A friend of mine like me has alot of laser disc movies and he says when he plays them on his Plasma they don't look right. I would think it would have to do with the lines of resolution on the Plasma vs. the 400+ on the laser disc. Is this a good guess.
I still own a Pioneer Elite Cld-95 player, and have a 42" Panasonic Plasma. I thought it looked just great when I watched my box set of criterion collection Seven Samurai. The connection was via S-VHS.
Don't got no plasma; got a Theta Data 3. I use the bnc composite no adaptors,please. LD's weren't pressed using S- tech so they don't look better using S-. If you get a better picture,the cables aren't of equal quality. But to be expected; dvds look better; but don't sound as good.
Another issue with widescreen LD's on a 16:9 TV is that they are not anamorphically enhanced, so they will often come out "windowboxed", with "black bars" on all 4 sides of the picture, unless you zoom the picture. This zooming further reduces quality. John
I personaly own 3 Ld players one is a first generation model which I use for burning CD's with my Pioneer burner. The other one is a marantz 1994 model which I would consider on the upper end of their food chain. The one I use mostly and it is connected via a Monster S connect is a Pioneer that plays Laser disc's and DVD's as well as CD. Your right about Ld'S not being anmoriphically enhanced because on LD this process on my Sony is by passed. Thanks guys, I have been toying on getting a wall mount Plasma and if I can hook up via a S connect I will be O.K.? The Pioneer is Top of the line model that was only produced in Japan I believe it is the 919.
I have a Japanese 919 myself and it is just a so-so LD player. If you want the best available player made for the US market, go with a Pioneer Elite CLD-97, Pioneer CLD-D704, or Mcintosh MLD-7020 which is the same as the Elite. There are a few more that are good such as some of the Thetas or EADs but the are based on the best Pioneer transports. I have a Japanese HLD-X9 which is the best LD player made. It is also playes Hi Def Muse LDs.
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