The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-

[SuperDeadite]

Yup, that's the USA Turbo PAC.  For $700 you could easily flip the PAC itself on ebay, pick up a Japanese PCE PAC, and possibly still make a profit on a good day....

[EvilEvoIX]

Yup, that's the USA Turbo PAC.  For $700 you could easily flip the PAC itself on ebay, pick up a Japanese PCE PAC, and possibly still make a profit on a good day....

What's the Turbo PAC worth?  I'm very ignorant in terms of laseractive.  Ima try for $400 that way u can just keep it and I can always flip it.

[SuperDeadite]

very hard to come up with a set value.  But the USA Turbo PAC + matching USA controller is anywhere from $600-$1000 these days.

[BlueBMW]

I'm in east Tennessee if that helps logistics in any way.

[TheClash603]

This still completely disregards the 50 laserdiscs.

If the titles include 5-10 LA games, they run from $30 (Pyramid Patrol) to $400+ (Road Prosecutor and Blue Chicago Blues).  $700 could be the steal of the century if there isn't just 50 copies of Police Academy.

[esteban]

This still completely disregards the 50 laserdiscs.

If the titles include 5-10 LA games, they run from $30 (Pyramid Patrol) to $400+ (Road Prosecutor and Blue Chicago Blues).  $700 could be the steal of the century if there isn't just 50 copies of Police Academy.

Police Academy isn't that bad of a movie. Ha! 

[EvilEvoIX]

This still completely disregards the 50 laserdiscs.

If the titles include 5-10 LA games, they run from $30 (Pyramid Patrol) to $400+ (Road Prosecutor and Blue Chicago Blues).  $700 could be the steal of the century if there isn't just 50 copies of Police Academy.

No LD Games, just movies.  The guy says that there isn't a bios card for the turbo but cd games still work?  Is that possible?

[turboswimbz]

Well I might be interested in taking some of it off ya, if you do haul it in.

[BlueBMW]

The turbo / pce pacs have a built in 3.0 system bios.  They're basically the equivalent of a Turbo Duo system.

[RyuHayabusa]

Got my Laseractive today and it plays great. Sega PAC works great too. No glitches or anything, though I'm pretty sure it hasn't been recapped so it will need it eventually. Cosmetically it looks great except for one thing. The cartridge slot door on the Sega PAC seems to hang very loosely and doesn't close all the way. It appears there may be a spring or something missing behind the door that keeps it fully closed. Does anyone have any experience with this or ideas on how to fix this/where to get the parts?

[EvilEvoIX]

The turbo / pce pacs have a built in 3.0 system bios.  They're basically the equivalent of a Turbo Duo system.

Oh nice I'll keep hammering the guy.

[VestCunt]

Oh and its totally justified!  Laseractive games offer a unique gaming experience that cant be had elsewhere.

I just play 3DO and use my imagination.

[Opethian]

Oh and its totally justified!  Laseractive games offer a unique gaming experience that cant be had elsewhere.

I just play 3DO and use my imagination.

that's one way to endure the load times

[RyuHayabusa]

Anyone have a spare Laseractive remote and PAC slot door they could part with?

[BlueBMW]

You can use just about any Pioneer laserdisc player remote with the laseractive.  Note though that it will only work if the pac is removed, otherwise you will have to use the controller connected to the pac to operate the ld player.  Thats all if you want to watch movies.

[TheClash603]

Anyone have a spare Laseractive remote and PAC slot door they could part with?

Easiest way to get a PAC slot door is buying another LA.  There has been one loose on ebay in the last 3 years.

I have 4 LA CLD A100s, only one came with a door.  Normally if it comes with a Pac installed, the door is long gone.

[BlueBMW]

Ive had a total of maybe 14 laseractives pass through my hands and only two of them had pac slot covers.

[RyuHayabusa]

I saw a PAC slot cover on Ebay sometime last year but didn't bother to get it and now I'm kicking myself. I'll have a PAC in most of the time so it doesn't matter much but I'd still like to have one. Didn't know that the remote didn't work with a PAC in. That's kind of silly.

