CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

On another forum I participate in, there's a thread where people post what they got recently with pictures to ogle over. I thought it would be a fun thing to do here in my new hobby.

First thing I did was ebay search all CED sellers to see who was closest. Luckily I found someone a half hour away. I told I'd pay for them before looking at them which was a mistake. Some of the labels are discolored and the caddys have yellowed a little.

There are quite a few movies though I've never seen. Besides Mary Tyler Moore, Love Bug, Splash, and Pretty Baby I haven't seen any of these.

kitchensynch · Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 743

Messy caddies are not the big deal. If they play is the big deal.
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dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

kitchensynch · Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 743

W

W!

You did not waste any time!
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dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

kitchensynch · Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 743

My other two bikes from the shop and the phone bill from the mailbox...nothing quite so impressive.

Pray tell, is this related to a Sony model? I know Zenith made projectors, Sony made them, Kloss, Pioneer but rear projection 'bigscreen' sets were to become a lot more popular, especially since the screen didn't need to be curved, and the early Sonys only used two CRTs as well. These are not common birds anymore!
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dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

kitchensynch · Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 743

Not so much...I can't get much of anywhere with the snow and ice we've had! I got a third Radio Shack line amp (15-1113A, an Archer) so I could split the long run into my bedroom and not have to tweak between the TV and radios for the oldies station that was moved from a 22 kilowatt transmitter nearby to a 250 WATT translator by the new owners, who placed it on the HD4 signal of their country station and also our local AM station (there is a workaround where you can get a translator as long as the service is on an existing station and that is partly how we got it in FM stereo again, but I have to ride the gain a lot in the bedroom as opposed to much less right by the antenna up front, also presents loss and degradation of TV signals in the UHF and even some high VHF but far more on the longer run). So I got the third 15-1113 to solve this.

If you go OT I'm finishing payments on a 1951 Rollfast and most of the parts I need except the handlebars, rims, tires and a chain, will find the tank and rack, truss rods and paint it this summer/fall...then I'm also finishing a 126" girls Huffy from around 1966 and just giving it away. That's paid for and coming. I bought four good used records including Yes (Going For The One), Bee Gees (2 Years On) and two Orchestral Manoevers In The Dark singles.

My indoor cat has started to develop kidney failure so I had to get prescription food for her. And It would have been my parents 50th anniversary next week if Dad hadn't died 5 years ago so I make it a tradition to get mom a couple roses and dinner...I wanted to get a big party together for that but alas...

The snow was deep and heavy for the last month, a lot of buildings collapsed across the Valley, mine house and lot got cleared out, only lost one shingle and down near the bottom where it isn't as bad. I'm liucky in that respect.

It really didn't help to get shingles on New Year's Eve either. UGH.

Nervewracking, but I'm here.
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Fluffy73 · Joined: 26 Aug 2014 Posts: 15

I went wacky on eBay last night. Had a little bit of extra cash to burn, and there were a bunch of CED's with Buy-It-Now's that looked good and weren't former rentals. So, I spent just under $50 (including shipping) and got:

Used Cars
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
M*A*S*H
Taxi Driver (looks MINT!)
Blazing Saddles

and I'm considering pulling the trigger on a copy of the Breakfast Club, but there seller wants $12. Gonna stew on that one for a bit. I've had reasonable luck on eBay getting good discs so, I don't mind the risk.

kitchensynch · Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 743

Nice shopping!

I think that's a good price for a great movie that you will probably watch more than a few times. Also a later title near the end of production.

I have seen more combination disc and player auctions lately, which are not very practical due to the shipping costs for the discs and safe shipping consideration in larger numbers. Those who sell individual titles might just be here, you never know...
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dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

kitchensynch · Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 743

Southeastern Oregon, at the Idaho border in what is called the Treasure Valley. Out neighboring counties in Idaho (Payette and Washington) have been declared disaster areas and many of the on ion packing facilities in the area lost their roofs as well, meaning a 50 lb. bag has basically doubled to nearly $7.00! Schools were closed for a long, long time and some are still in danger.

Businesses and homes have collapsed, two grocery stores were closed, one of them lost (that town's only supermarket, the local hospital moved it into one of their buildings) and on the other side of Oregon in Bend an entire elementary gymnasium fell in (nobody was in it)...

The water content of the snow coupled with subzero temperatures and then thawing, rinse and repeat made for heavy ice on roofs that just didn't look that bad but building after building went from here to Boise, an avalanche across one highway that doesn't normally see such things and unexpected snow we hadn't seen in decades, if in a lifetime. El Nino let his sister La Nina run the show and man, was she wicked!

We'll be okay, the flooding danger is much lower since the ice jam broke on the Snake River, and I guess that good side is that the irrigation season might be pretty good for a change. Nobody thought about bout this a lot or seems to have in our local governments...but it did all come in less than a month.

PS The codes for our roofs were only meant to withstand about half of what we had. My roof and lot are cleared, I'll be fine.
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Fluffy73 · Joined: 26 Aug 2014 Posts: 15

dmbjunky · Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Posts: 21 Location: Odon, IN

Finally got a picture of the RCA MTT131 I picked up along with the TV. It's very different from what I'm used to with a record player. I had never seen a linear tracking before and the repeat, rewind, and fast forward buttons are neat.