Laserdisc: special cables needed? (1 Viewer)

[Richard Harvey]

Hello,

A friend of mine just bought me a laserdisc player off eBay for my birthday (I've been complaining about not having a way to view Star Wars or Indy digitally, so he thought this would be a solution for the time being). Anyway, the player arrived and is in great shape from what I can tell, but didn't include any cables. Is there a special cable for this digital RF connector, or can I use any quality RCA type connect (I have a BetterCables cable that came with my SVS sub that I didn't need; could I use it?). I'll be connecting this to a Denon 2802.

Thanks for any help,
Rich

 

[Michael Reuben]

(I've been complaining about not having a way to view Star Wars or Indy digitally

You still don't. The video on LD is analog. But it can still look damn good!

M.

 

[KeithH]

Richard, when I had a laserdisc player, I used a coaxial digital cable for the AC-3 RF output (Dolby Digital). Does your player have a built-in AC-3 RF demodulator? If not, you will need an external one. You cannot run a cable from an AC-3 RF output directly into a digital input on your receiver. The RF signal must be converted to digital first. AC-3 RF demodulators do this conversion. Unfortunately, now that the laserdisc has been phased out for the most part, no companies are currently producing AC-3 RF demodulators. You may be able to find one on eBay, though. I used a Sony unit in my set-up, and it worked very well.