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Did a search but nothing came up, so I thought i'd ask here since I'm not much of an audio/videophile. But I got some Macross LD and was wondering whats the best LD player out there that can produce both picture and sound quality? Just go a new home theater system and would like to know where I should find one or get one.

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The best player EVER? That would probably be the Pioneer HLD-X0, which was only available in Japan. Unfortunately, it's rather pricey and costs (I think) a couple thousand dollars. The X0 is also not that easy to find and is very heavy. The next step down is probably the Pioneer HLD-X9, which was also only available in Japan and is not much cheaper. Unlike the X0, the X9 can also play both sides automatically. Both players, with a special decoder box, are capable of playing MUSE HD LaserDiscs.

The best player released in the U.S. on the other hand is generally considered the Pioneer CLD-97, followed by the CLD-99. These are bit more affordable in comparison, but are still somewhat expensive. I believe they still go for a few hundred dollars these days (I payed around $500 for my mint in box 97 a couple of years ago). The picture quality isn't as good as the aforementioned Japanese models though. They also can't play MUSE discs.

Now when you hook up the player, you'll want to connect to a display or (better yet) a video processor with a good 3D comb (or Y/C) filter via a composite cable. You don't want to use S-Video unless the comb filter in your player is better than the one in you display or processor.

I'd also recommend checking out the AVS forum, as they have a number of informative threads about LDs. I remember there being a couple of good LD websites that have info on this tuff, but unfortunately I don't know where I saved the links. If I find them, I'll post them.

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I had a Pioneer DVL-919 for a while (thats the European model number, I don't know if it was different in the US. I don't know about quality, as I never had anything else to compare it to, but it does have a practical side in that it could also play DVDs as well (though its the size of a small house in comparison to modern players!).

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Someone needs to bring Shaorin into this; he's all about vintage audio/video stuff...

Did a search but nothing came up, so I thought i'd ask here since I'm not much of an audio/videophile. But I got some Macross LD and was wondering whats the best LD player out there that can produce both picture and sound quality? Just go a new home theater system and would like to know where I should find one or get one.

TIA

Kicker

try these for a start;

http://www.mindspring.com/~laserdisc-forever/

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/

also, my personal LDP; the 1988 PIONEER CLD-3030;

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/PIONEER/DSC_0447.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/PIONEER/DSC_0452.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/LA%20SYSTEM/CLD-3030LA9-29-0811.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/LA%20SYSTEM/CLD-3030LA9-29-0815.jpg

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The national archives managed to figure out how to play 100+ year old phonograph records I know its not related i thought it was interesting. I wonder if in a hundred years some one will have to work very hard to decode CD/DVD/Laser diskd in a hundred years to figure out what is on then.

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The national archives managed to figure out how to play 100+ year old phonograph records I know its not related i thought it was interesting. I wonder if in a hundred years some one will have to work very hard to decode CD/DVD/Laser diskd in a hundred years to figure out what is on then.

No. They'll go find one of the other sixteen versions of the movie.

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The national archives managed to figure out how to play 100+ year old phonograph records I know its not related i thought it was interesting. I wonder if in a hundred years some one will have to work very hard to decode CD/DVD/Laser diskd in a hundred years to figure out what is on then.

Nope. Copyright law will be perverted to the point that no one has rights to play the disks except the original publishers.

Rebuilding a DVD player will constitute bypassing a copy-protection mechanism, as well as willful sabotage of obsolescence AND viewing of out-of-print media. That's life without parole right there.

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Nope. Copyright law will be perverted to the point that no one has rights to play the disks except the original publishers.

Rebuilding a DVD player will constitute bypassing a copy-protection mechanism, as well as willful sabotage of obsolescence AND viewing of out-of-print media. That's life without parole right there.

In the future, all resturants are Taco Bell.

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In the future, all resturants are Taco Bell.

and, despite the namesake, each and every franchise the world over will offer nothing more than a high-nutrition protein paste in your choice of flavors...

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