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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 02 Mar 2020, 01:31 |
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Joined: 28 Jun 2014, 05:59 Posts: 1459 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Has thanked: 425 times Been thanked: 533 times
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cplusplus wrote: kone4 wrote: We go in one month. And it was $99 bucks. I said. That is it. I get it. They told me. It has about 2 Hrs of use on it. I said OK. Thats a deal. The Quasar LD-9090 is a Panasonic LX-200 clone. I recall selling the LX-200 back then but don’t recall it ever being a $1000 machine. Maybe at the most I think it retailed for no more than about $600. The LX-1000 was easily a $1200 to $1300 machine. In any case, $100 is a great value for a new player like that. Build quality was top notch for that chassis as it weights a ton; very comparable to the Pioneer CLD-2070.
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kone4
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 02 Mar 2020, 23:12 |
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Joined: 25 Sep 2019, 00:14 Posts: 46 Location: United States Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 5 times
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ldfan wrote: cplusplus wrote: kone4 wrote: We go in one month. And it was $99 bucks. I said. That is it. I get it. They told me. It has about 2 Hrs of use on it. I said OK. Thats a deal. The Quasar LD-9090 is a Panasonic LX-200 clone. I recall selling the LX-200 back then but don’t recall it ever being a $1000 machine. Maybe at the most I think it retailed for no more than about $600. The LX-1000 was easily a $1200 to $1300 machine. In any case, $100 is a great value for a new player like that. Build quality was top notch for that chassis as it weights a ton; very comparable to the Pioneer CLD-2070. Yes it is Ton. But a great build. Top-notch. It still works great. And glad I got it. The place I got it was on the high side. On things. As they would give you their own credit.
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kone4
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 12 Jun 2020, 07:12 |
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Joined: 25 Sep 2019, 00:14 Posts: 46 Location: United States Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 5 times
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I have a Pioneer CLD5000 That I got from eBay. $50.00+ 35 for shipping. Had it for years on end. Works great. And my Quasar LD 9090. Floor Model. $100.00 Bucks at McMans. Out of biss now. Got that one about 45 years ago. For real. And they both still work great. Old stuff is built to last.
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stanley57
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 23 Jun 2020, 06:31 |
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Joined: 03 Jun 2020, 22:20 Posts: 29 Location: United States Has thanked: 32 times Been thanked: 5 times
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kone4 wrote: I have a Pioneer CLD5000 That I got from eBay. $50.00+ 35 for shipping. Had it for years on end. Works great. And my Quasar LD 9090. Floor Model. $100.00 Bucks at McMans. Out of biss now. Got that one about 45 years ago. For real. And they both still work great. Old stuff is built to last. "old stuff is built to last" made me chuckle.... I have a Pioneer CLD-V2400 that I found in a dumpster behind an abandoned building 4+ years ago (the building had a library in it at one point), works fine, the tray manually opens, but not via the remote (which was taped to it, thankfully). Aside from that, I had to remove some exterior rust on the base with some vinegar and a hard nylon brush. Works fine with 0 issues. There's a photo of it in my introduction post even.
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kone4
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 19:24 |
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Joined: 25 Sep 2019, 00:14 Posts: 46 Location: United States Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 5 times
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HI. Yup! Old stuff is made to last. This stuff we are talking about shows it. LaserDisc still rule. Ha! ha!. On my Quasar. The disc would not turn. So the laser could read it. I took the top off. And find a small white wheel that was stuck. Put a little baby oil on it. And all is good to go again.
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je280
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 20:14 |
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Joined: 13 Sep 2012, 23:14 Posts: 1199 Location: United Kingdom Has thanked: 265 times Been thanked: 259 times
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kone4 wrote: Put a little baby oil on it. And all is good to go again. Cool .
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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 26 Jul 2020, 21:03 |
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ertoili wrote: Is a good idea to buy a Cld-99s from 1987 if you dont know how to repair or service a LD player? I say that is a good question for just about any LD player you buy whether is was made in 1978 or 1998. It's a chance you have to take if you want to be in this hobby. Overall, the CLD-3030 / CLD-99S doesn't appear to have a lot of issues but you have to make sure you try to find one that has been taken care of and hopefully has low hours.
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shopkins82
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Post subject: Re: What brand is your main LD Player? Posted: 13 Aug 2020, 01:45 |
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Joined: 13 Jul 2020, 22:36 Posts: 198 Location: United States Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 28 times
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TLDR First player was a V2000, current player is soon to be a Marantz LV520
Full Version I'm currently on my 4th LD player. My first I believe was a Pioneer V2000 (I rembmer the red eject button) that I got for free in 2003 while still in college. It was given to me by one of the sales guys at Georgia Home Theater (which started out as Laserdisc Enterprises) after it was removed from Neal Boortz' home theater during a renovation. Since this was pre-Star-Wars-on-DVD and I already had a decent Home Theater for a college kid, I caught a little bit of the LD bug and quickly replaced it with a D406 that hung around for a couple of years before I lost interest in the format.
Fast forward to a couple of months ago (17 years after my first player purchase, ~15 after I abandoned LD) COVID boredom setting in lead to some general Home Thearer overhaul and renovation. I dug out my Star Wars Special Edition box set from the attic to use as a coffee table decoration and, for some reason, seeing it sitting there on display sparked the LD itch again. I picked up a CLD-3070 (with spotty side-B playback) locally for $40 and have added around 20 discs to my collection as well. This week I dove in a little further and picked up a Marantz LV520 (CLD-D504 clone) and Rotel RDA-980 demodulator/decoder and hopefully that's as far as it goes in terms of equipment purchases (since my Marantz SR6011 does a pretty decent job of comb/a-d/deinterlace/HDMI-conversion and my Epson 4000 projector handles Zoom for widescreen discs). I'll probably try to sell the 3070 locally since I got a Square Trade warranty for the LV520, but if there aren't any takers I'll just keep it as a backup.
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laserhazer
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Post subject: A vlog I found on LD players!! Posted: 27 Sep 2020, 21:42 |
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Joined: 19 Sep 2020, 04:52 Posts: 20 Location: United States Has thanked: 9 times Been thanked: 3 times
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I don't have enough experience to answer the poll BUT this is a vlog of a guy who does! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMA08w_8noAI can't believe the tech that he wired up in this video! He has a Rasberry Pi running a script to an Eval board (If I have that term right) so that he can alternate his media players like a switch box! This setup is insane! I'm jealous of you damned people that know so much about LD players and media! Damn...
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cplusplus
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Post subject: Re: A vlog I found on LD players!! Posted: 27 Sep 2020, 21:51 |
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laserhazer wrote: this is a vlog of a guy who does! Thats pbiancardi's channel
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jakeheke
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Post subject: Re: A vlog I found on LD players!! Posted: 28 Sep 2020, 09:18 |
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Joined: 26 Jun 2019, 06:17 Posts: 576 Location: New Zealand Has thanked: 140 times Been thanked: 180 times
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laserhazer wrote: I don't have enough experience to answer the poll This is simply a poll about what LD brand your player is..
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