Info Wanted: Panasonic LD player for doing my preservation project?

Author: Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda
Date: 1-Feb-2007, 3:48 PM

Author: Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda
Time: 1-Feb-2007 3:48 PM (Edited)
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I have a Panasonic AG-LD20 laserdisc player, and the “Faces” laserdisc of ANH. All of the transfers I’ve seen here seem to have been done on Pioneer players… would a transfer using my Panasonic player be any different?

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Author: Karyudo
Time: 1-Feb-2007 4:41 PM
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It probably would be different. It would probably be worse.

Panasonic's players are typically not rated nearly as highly as Pioneer's. Depends on the model (check out the Laserdisc Archive), but in general Pioneer's the way to go.

Author: Moth3r
Time: 2-Feb-2007 6:34 AM
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From everything I've read, sometimes a particular manufacturer dominates a particular market. For laserdisc players, it was Pioneer.

Similarly, if you're looking for a VHS deck (pro or consumer) then you shouldn't consider anything other than Panasonic or JVC.

Then there's the Technics SL1210 - the industry standard DJ turntable, and the Shure SM58 is the most popular vocal microphone. But I digress...

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Author: Zion
Time: 2-Feb-2007 4:16 PM
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I've found in the past that some other manufacturer's LD players are just Pioneer players with a different name slapped on them. (Not sure about yours though Puggo)

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Author: Laserman
Time: 3-Feb-2007 8:42 AM
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That model is actually a pretty natty machine, I'd like to see some captures from it. Panasonic went all out with that model, it was their 'prefessional broadcast' mode, and consequently it has a BNC output, serial port for PC control and they developed some nice noise processing. I'd be interested to see how it compares.
Panasonic actually made a MUSE player as well. I can't remember the model#

Author: Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda
Time: 3-Feb-2007 8:14 PM
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Originally posted by: Laserman
Panasonic went all out with that model, it was their 'prefessional broadcast' mode, and consequently it has a BNC output, serial port for PC control and they developed some nice noise processing.

I'm curious, how do you know about this? I haven't found much if any such praise for this particular model on the web.

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