Hello...Sold the "Nice Maggie"!!

[domfjbrown]

Originally posted by MrMagnavox
domfjbrown: Yes, I have a few of ythem...two are mint and never used...but (sad to say) NONE of them really operates correctly!

He he he - well, I'd not worry too much; according to the Discovision site the Magnavox machines were bleeding edge technology, and very unreliable. For some reason they never managed to get the laser servos aligned properly on many of the first Magnavox machines, so the second generation Magnavox players were made by Pioneer. A real shame as the Magnavox machines were the first laser optical disc products in the world so very very high tech.

Interesting to note that they got the players working properly by the time the then-Laserdisc format made it here to the UK. Since I can't find a Pioneer combi that'll read analog audio LDs at the right price, I'm tempted to try to get an early Magnavox machine, just so I can play my first gen 1982 copy of Raise the Titanic... I definitely like the style of the first Maggies: