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Magnavision CH8000 Acquired!
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01-05-2025, 12:51 PM
MIPS
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Here's some extra photos.
So here's where things get weird. If we look at the underside there's the serial number tag which is copied at least two more times inside and the production tag at the top of the photo.
The serial number tag has paper and glue residue beside it, like the tag has been removed and replaced. The production tag you can tell that it's one sticker applied over another sticker. I can't easily peel it off.
Here's the inside of the player (and a close-up of the laser path with the shields removed). I have not performed any preventative maintenance yet. When I received the player a lot of the original stickers had fallen off from poor glue but I was able to locate where each one went and glue them back down again. All of the metal cans are shields for little pluggable modules. Very easy to service but also a lot of contacts that can go dirty.
So this pretty much completes my collection of first generation laserdisc players. I also have a PR-7820 that I picked up in 2019 (it was built in October 1979, so it was built three months after the Magnavision was built).
Just in case you are curious, as with all my photos are are free to reuse and distribute them, with credit given. ; )
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