Looking for laserdisc player...

[VCDman525]

I bought some Star Wars laserdiscs on ebay since I collect SW videos and I am new to laserdiscs and I am looking for affordable player somewhere besides ebay. I am willing to spen d up to about $140. If you know where to find one please e-mail me at ps2guy525@yahoo.com

[flaninacupboard]

well you won't get a new one for $140, so i think ebay is your best bet. mine came from ebay and works perfectly

[rallynavvie]

I'm looking at getting a LD player as well. What model is a good one with proper outputs for capture from LDs? I'm guessing the best you can get is S-video in some of the later ones, maybe digital optical sound outputs?

[housepig]

eBay... I got one for $35 including shipping, a Pioneer CLV-2400 (I think.. doing this from memory).

works great - looks great - even without a s-video out.

[rallynavvie]

Are you using that LD player for capture to your PC? I'm looking for the best possible transfer to my PC so I can convert to DVD (while owning the original LDs of course) so I can bring it places without the LD player. There are some titles out for LD that are not yet out on DVD. And LD is sorta cool anyway.

Perhaps there are actual digital LD players that connect to a PC for this? Maybe using a serial port or something?

[housepig]

Are you using that LD player for capture to your PC?

yep... I have a friend who gave me some LD's and a player, but the player did not work, so I picked up this one.

and I'll be honest, my main criteria was that it had to be less than $40-50, shipping included, so I was watching about a dozen auctions, and this one was the first that came in under my price cap.

but the captures look great. I wish it had a remote and a s-video out, but the captures all look sweet.

[monoxide77]

i have 2 LD players for sale, both Pioneers. one is an LD-V4400 (very heavy duty commercial model, manufactured in 1992 or 1994) and an older home model (manufactured in 1987). both work fine, no remotes or manuals. $70 for the first one, $45 for the second one. if anyone's interested, let me know.