From: cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: More 3070/B units available at VideoScope
Summary: It's a good deal
Date: 17 Apr 92 14:17:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Sequoia Computer Systems

> klein@napali.Eng.Sun.COM (Mike Klein) writes:
> 
> >I dropped in at VideoScope in Palo Alto CA yesterday and found three
> >stacks of 3070/B LD players, around 16 I would guess.  Some of the
> >boxes looked somewhat crunched though so be careful.

Eric Salituro writes:
> 
> I just got mine a couple of days ago.
> 
> I would recommend this player to anyone who wants to get an
> inexpensive combi-player with a lot of features, and who doesn't want
> to worry about the problems with the '90 series.

And I just got mine last night. The only problem I had with VideoScope was
that I requested 2nd day air, and it went via ground, so I had to wait an
entire week for it to show up :-( It's not really clear who messed up, UPS
or VideoScope. It doesn't really matter. The manager at VideoScope (Nona)
was very nice, as well as patient. Seems like a very nice place. I'd
certainly consider using them again.

When I first heard about this deal on the net, I checked around the Boston
area for someone selling 3070(B)'s and didn't have much luck. I talked to
one guy who deals in a lot of (B) goods, and he claimed that $375 was
below his cost from Pioneer. I then talked to the manager at the video
disk rental store, and he also said this was an exceptional price.

I was a little suspicious about how VideoScope was obtaining these units
so cheap. I believed the local guy who claimed it was below his cost.
Perhaps I'm naive, but he seemed quite sincere. I'm still not sure exactly
what the deal is on the unit. I thought perhaps it wasn't really a
reconditioned unit, but that is inconsistent with the remote control I got
with it which was clearly in the original packaging. 

I rented a 1090 for a weekend to see just how good video disks would look
and sound on my setup. The price was *very* reasonable - $20 for Friday
through Monday at Instant Replay in Waltham Mass. That certainly convinced
me that I wanted a LD player, but it also convinced me that I wanted a
unit that would switch sides for me, as I found the CLV switching an
annoyance, and CAV switching simply impossible to put up with. I also
wanted the field store, although I wasn't willing to pay an extra 600 to
get it.

So I decided that the features on the 3070 were worth the risk of dealing
with a store on the other side of the country. Now that I got it, and
verified that it works, I'm extremely happy I did this, rather than get an
entry level new player.

So last night I set up the unit, played with LD101 to set up the monitor,
and then played the new Apocalypse Now (the widescreen version with the
sound track done at Skywalker Sound). Really nice! (I'm a helicopter
pilot, so I *really* like the Air Cav scenes). I also got the Dark Star
disk which has been discussed in this group (it's been a favorite movie of
mine for years) and I have to agree with people that removing the scenes
hurts the film, regardless of what Carpenter and O'bannon now think.
(especially the loss of the asteroid storm).

Anyway, I'd like to thank the people who posted about the 3070 units being
at VideoScope!

					Paul Cantrell
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