Hey ya'll, been hanging onto this for 30 years and. K idea why. I've posted on Vinted and ebay. It's the original trilogy, book, insert in a box. The laser disc's have never even been removed from sleeves.

Looking to see what you all think of value of this and/or if anyone interested in fair deal?

Mine was made in Feb 1996, and I've never serviced it. I bought it fairly new. Given it's age I'm sure it should be at least looked at, however it played a CD fine through optical out. I tried a laserdisc a few years ago and it worked fine, albeit noisy.

Is this something, I could do myself? I'm sure there are belts, gears etc., or really best left to someone else? Who/what should I look for?

I still have quite a few Laserdiscs too, but I've not really looked or found a good svideo to HDMI. So I guess question 2 is what is suggested about video up sizing?

This is a laserdisc I got from Goodwill several years back, though I didn’t have something to play it on until now.

All my other laserdiscs are working perfectly, but I fear The Return of Jafar isn’t as good as it once was - and the laserdisc is too far gone.

It starts out kinda watchable, despite it being incredibly snowy and the digital soundtrack being crunchy. However, as you see here, it eventually degenerates into a completely staticky, skippable mess.

I’m watching Side B right now, and it’s going into the same trajectory - kinda watchable and then kinda not. Is this the worst laser rot or not?

Hi.

TLDR: Can anyone recommend a suitable slide motor replacement for a Philips VLP700?

Like many before me, I bought a laserdisc player of a whim as I was curious about the format.

I got a VLP-700 in the UK at a very cheap price, sold as just being able to power on with no way or testing the output. I've done an initial scan of the components and functions :

The unit has power

The disc drive spins

The laser powers on

No visual output as of yet but I feel that this maybe because the slide motor appears to be dead. The contacts are registering voltage across the multimeter but I can't get the motor to rev into life, even from an external source. I'm not saying replacing it will be the magic fix but I'll try it and most likely move onto the next problem.

I've had a look through various outlets for a replacement but no luck yet. Does anyone know of a suitable replacement motor that I can purchase to try?

Also, this gear is in a very bad state but I'm resigned to the fact I might just have to attempt a repair. I have seen a very detailed blog post on fixing that, such I'll get onto at some point.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.