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From: rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: Performance of controlled home LD players
Keywords: non-commercial home LD laserdisc performance query
Message-ID: <1990Jan16.230506.29511@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 90 23:05:06 GMT
References: <2196@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <2830@odin.SGI.COM>
Reply-To: rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Rick Fincher)
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In article <2830@odin.SGI.COM> ronf@tesla.esd.sgi.com (Ron Fischer) writes:
>Has anyone used an LD player controller, such as the Voyager unit, to
>control a home LD player, such as the Pioneer CLV-1030?
>

I'll be getting "The Box" from Voyager this week, I'll let you know how it
works.

>I'm considering upgrading my home player and want to experiment with
>visuals for storytelling (RPGs).
>

Are you adding to the unit or getting a new one?

If you are getting a new one, the 1070, 2070, and 3070 do seek faster
and the 3070 changes sides quicker than the older models.
 
>Do some home units seek significantly more quickly than others?
>

They do seek at different speeds, but I don't know if the different brands are
significantly different.  I do know that the newer 3070 seeks quite a bit 
faster than the 3030, which was the equivalent machine of Pioneers earlier 
models.  These are the only two I have seen side by side, but I have no
figures on the speeds.

Hope this helps!

Rick Fincher
rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu