[vcf-midatlantic] OT: Anyone have an old laserdisc player?

[Jason Perkins]

Yes, some of the discs have a touch laser rot... at least a visible
colored wave. None are extreme though, not as bad as this:
https://psap.library.illinois.edu/assets/laserdisc-rot01-1500-d1baafba0c9e1e060743272e1b491a7c.jpg
 They're early discs, branded as MCA Disco Vision.

Here's what one of the discs did in my player. When the machine
reached a bad spot in the disc it would give up after a moment. If I
used the jog control sometimes I could skip over the bad part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgF9BalTHSY

This was one of the older discs, but despite having some rot it still
played acceptably:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAkLazvGWOg

-J

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Ethan <telmnstr at 757.org> wrote:
>> I've got some late 70s / early 80s General Motors laserdiscs that I
>> want to capture, but my 90s Sony player won't read them. I'd like to
>> try the discs in a 70s player to see if there's any hope of getting
>> them to play, but don't want to drop $$$ on a player when I'll only
>> use it 4 or 5 times.
>> Does anyone on this list have a working player from 1984 or older with
>> a gas tube laser? The GM dealers had Pioneer PR-7820's, I'd think that
>> has the best chance of reading the discs.
>> Thanks,
>
>
> Did you inspect the discs for laser rot?
>
>                         - Ethan
>



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