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In Reply to: Re: HDTV is coming..Dont invest in DVD's posted by croft on February 16, 2004 at 19:05:04:
I had an LDS-2 for years and toward the end of the laserdisc era purchased a Pioneer Elite CDL-79 to have as a backup in case anything happened to the LDS-2. I was amazed to find out that the new player FAR outdid the LDS-2 in terms of both picture and sound.
So the LDS-2 has become the backup (actually the second backup sinceI bought another CDL-79).The CDL-79 plays both sides both sides of an LD, has Dolby Digital 5.1, and also is a fantastic CD player with a separate drawer which disengages the video circuitry. The build quality is nowhere near that oif the LDS-2 (what is?) but the performance is clearly (pun intended) better.
I have 900 laserdiscs and 600 DVDs. IMHO DVDs offer a better picture, especially through a progressive scan player. Most are anamorphic widescreen and all have some form of DD or DTS sound.
Laseriscs and the LDS-2 were state of the art in 1990 but that was long, long ago.
Follow Ups:
The LD-S2 has by far the best chassis and isolation Pioneer ever made before the Japanese Muse HDTV player.I had a CLD 97 in my previous place for comparison for comparison. The RFI/EMI rejection was far inferior, though some parts of the circuitry was superiour. The LD-S2, you will remember, is copper and copper plated chassis. Given that result, I modified a few things in the circuitry (auto side flip means nada to me) and it was better that the 97. But only on analogue projectors. For example, on CRTs (Zenith 900 for example with doubler, of course)it has a smootheness that is very film like. On digital projectors, it may not be (eh, is not) as good as the 99, not to mention the Muse player.
I hold on to it because I love the acoustic isolation, its rejection, its composite image (the general opinion is that the S-VHS/comb filter was better on the CLD-x series, but that the composite was better on the LD-S2), the fact that it was (retail) $3,500 new (I didn't pay much less) and the fact that it occasionally shows up, in a dramatic way, the problems with DVD, even at this late date.
Besides, I think the player and my LaserDisc of "El Topo" have an affair goin" after all these years!!!!
Cheers for now
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