Not easy no, it added a lot of complexity to the players, the discs spin at different speeds, the modulation is different and the decoders are different, so for an NTSC market that had basically no TVs that could display a PAL signal and almost no PAL laserdiscs released in comparison, it is not surprising that the US would have no interest in a hybrid player.

I'd get the v800 over the V8000, as I said there is no way to make an RCA connector be a true 75 ohm impedence, whereas the BNC connector is perfect.

As far as PAL players go, if you intend actually watching movies on it as well, get a 925, it has the RF output (the 2950 does not and you have to mod the laserdisc player internally to get it to do so).

If capture is all you are interested in then get the industrial V4300D.