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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:20:49 -0700, Blaine Young <blam@oz.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:17:13 -0400, "Steve(JazzHunter)"
><jazzhunterNotHere@internet.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:11:29 -0400, Nitehawk^
>><nighthawk_68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>look at those page hits... Somehow don't think its the items for
>>>sale that are getting that much interest.
>>>
>>>Very enjoyable...
>>
>>Regardless of how the items are presented this is rare stuff,
>>particularly that player, of which probably far less than 100 were
>>made. No wonder the bidders are all people with handles harking back
>>to the early days of Lasers such as discovision1 and LD1100. I'd bid
>>on the Ford discs myself if it weren't for the shipping restrictions.
>>
>>.. Steve ..
>
>The Player is the PR-7820, which went through 3 editions during it's
>life. This is the "DiscoVision" model. There was also a Model 1 and
>Model 3 unit. Accross the three editions, there were well over 60,000
>of these built and sold. An excess of 30,000 were sold to GM dealers
>across North America for their training and promotional use. Another
>20,000 (or so) were shipped in "Dragon's Lair" arcade games from
>Cinematronics.
Ah sorry, I wasthinking it was a model referred to in a laserviews
magazine article regarding "obscure" models. Automobile promotional
discs were probably the single most succesful new concept introduced
by Discovison. I guess you know about "dead sides" with these
demonstration video being among the orphaned pressings playable after
removing the coating? Also some sides of films never officially
released by MCA have been found.
... Steve .
>
>Blaine
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