NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/video/15029

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From: [e-mail] (Joe Kwan)
Subject: Panasonic's LX-900 Laser Disc Player?
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Summary: any thots on the LX-900?
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Organization: Siemens Pacesetter, Inc.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 19:21:42 GMT
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There's been some discussions of the Pioneer CLD-D701 laser disc
player with digital field store, but has anyone looked at the
Panasonic LX-1000 or LX-900?  I saw both of these at the Good Guys
recently and compared the LX-900 to the D701.  The LX-900 apparently
replaces the LX-1000 and lists for $1000 (I think the LX-1000 listed
for $1200).  I thought the LX-900 freezed frame looked sharper than
the equivalent frame on the D701 (I was examining an image on a CLV
disc).  Also, the LX-900 display shows minutes, seconds and frame
number (0..29 {at least for the CLV disc I was looking at} with in
the second), whereas the D701 does not.

I think most of the other features (jog/shuttle, auto reverse) are
common between the two.  I called Panasonic and requested some
information on their players since The Good Guys didn't seem to have
any.  The Good Guys was also the only dealer Panasonic listed.  One
thing I like about the Pioneer remote is the lighted primary
controls (play, still, stop etc).

So, has anyone else looked at the LX-900 and/or have any comments
about it?  or know of a good place to pick one up at at a good price
(Good Guys had it for $999).  I will probably look at it again and do
another side by side comparison (well, they usually only have one TV
and one disc) since the Good Guys I went to had their laser player
display close to their front door which let in a fair amount of
light.
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Joseph Kwan -- Manager, R&D Network & Computing Services
Siemens Pacesetter, Inc. / Sylmar, California
Internet: [e-mail]