Moth3r mentioned the V8000 player and I was wondering how this stacks up to some of the higher end NTSC players. Laserman said that it was a step down from the HLD-X9/0, but does anyone know if it was better than say the CLD-97 or other consumer level players? I think I remember someone saying that the 97 was supposed to be the best USA model available at the time.

I also read that some of these industrial players can give smearing on CLV discs. Does anyone know if the V8000 or V4300D suffer from this? Anyone know what the V4300D is worth these days in working cond?

charliesheen: did you get a copy of the D925 user manual? PM me if you're still wanting it.