 to shame!
Unless I could find someone reputable, I'm not even going to fuss about the S-video fault. I'm going to have a lot of fun playing with it now.