#Looking for a LD player
16-Sep-90 22:23:57
Sb: #403-#Looking for a LD player
Fm: Steve Bennett/SYSOP 76702,1071
To: Steve Pietrowicz 73047,2313
I'm not certain, but all the units listed in the AmigaVision manual appear
to be commercial units as opposed to consumer units. As such, they're
probably going to cost a bit more than the consumer units, which run from
about $400 to over $1000 list price for a new unit. You might be able to
use a consumer unit if you can get the right interface and are willing to
write a driver for it.
Classifieds in local papers are pretty unlikely places to find used LD
players. I'd try the video stores selling the players, or some mail order
places. (Sight and Sound, in Waltham, MA. is where I get a lot of my LD
stuff, and they sell both new and used consumer LD players. They also sell
used LDs, although LDs are relatively cheap, so I usually get them new.)
Finally, the industry is a quickly moving target. New models are
introduced yearly and older ones discontinued, and prices are dropping on
an almost monthly basis. So what is mentioned today may be well out of
date in a month or two…
–>Steve Bennett