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Subject: Re: LaserVision - CLD 900
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 05:29:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 05:29:00 1986
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> I just purchased a Pioneer CLD 900,  you know,  the one that plays
> etc...


	Are you certain it didn't have a needle? :-)


> the picture was not good.

	LV is a format that can offer video comparable to
 one inch tape, as well as audio that is exactly as good as
Compact Discs. (Simultaneously)

	The video will only be bettered by a television broadcast
that is being picked up off air. (this is an opinion)

	The CLD 900 player uses a semiconductor laser pickup,
which some say produces pictures slightly lower in quality
compared to those picked up with a tube laser. I heard such
comments regarding the pioneer model 700.
	I once test-viewed some discs on a 900 at the store where
I bought them. The picture looked just about the same when I
viewed them later at home (on a tube model).

	Discs can be defective, but things are much better these days.
Recently, a batch of 17 (various) discs turned up only a single
marginal disc. Disc flaws may generate sparkles, among other things.

	The quality of the transfer and original can degrade or
enhance the finished product to a great degree, we must remember.

	The difference between tape and disc won't "knock your
socks off", but it is an improvement along the road that
ends at the limits imposed by NTSC.



	Stephen Trutiak

	Alias Research Inc. Toronto