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xtempo
 Post subject: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 14:07 
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The Bodysonic player got me thinking. How many are random brands that aren't the main brands like Pioneer, Sony, Panasonic or even the expensive ones like MCintosh?
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PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 14:51 
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YAMAHA produced a model or two of LDP in the late-80's.
far as i know, they were all original in-house designs, at that.

most other brands of LDPs ever made were PIONEER OEMs to a greater or lesser degree,
usually straight-up clones of existing PIONEER models...
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 15:14 
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I was always amazed when looking at the laserdisc archive to see how many there were, I'm sure there are even more but I think that site has been
up but not updated in some time.
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 15:36 
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rein-o wrote:
I was always amazed when looking at the laserdisc archive to see how many there were, I'm sure there are even more but I think that site has been
up but not updated in some time.


which is what I was thinking. I don't remember seeing bodysonic on there.
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 15:50 
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tasuke wrote:
YAMAHA produced a model or two of LDP in the late-80's.
far as i know, they were all original in-house designs, at that.


I’m quite sure it was Philips that made all those earlier Yamaha models and then Pioneer took over sometime later.

Thus, the OEM manufacturers of LD players were Pioneer, Sony, Panasonic, and Philips/Magnavox.
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 16:10 
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I didn't find bodysonic there but was talking about all the players on that site, there are a lot of them from different brands.
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 16:47 
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rein-o wrote:
I didn't find bodysonic there but was talking about all the players on that site, there are a lot of them from different brands.


I know what you talking about. I was just meaning that I wonder what the ones are that aren't listed like Bodysonic.
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 18:17 
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I'm sure its like the HK market of discs, there are probably a good few handful of players we don't know about.
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PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 19:08 
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I'm tracking 57 "brands". All of the "boutique" players are built off transports from one of the major player companies (Philips, Pioneer, Panasonic)

A&D (Akai)
Aiwa
Amfiton
Aurex
BMB
Bodysonic
Carver
Clarion
Columbia
Curtis Mathes (although I have yet to actually see proof of one)
Denon
DiscoVision
Fujitsu
Funai
Genexxa
Giga Networks
Gradiente
Grundig
Halcyon
Hitachi
ITV
Kenwood
Kolibri
Luxman
Löwe
Magnavox
Marantz
Matrox
Mitsubishi
NAD
NEC
Nikkodo (BMB)
Onkyo
Panasonic
Philips
Pioneer
ProScan
Proton
PVCb
Quasar
RCA
Samsung
Sansui
Sanyo
Setron
Sharp
Sony
Sylvania
Talkan
Tandy Realistic
Teac
Teknika
Telefunken
Thomson
Toshiba
Yamaha
Zenith
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 20 May 2019, 22:07 
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What about Panaphonics and Sorny?
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 Post subject: Re: how many offshoot brands are there?
PostPosted: 21 May 2019, 19:26 
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What about Panaphonics and Sorny?


are those for real? I mean it just seems something that would have in an anime and not actually real.
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PostPosted: 21 May 2019, 19:57 
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xtempo wrote:
forper wrote:
What about Panaphonics and Sorny?


are those for real? I mean it just seems something that would have in an anime and not actually real.


No - Made up brand names from "The Simpsons" (yes, I had to look it up).
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