laserdisc player recommendations

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You know, this place use to be extremely awesome and filled with members who could really help you with this question, but these days all we really do is make dumb jokes, post stupid pictures, and act extremely pious in our justifications of our dumbassery to our fellow members.

In short, Ferris' advice is probably the best you're going get our of this place. Good luck.

He was looking for recommendations on a specific model that he could get cheaply AND that has better noise reduction than his CLD-D503, not just a long winded recommendation to check out ebay.

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.

Best advice besides checking ebay is to check local listings-especially craigslist. You can usually find a relatively high-end player on the cheap that someone has found in their closet. I got a mint Pioneer cld-d702 for $25 this way and it works great (just wish it had come with the remote...) Had considered one on ebay but the shipping can be murder.

Not sure which model to recommend. Depends on what features you are looking for. Nowadays it can be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Check laserdiscarchive.co.uk for a listing of models and details.

Laserman said:

... pick up a Pioneer LD-V8000 the most under rated lasedisc player ever, it gives a better picture than the Pioneer S9 and can be regularly found on ebay or at dealers for less than 50 bucks. Very very clean signal path and a great image, better than any of the 704, 703, CLD-97, 99, S9 etc. that all suffer from smearing.

Bingowings said:

The guide at the bottom of here might help picking a model out, though there is no guarantee that they will be in your price bracket in your region.

That is a pretty useful guide. I think however that the "top" players like the CLD-97 and 99 still fetch a high price on ebay.

You might want to look for the CLD-1010, a player that supposedly has a good picture but can be picked up fairly cheaply.

1010 and LD-V8000 sounds good to me, the 1010 has some of the hardware that the LD-S1 has but no audiophile components and copper plating. The red laser is a bonus that the S1 doesn't have. The Rf demodulator for Ntsc video is newer in your player so dont be disappointed if the others have a softer image.