Receiver Output: Video Disk or LD (1 Viewer)

[oldschool60]

HI, I'm new here and did a search for "laserdisc" to see if my question was there. I didn't see it, but from what I saw there I now appreciate that my issue could be more than just the label on an output connection. It may go to compatibility issues of DVD disc encoding. Or maybe not.

My issue is that the schematic in the manual for an old perfect-condition home receiver (Kenwood KR-V5570 Audio Receiver, bought in 1998) has outputs for 'Video Deck 1' and 'Video Deck 2 or LD' (laserdisc player).

Can I assume that either of these (likely the second one) will work for a modern DVD player? The Dolby Pro Logic and audio/video specs of this receiver all look impressive enough, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Thank you!

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

My issue is that the schematic in the manual for an old perfect-condition home receiver (Kenwood KR-V5570 Audio Receiver, bought in 1998) has outputs for 'Video Deck 1' and 'Video Deck 2 or LD' (laserdisc player).

A receiver’s “Outputs” are for sending a signal to a recording deck. Back in 1998 this could have been a VHS tape deck or even a DVD recorder. There were never any laser disc recorders.

Can I assume that either of these (likely the second one) will work for a modern DVD player? The Dolby Pro Logic and audio/video specs of this receiver all look impressive enough, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Any of the inputs will work for a DVD player. However, Dolby Pro Logic went out with the advent of the DVD player. It was great for what it was, but the back speakers only received a mono signal. The center channel signal was derived from combining the front left and right signals, and there was always some signal bleed into the left and right speakers (meaning, you could hear the dialog in the left and right speakers if you were close to them.

Dolby Digital audio was introduced with DVD players, which has fully discrete signals on all channels – no signal bleeding, and the ability to do cool effects like panning a sound between the two back speakers and more. The improvement was significant.

DVDs also brought us high-resolution video that was delivered through component video connections (typically seen a red, green and blue jacks).

The problem in your situation is that your vintage receiver will not utilize everything that DVD has to offer (much less the current Blu-ray standard), since it has no connections or processing for Dolby Digital and has only low-resolution composite (yellow) connections for video. The best thing you could do for your viewing pleasure would be to replace it with something more modern. It doesn’t have to be anything “latest and greatest.” Any decent receiver made in the last 10 years would be an improvement.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[oldschool60]

I appreciate the note. Yeah, I always had trouble (urp) with input/output!

So it looks like it'd operate a DVD player, but we better be talking a $59 Wal-mart special, and not something $249 high-end. The rest of the system has dual cassette and 5 CD changer, so it's definitely "old school" (hence my username). But it's in perfect condition.

Thanks again!