How Many of you Still Have Laserdiscs?

[Eric H]

I had a Pioneer VP-1000 that I bought used in the early 90's, I could rent discs at that time and actually watched a lot of films on it but it was glitchy to say the least, I missed the end of several movies because it would skip so bad it was unwatchable.

I wish I'd kept it but unfortunately I tore it apart to play with the laser which was self contained with it's own power supply, you could throw a red dot over 100 feet with the thing in broad daylight!!
Luckily I never put my eye out with it.

[braxus]

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[braxus]

Originally Posted by braxus

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Had to get over that one post because of that bad number of postings I've done.

Is the DVL 700 a good deck? I thought I remember it being buggy when it was out.

[Fred Sanford]

Originally Posted by braxus

Had to get over that one post because of that bad number of postings I've done.

Is the DVL 700 a good deck? I thought I remember it being buggy when it was out.

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/dvl-700.htm

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/la...00_review1.jpg

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/la...00_review2.jpg

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/la...00_review3.jpg

je

[qdrone]

as the 909?

Originally Posted by Fred Sanford

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/DVL-909.htm

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/revi...eerDVL-909.php

Supposedly, the LD specs match the CLD-925 player.

The Elite DVL-91 is based on the same unit:


http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/la...ite_dvl-91.htm



...I've got manuals for them here somewhere, and can post specs from them.

je

[Fred Sanford]

Originally Posted by qdrone

as the 909?

Nope, the 919 came later- this 919/909 comparison gives info on both:

IMAGE ANALYSIS
In the lab our interest was to see if the new DVL-919 is an improvement on the older DVL-909, which delivered an acceptable - if not superlative - technical performance. In many ways, the newcomer's enhanced video DAC does deliver some enhancements. The AM (amplitude modulated) chroma noise is -71.1dB compared with -67.3dB on the '909 and the inherent s/n ratio is much better at -65.7dB compared with -58.1dB. Many measurements are identical - the jitter on both decks is an acceptable seven nanoseconds peak-to-peak and the PM (phase modulated) chroma noise is only 1dB different - -51.8dB on the 919 and -52.1dB on the 909. The frequency response is also largely the same. We measured -8.44dB output at 5.8MHz and -5.33dB at 4.0MHz (-8.84dB and -4.39dB on the older '909) using the S-video outputs. The composite figures averaged around -2dB worse on both decks. Where the new DVL-919 fails is chroma crosstalk. At -38.3dB it's virtually the same as the 909 (-39.8dB) which is not particularly good. Pioneer needs to pay more attention to cross-channel colour bleed, especially as the S-video outputs take on prominence, given that this deck lacks RGB outputs. In summary, the DVL-919 is not a bad performer. It's a tad better than the earlier DVL-909, but in purely technical terms it's fairly average compared with the best players on the market.

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/la...er_dvl-919.htm

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/revi...eerDVL-919.php

je

[Fred Sanford]

Maybe I'll start a unique thread on these DVL units, to make things more easily searched/compared...

je

[qdrone]

I have the 919 and I like it's picture.

[MAXZ28]

Just picked up a local Pioneer CLD-3030 and about 25 titles this morning. Only disappointment was the remote control is MIA but the player itself looks brand new. The guy had Top Gun playing when I walked in the door. Should be a fun format to try! Anyone off the top of their head know the remote control model number? Lady Ayeka?

[Lady Ayeka]

Originally Posted by MAXZ28

Just picked up a local Pioneer CLD-3030 and about 25 titles this morning. Only disappointment was the remote control is MIA but the player itself looks brand new. The guy had Top Gun playing when I walked in the door. Should be a fun format to try! Anyone off the top of their head know the remote control model number? Lady Ayeka?

all a done deal in a PM, but again, way to go!! and, for the benefit of others, he was looking for a CU-CLD008, available NOS here for $79.02;

http://www.remotes.com/remotes/servl...12137146084890

[MAXZ28]

Here's some pics.....interesting movie titles to review.

[Lady Ayeka]

Originally Posted by MAXZ28

Here's some pics.....interesting movie titles to review.

that's my baby there, and some good movies to boot!!

[Chip - HP]

Until yesterday, I had about 50 LDs (mostly non main stream ... concerts, cartoons, etc.) ... then I bought a box of 60+ (mostly non main stream) including Vol.s 1 thru 4 of The Golden Era of Looney Toons, 20 or so Anime (which is really not my cup of tea ... but they were part of the package), some odd-ball Sc-Fi and Ike (the TV Movie with Robert Duvall and Lee Remick ) which for some reason hasn't made it to DVD in the U.S. (I see there is an Australian release) ... now I need to figure out how to transfer some them to DVD.

[MAXZ28]

Originally Posted by Lady Ayeka

all a done deal in a PM, but again, way to go!! and, for the benefit of others, he was looking for a CU-CLD008, available NOS here for $79.02;

http://www.remotes.com/remotes/servl...12137146084890

As karma would have it, I found one on Ebay- near mint for $23 shipped. If this one is junk, I can resort to the NOS unit.

Thanks for the help anyway, Lady Ayeka!

[outlawmws]

I have 3 Pioneer LD players, 2 CLD-1070's and a CLD-S104, as well as well as 39 movies. I only pick them up if;

They are cheap
I (Or SWMBO) like the movie
We don’t already have in on DVD. (VHS I'll replace with LD's if the above criteria are met)

Our local Rasputin’s used record/music store used to be a great source (for LD's, used CD's and Vinyl) but was not in a great location, and they went away. I think that whole center is going to be ripped out and replaced (Only one holdout left...), they just built a brand new Mervin’s next door. It was a shame too, as this location had the best selection of all the other Rasputin’s we've tried since then.