gypsy wrote:
Seems like all LD player horror stories start with eBay.
Yes, indeed! From eBay I have purchased a DVL-909 that arrived in good working order, a CLD-2080 that arrived with a stuck drawer that I managed to unstick and is now in good working order, a CLD-503 that needed its drawer unstuck and its side change "flipper" unstuck but now refuses to play more than a few minutes before stopping, and this LD-V8000 that is promising but has these hurdles I am facing.
I've set it aside for a couple of days until I can make a space to work on it.
Meanwhile, on Monday I take delivery of another eBay purchase ... another CLD-2080. Maybe I will get lucky again with that model.
I have two Mitsubishi M-V7057 players that were my favorites (clone of Pioneer 704), but both are non-functioning now. One I think has a dead laser and the other I think needs aligning. Hope to get one or both working again.
My goals are twofold. 1) Be able to play laserdiscs in different rooms (living room, den, bedroom). 2) Have enough redundancy to ensure playback of my large laserdisc collection for many years to come.
Sadly, my skills and knowhow at fixing things are not great.
I need to hit up Kurtis again to see about working on something.