only really rich people seem to have these players are they are becoming even more rare as collectors buy them up.
I have no idea how much one of these players would cost you in japan if you knew japanese and the dollar to yen difference.
People who sell them in the us seam to sell them for 2 to 3 times what they are worth just for greed and profit.
That being said i have seen the pioneer elite cld-99 with the rf output go on ebay for a high as 400.00 dollars, $750-950 new as well.
the X-0 team does not have the player so asking them to preserve your laserdisc treasures is a waste of their time and yours.
They had some unnamed benefactor who owned the player. supposedly the player had been moded for RGB output.