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What is the Hot Setup these days for a laserdisc player?
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Post 1 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 10:43
Ernie Gilman
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Client has large laserdisc collection. Client is overseas, doesn't have access to all the Blu-rays we can get in the US. Would just like to play his discs. Has a Theta Laserdisc player that's dead (and about 60 pounds!)

Is a NIB and current model laserdisc player available these days? Somewhere? Anywhere?

...and of course 220V! (Which reminds me to go search the 220V sites.)
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Post 2 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 12:04
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Pioneer stopped making them in 2009. I believe the last market was domestic Japan, it was pretty successful there.

There are a couple of guys still selling refurbished hardware. You'll probably want a Pioneer Elite. A CLD-97 or 99 if you can find one.

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Post 3 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 13:46
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I have a top of the line Pioneer (the one that plays CAV and CLV style) and both sides with virtually no miles on it. It has been in storage (in original box) for 12 years. I also have a bunch of movies including most of the Disney limited edition animated classics (box sets).

This is one of the best LD players ever produced. I would entertain any offers.

At one time I had 3 machines but sold the other 2 and mothballed this pioneer shortly after DVD started becoming popular
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Post 4 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 16:58
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IP control and HDMI out would be nice too....
OP | Post 5 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 17:00
Ernie Gilman
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Well, it would also be nice if it were a Theta so we wouldn't have to reprogram the Crestron controller.
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Post 6 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 18:36
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On September 13, 2015 at 17:00, Ernie Gilman said...
Well, it would also be nice if it were a Theta so we wouldn't have to reprogram the Crestron controller.

IIRC Theta is Pioneer guts with a different faceplate and a value brick (actually a steel plate).
At least that is what their DVD player was.
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Post 7 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 18:45
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On September 13, 2015 at 17:00, Ernie Gilman said...
Well, it would also be nice if it were a Theta so we wouldn't have to reprogram the Crestron controller.

What's wrong with re-programming? Someone wants to live in the 90's and their Theta ($$$$) dies...time to pay up if you want to continue living in the 90's. I mean YOU are in this business to make money right?
Post 8 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 19:14
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Best thing he can do with those discs... install this kit and sell them at the flea market or whatever they call it where hes from...

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Post 9 made on Sunday September 13, 2015 at 20:20
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Or get a region free bluray and get a list of the movies, order them & deliver them
Then get a programer and fix it
If he can afford theta and Creston and have you involved from overseas then he can afford this.
Post 10 made on Monday September 14, 2015 at 07:59
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Ask him when's the last time it worked and he used it.
Bet it was years ago. He's forgotten how much better Blu and DVD is.

Last one I hooked up I set a variable in programming to see how many times it gets used. Three years later, it's still at 2, and #1 was when I went over operations.
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Post 11 made on Monday September 14, 2015 at 09:11
Dawn Gordon Luks
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Don't forget about "LaserRot". Most discs are pretty much unwatchable with color specs (called ColorFlash) all over the image. There was a problem with the interdisc glue that caused this deterioration, and it was never really fixed.
Post 12 made on Monday September 14, 2015 at 09:42
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On September 14, 2015 at 09:11, Dawn Gordon Luks said...
Don't forget about "LaserRot". Most discs are pretty much unwatchable with color specs (called ColorFlash) all over the image. There was a problem with the interdisc glue that caused this deterioration, and it was never really fixed.

+1

But this was also a problem that at one time affected some CDs and DVDs too. I had experienced it myself on 1-2 DVD titles and 4-5 CDs titles over the last 20+ years. And I believe I have found a few more CDs recently, when I was re-burning all of my collection, that have gone bad. (400+ titles).

Funny how we as consumers are lied to about these kind of things. When CDs first came out, I remember one of the selling features was "your discs would last forever". Fine print said 25-50 years guaranteed or something like that (think I even remember 100 years being told back in the early 80s).
Then!!! we find out the lies, after we already bought hundreds of discs costing thousands of dollars.
Post 13 made on Monday September 14, 2015 at 10:24
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I have a client with a large media collection that's been professionally cataloged (reel to reel, vinyl, cassette, VHS, Betamax, laserdisc, CD, DVD, Bluray and a bunch of film based movies/videos).  I think he told me there are over 700,000 items.

Even with climate controlled storage most of his laser discs show the artifacts and he said that many of the CDs & DVDs that were used to transfer old film & tape based content 20 years ago are also starting to develop problems.

I'm with the others who have suggested just ditching the laser disc player and replacing with a more current format.
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Post 14 made on Monday September 14, 2015 at 16:02
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Ernie,

You might be able to find an appropriate LD player that is still working, but this is a fragile situation. How long will the LD's remain viable and how long will the replacement player continue to function? The whole situation is an already cracked egg. You will be revisiting this issue soon if you simply replace the player.

If some of the LD's are irreplaceable, they should be spooled onto more modern media while they are still viable. The other LD's should be spooled or replaced.

Do you need to worry about PAL?
Post 15 made on Monday September 14, 2015 at 17:17
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My entire Harry Potter special edition (movies 1-5 at the time) that came in the box that looked like a steamer trunk and contained all sorts of collectibles is completely unplayable.

Of course, I opted for HD-DVD because my friend and employer at the time "assured" me it was going to win the format wars. He was so sure, he bought everyone in the company a Toshiba top of the line player for Christmas.

They have been played maybe once or twice, are absolutely pristine and are stored in a nice, cool & dry place (my theater). All of them have these strange patterns under the plastic as though they are de-laminating.

I have CDs from the mid 80s that look like they have been dragged behind my car that still play perfectly. Anyone else have HD-DVD buyers remorse besides me?

Oh, and I still have a bunch of LDs, just no player....
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