[SuperDeadite]

Well I'm sure the idea is to make it harder to turn off the unit when playing a game.  If you want to watch a movie you need to eject the PAC anyway, as with a PAC inserted it only outputs in 240p, as opposed to the 480i that most LD's are recorded in.

Personally I don't really care about my missing PAC cover.  To me the LA is strictly a gaming device, if you want to watch movies, you can get a better player for cheaper anyway.

[xcrement5x]

Opeler!  Congrats on the Blue Chicago Blues!!  Was that the one up on Surugaya?  I don't feel bad about missing it if it went to another peep here. 

Looks like those US games in Japan went for a decent.  I'm pretty sure if flew under the radar for most folks.  Being the holidays I always have less cashflow and time to think about picking up stuff with family and such.

I've got a door for one of my LAs, but like Clash says if it has a PAC in the slot the door/cover is normally lost to the tides of time.  The one unit I found locally for $30 had no PAC but had the door and was in pristine shape. 

[RyuHayabusa]

Well I'm sure the idea is to make it harder to turn off the unit when playing a game.  If you want to watch a movie you need to eject the PAC anyway, as with a PAC inserted it only outputs in 240p, as opposed to the 480i that most LD's are recorded in.

Personally I don't really care about my missing PAC cover.  To me the LA is strictly a gaming device, if you want to watch movies, you can get a better player for cheaper anyway.

I thought it goes to 240p only when you have the LD controls displayed. I had my Ys anime laserdiscs in and you could tell a decrease in the picture quality when you bring up the LD controls and then it goes back when you cancel the LD controls. Plus you can only access certain LD features like frame by frame with a PAC in from what I read.

[xcrement5x]

And lo, a new level of insanity has been reached:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laseractive-Sega-Mega-LD-full-set-All-24-titles-Myst-Extras-/171225341989

Any ideas how he came up with that price?  Even valuing Myst at $2500 there seems like a of extra dollars in there...

[NecroPhile]

Crazy!  If Myst is $2500, that works out to an average of $520 each for the other games.

[TurboXray]

I thought it goes to 240i only when you have the LD controls displayed.

240i??? Never heard of such a thing

[RyuHayabusa]

I thought it goes to 240i only when you have the LD controls displayed.

240i??? Never heard of such a thing

Ok, typo police. lol I meant 240p.

[Opethian]

And lo, a new level of insanity has been reached:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laseractive-Sega-Mega-LD-full-set-All-24-titles-Myst-Extras-/171225341989

Any ideas how he came up with that price?  Even valuing Myst at $2500 there seems like a of extra dollars in there...

Games located in France

dealbreaker lol

[SuperDeadite]

Also that's not a complete set either.  Liar!  I wouldn't mind that Myst though....

[xcrement5x]

So I finally got my other old Pioneer LD player to work again, so I decided to see if it would play the video on any LA discs.  The model of this player was a Pioneer LD-717, a really old and heavy model, but I figured it would be around before there was any LA copy protection put into their players.  Once I got the player reading discs again, I pulled out a LD ROMROM known to show the video in certain players: Angel Mate.

DISCLAIMER: I was testing this on my LCD since I was fixing the player at the same time and there is more room to work.

Once I put it in, everything spun up and this screen loaded:


Boo!  No boobies!  It sat there for awhile and then I decide to just try and skip tracks to see if that would help.  Skipping to the second track worked and I finally got the video to display.




SUCCESS!

The video was pretty decent, I'm not sure what surprises anyone would expect for a boobie game, but there were boobs.  The final scenes were actually pretty racy, closer to softcore porn than just a gravure vid.    I guess it's a well deserved payoff since apparently this game cheats a lot. 

Once I get more time I may try it with other LA games and see what is viewable on them.

[TheClash603]

I see no boobs, you lie!

This game is fucking brutal.  When you say "apparently it cheats a lot," that may be the understatement of the millenium.  I have put more time into this game than any man should and it is infuriating.

