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

[Ian Primus]

I have a machine that old - it worked last time I used it. Perhaps we can
try at the next workshop?

-Ian

On Thursday, July 28, 2016, Jason Perkins via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> 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 <javascript:;>>
> 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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