Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Unfortunately, I just don't know enough about LD players to give you any solid model recommendations. I can, however, tell you that if you buy one from the UK, alongside extra shipping and potential customs fees, you are going to end up with a piece of equipment that will be useless to you (assuming you live in the US). Not only do you have power differences to deal with, but a PAL LD player isn't going to be able to play any of your NTSC laserdiscs.

Not many of our old LD savvy tech guys still frequent the forum, that I know of, but either way, you might consider changing the name of the topic to "Laserdisc player recommendations" or something more specific that might catcht he eye of anyone with some decent knowledge in that department. You might also consider posting this in the "How-To's and Technical Discussions" section.