CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[Beetlescott]

This hasn't been done in a while, so with the new people having joined us I was wondering HOW MANY CED PLAYERS DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY DISCS HAVE YOU IN YOUR COLLECTION?
I'm currently proud owner of 13 working players, and one that I don't know how to fix. I currently have about 1100 CEDs in my library. What about you?

[Dude111]

Wow 1100?

Good for you...... 13 players

Which player do you like the best??


How many CEDs were made in total?? (I assume you only have movies you like)

[Beetlescott]

My favorite player is the SGT-250 According to this site, there are around 1700 titles.

[L8gr8harry]

Ok, newbie here. I have a working 100w, a 75 and a hybrid on the way from Rick, and a hitachi vip1000 that I'm trying to bring back to life with new belts. With the help of Tony, eBay, and maybe even Scott I'm up too 78 disks in less than 3 months. And I'm about to put in another order from Tony and Scott.. More, more, more...
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SFT 100
SGT 075
Hitachi VIP 1000
The RJ Special
-Zenith VP 2000 (SGT 200)

[SelectaVision420]

[L8gr8harry]

Update ?!? You mean you have more?? Sweet mother in heaven.. I was about to ask Rick about a nice LD player.. I'm gonna need another part time job.
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SFT 100
SGT 075
Hitachi VIP 1000
The RJ Special
-Zenith VP 2000 (SGT 200)

[SelectaVision420]

[CEDvince]

I have around 110 different movies, and 7 players. Four of those players need repaired. My favorite machine is my SGT-200 because its in flawless shape, goes with my other electronics and is amazingly quiet for a CED player
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2 - RCA SFT-100
Zenith VP-2000
Realistic CED-1
2 - RCA SGT-200
2-RCA SJT-400

[Rixrex]

What four need repair and what's the trouble with them?

[Beetlescott]

[CEDvince]

[Rixrex]

The belts from Tom here are really inexpensive, so it's a good idea to get those players up and working if that's all it is. The CED1 is a really nifty styled player in my opinion and one of my favorites.

The 090s are great for pre-playing a disc you get that has sat a long time, to knock off any dust and clean up the grooves. It's also a good machine to watch them on if you have a CRT set with RF input only or you just want to use RF input. Some sets give a better picture on RF for CEDs than the A/V input.

I guess the parts player will just always be that.

[SelectaVision420]

[SelectaVision420]

i re-organized my collection and finally took out the dupes. total discs i have and not individual titles is like 980
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(2)Sears 274 & 934(80150,10&11350), sft100, sgt250, sjt 090-400, vp550, VDR3000, VP2000 & 4000
complete '84 Dimensia Owner

[CEDvince]

[CEDvince]

Yeah, the belts are inexpensive here, I will be ordering soon.

The CED-1 is a really neat machine; its so different than the other ones. That is the one I am fascinated the most with at the moment. Its so different than the RCA machines. It did perplex me at first though; I couldn't find the power button. I didn't know you just put the disk in and it magically came on. I had to look that one up

That was my plan with the 090's, just use them as pre-play machines for disks.

I guess I'm lucky with my Sharp TV, my SGT-200 looks simply amazing on it using the AV cables.
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2 - RCA SFT-100
Zenith VP-2000
Realistic CED-1
2 - RCA SGT-200
2-RCA SJT-400

[SelectaVision420]

is this what you mean by ced-1?



i like these hitachi chassis because the insertion of the disc turns them on
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(2)Sears 274 & 934(80150,10&11350), sft100, sgt250, sjt 090-400, vp550, VDR3000, VP2000 & 4000
complete '84 Dimensia Owner

[Rixrex]

[CEDvince]

Yes, when I talk about my CED-1 I am referring to the Hitachi chassis. The CED-1 is simply a Hitachi re-badged under RadioShacks house brand "Realistic"

Also, my Sharp TV is a CRT, I haven't bought a HDTV yet and I don't plan to. But its good to know that Sharp is still making TV's, because this one has been great.
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2 - RCA SFT-100
Zenith VP-2000
Realistic CED-1
2 - RCA SGT-200
2-RCA SJT-400

[Dude111]

Sharp is still making CRTs??

Thats awesome.......... I wonder if they are as good as older CRTs!

I love my 12" -- THIS IS A TV NOT A BLASTED MOVIE THEATER!!

[Rixrex]

CRT production is really only being done in China for their own market mostly, with very little CRTs made available for the US home consumer. There's still many uses for CRTs in specialty fields, like Medical.

I still own two pf the best CRTs ever made, the Sony HD XBR Wega, which went as large as 40", and the Pioneer Elite RP CRT, both great sets.

But their coming eventual demise led me to research many models of newer TVs, the better quality ones, and with an LD plyaer in hand, I took to major showrooms to test the old format on the new sets.

The Sharp Aquos was the one that performed the best for the old formats. It was impressively better than the others, and as good as any CRT I owned and most likely better overall.

LCDs and LEDs fared the best and the worst were the Plasma sets. The plasma sets just magnified the innate resolution deficiencies of the older formats, whereas the others did not. The Aquos gave me the best picture image delineation, or sharpness, along with really good color and contrast like you'd expect on a CRT.

I think it's great to watch the older formats on a CRT, and there were quite a few in the 36" and 40" range that are now really cheap, but I have no problem with my modern set, and it is a lot lighter.

[61cubby]

I currently have 2 players, an SKT-400 and SJT-400 both work great. My collection currently consists of 250 movies not including dupes, empty caddys, and movies with only part 1 or 2.

Rix- I too have a Sharp Aquos, a 46" lcd and it does look really nice with laser or CED. Especially after I had the thing calibrated. Very smooth picture. My main tv is a 73 Mits DLP and it also shows a very nice picture with both. The onboard noise reduction circuitry does a good job of cleaning up without loss of detail.
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SKT-400
SJT-400

[Beetlescott]

[Beetlescott]