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I could play a bit with my new X9 tonight and I have to say that the output is better than the S9. It's difficult to quantify, I need to make some A/B test between the S9 and the X9 on the same LD (if have some titles twice). The X9 picture look ways more stable, a DVD-like stability. The...

Yes, each model has a manufacturing year/month clearly indicated. One more reason to go PIONEER for LD Player is that they will have spare part and repair service for 10 years after they discontinued the last model (that makes 8 years left). Probably because they have to maintain a huge...

Well, everytime someone links LDDB.com from a newsgroup/forum/web page and later click on it, it triggers a hit in my stats history so that I can see what people are talking about :) A free X0, that awfully nice! Lucky you, you already got the uncompressed SONY MUSE reader for almost nothing...

Both X0 and X9 are expensive. X9's from 1996 can be found between $2000 and $2400 depending on original box availability, remote control (lack of), manual, etc. X9's from a more recent batch quickly sky rocket to more than the original MSRP of $3500. X0 are worst, starting at $3800 for old...

I hesitated for a long time before choosing between the CLD-R7G and the LD-S9 but I liked the "LD Only" capability of the S9 and the 3D Y/c Filter not on the R7G. I sold back my CLD-R5 when I got the S9, my current list is then: HLD-X9 main MUSE/NTSC player LD-S9 backup NTSC player...

Hello, "Julien WILK" here (referenced earlier on this thread). I will soon be able to read HiVision LDs (I bought a HLD-X9 today, it will be delivered next wednesday) but won't be able to watch them as I have no MUSE decoder. And I have only one HiVision anyway (Chaplin) and haven't...