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OBJECT TYPE: LASER DISK
DATE: 1992
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0183.001

MANUFACTURER: MARANTZ
MODEL: LV500
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: MZ009233010291
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL, CONTROLS, POWER CORD; RUBBER? FEET; METAL PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING & CONTROLS; METAL PARTS/.3-.4 SYNTHETIC & METAL/.5 CARDBOARD BOX WITH FOAM PADDING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 56.0 cm
Width: 56.0 cm
Height: 25.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Television
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MARANTZ
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS EXAMPLE - 1994+
Canada: AMERICAN-JAPANESE MADE LASER DISK PLAYER, USED FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT BY FAMILY IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE. DONOR ACQUIRED PLAYER FOR HOME USE BUT IT WAS NOT USED AS MUCH AS ANTICIPATED BECAUSEDISKS WERE FOUND TO BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE & SELECTION WAS POOR.
Function: ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED TO PLAY MOVIES RECORDED ON DISKS BY READING DISKS & DISPLAYING DATA ON TELEVISON SCREEN.
Technical: LASER DISK WAS OPTICAL DISC USED FOR FULL-MOTION VIDEO. DEVELOPED IN 1970S, IT WAS PRECURSOR OF DVD & BECAME OBSOLETE IN 1990'S. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL VIDEODISC SYSTEMS WERE INTRODUCED, ONLY PHILIPS LASERVISION SURVIVED UNTIL CD-ROMS & DVDS ARRIVED. LASERDISC MOVIES USED CLV FORMAT, RECORDING ANALOG COMPOSITE VIDEO SIGNAL ON CONTINUOUS, SPIRALING TRACK. EACH SIDE OF 12" PLATTER HELD ONE HOUR OF VIDEO IN 108,000 FRAMES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 RAISED GOLD "marantz" ON FRONT WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "MULTI LASER DISC PLAYER LV500" WITH SYMBOLS & LETTERING READING "BITSTREAM CONVERSION", "COMPACT/ disc/ DIGITAL/ AUDIO" & "LASER DISC"; WHITE LETTERING ON BACK READS "marantz/ MODEL NO. LV500U/ AC120V 60HZ 39W/ MARANTZ U.S.A./ 1150 FEEHANVILLE DRIVE/ MOUNT PROSPECT, IL 60056/ FILE NO. 70276/ MADE IN JAPAN/ SERIAL NO. MZ009233010291";LABEL READING "MFD. AUGUST 1992 TP"/.2 WHITE LETTERING READING "marantz/ REMOTE CONTROL UNIT MODEL RC500LV" WITH WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS"/.5 BLACK LETTERING READING "LV500/ MULTI LASER DISC PLAYER", "PURE HIGH FIDELITY", "marantz"*
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 TEXTURED BROWN FINISHED CASING WITH PINK-BROWN FRONT PANEL & CONTROLS; "SMOKED" PLASTIC PANEL ON FRONT; BLACK BACK PANEL WITH PLATED & MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC RECEPTACLES; BLACK & WHITE POWER CORD/.2 PINK-BROWN CASING WITH GREY CONTROL PANEL; GREY, MAROON & PINK-BROWN CONTROLS/.3-.4 BLACK WITH RED, WHITE OR YELLOW CONNECTORS/.5 WHITE
Decoration: .5 *MARKINGS: "MADE IN JAPAN"

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