I need to get an old LD player to just get in on the boob action like you did.

[DragonmasterDan]

I see no boobs, you lie!

This game is fucking brutal.  When you say "apparently it cheats a lot," that may be the understatement of the millenium.  I have put more time into this game than any man should and it is infuriating.

I need to get an old LD player to just get in on the boob action like you did.

The roulette wheel cheats. The actual card playing is fair.

[Psycho Punch]

Upload the vids from the game so I can, ahem, "appreciate" the contents. 

[xcrement5x]

Lol, if there is really that big of a demand for the video I will have to dig out that capture card I had and see if it still works.  Quality would only be composite, but I'm sure you could all appreciate it ;)

[SuperDeadite]

LOL, Angel Mate is the game I posted the cheat codes for.  No need for all that bs for that game. ROLF.

[Opethian]

but what about Paolo caps

[SuperDeadite]

with Paolo, all videos are 3d native, when in 2d mode the game cuts out the doubled half in real time.  If you watch Paolo's vids on another player, will only see the 3d ones.  However the final secret vid is 2d only oddly enough...

[xcrement5x]

with Paolo, all videos are 3d native, when in 2d mode the game cuts out the doubled half in real time.  If you watch Paolo's vids on another player, will only see the 3d ones.  However the final secret vid is 2d only oddly enough...

That sounds delectable!  I'll need to see if I can get the 3D vid and then set up some goggles..


By the way, that Myst proto Laseractivedude bought is back on the chopping block!
http://cgi.ebay.com/itm/151223300519

[SuperDeadite]

LOL Myst

[TheClash603]

LOL Myst

We both want it...  but at 1/6 the price.  lol

[SuperDeadite]

LOL Myst

We both want it...  but at 1/6 the price.  lol

I love how he says "forget Timegal and Blues" even though those were the games he sold to get this, and has been crying about ever since.

[EvilEvoIX]

What is the game really worth?

[Opethian]

why don't you buy it and tell us?

[xcrement5x]

What is the game really worth?

As with anything, it's worth what someone will pay.  The original buyer was obviously willing to drop $2500+ on it, but I don't think anyone here thinks it is actually worth that much.

[SuperPlay]

Just a thought, do LaserActive LDs suffer from disc-rot like movie LDs?

I mention this as I have around 300 movie LDs and quite a few of them are now showing symptoms of disc-rot with some now unwatchable.

With someLA-LDs fetching top prices does disk-rot not make these a high risk item to buy

(Not sure if I have mentioned this here before, if so sorry!)

[SuperDeadite]

It is possible, but I've never heard of anyone having a rotted LA disc.  All LA discs came out in the mid-90's and all were pressed by Pioneer directly.  Quality was quite good at that point.

[Opethian]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161224365331&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160
timegal from AUS lol

[McKie1]

That's a friend of mine selling his LA collection and other items. I believe he picked it up sometime last year!

[TheClash603]

That's a friend of mine selling his LA collection and other items. I believe he picked it up sometime last year!

Why did he pick it up and now turn it around so quick?

These things are to be enjoyed for quite some time!  I learn more each time I go back to a game, just playing a time or two doesn't do the LA justice!

[SuperDeadite]

That's a friend of mine selling his LA collection and other items. I believe he picked it up sometime last year!

Why did he pick it up and now turn it around so quick?

These things are to be enjoyed for quite some time!  I learn more each time I go back to a game, just playing a time or two doesn't do the LA justice!

I've seen a few "collectors" on places like assembler who proudly own TimeGal and even say it's there favorite game, yet do not actually own an LA and have never even played it.  ROLF.

[Opethian]

anything expensive must be good right? I mean if people are willing to pay that price it must be for good reason?

[TheClash603]

anything expensive must be good right? I mean if people are willing to pay that price it must be for good reason?

In fairness, Time Gal is a great game in its genre.

Also, full disclosure...  I paid a high amount for 3D Australia, so I am somewhat of a hypocrite.