Trash to Treasure | Pioneer Laser Active | Megadrive, PC Engine, Karaoke, it does it all!

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The Pioneer Laser Active was a games console for the richest. Vastly more expensive than the systems supported it offered a convenient entertainment hub with a price tag to brag about. Commercially it was a failure, technically it was flawed and many of the 10,000 systems produced have been destroyed by that flaw. We discover why it has a reputation for terrible capacitors and just what it's all about while attempting to repair it.

[MarkFixesStuff]

Had a great time working on this. A fairly rare beast and so happy to see it working again. Some more work to do, and looking forward to making it even better, perhaps in a future RMC episode :)

[RMCRetro]

Thank you for watching us repair this absolute unit of a console, what a whopper. Did you own this first time around? Did you launch a singing career using the Karaoke PAC perhaps? I'd love to hear your stories.
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[FinalBaton]

The ULTIMATE '90s entertainment machine! Megadrive, Mega-CD, PC-Engine, PC-Engine CD-Rom2, LD movies - are you kidding me??? Imagine having this back in the day

[TheDanno]

I've been a laserdisc 'guy' for about 25 years now, and would like to offer that in lieu of adding small bushings to raise the clamp, I'd like to suggest getting a full belt replacement kit and removing the shims you'd added. I'd enjoy seeing a T2T update video of the belt replacement - especially if it's successful. You may also want to verify the few lubrication slides here and there have suitable grease on them and aren't dragging. The motor whirring sound you hear is the lift belt slipping, which I expect you'll find all of them are slack at this point since they're 25 years old. Great find, great T2T post - I eagerly look forward to seeing what all you do with this machine in the future. Thanks, good luck, and cheers to you both.

[MrTBoneSF]

Oh my god. @3:50 I worked on that CGI movie when I was just out of college (although it's either very low rez or very zoomed in). I had heard it was used on a LaserActive title, but wasn't 100% sure. Amazing!

[MP-gwim]

I'll take my cap off to you lads, great video!

6:53 - white man fingers a black japanese 25 year old hole
11:42 - hunky bear gives a cheeky reach around to turn it on

[R_T_Ralph]

Its a good feeling when you bring life back into things.

[beardeth]

I love these Trash to Treasure videos. They're so immensely satisfying. Amazing job

[mndlessdrwer]

I love the atmospheric soundtrack behind the repairs. I just got my speakers sorted out again and it was a lovely listen.

[scavengerjoe]

I'm always amazed how many obscure bits of tech I've never heard of. Mega LD!?!?!? Awesome!

[MrTBoneSF]

Not bad idea in theory (in practice, the packs were too expensive but that's the price you pay for being an early adopter of any new platform). I mean, the savings in wall warts and video hookups for the Sega CD alone almost make this a major convenience. If you were looking at buying a Laserdisc player anyway, and you were thinking of getting a Sega CD, this actually saved a lot of space an wiring. It is also amazing Pioneer got rivals NEC and Sega to agree to this. It's like the Who Framed Roger Rabbit of game consoles.

[drxym]

Pioneer made absolutely massive kit. My first DVD player was a Pioneer 717 and it was ridiculously big.

[alexwilkins]

I had a laserdisc player with the same disc loading issue. I fixed it simply by replacing the belt on the pulley that closes the tray. Amazing that you got this working. Great stuff!

[ScottsGameAsylum]

I love the video mate. It's always relaxing watching your T2T videos. & it was cool to see the other cd based 32-bit consoles. A little foreshadowing perhaps?

[thegenerousdegenerate]

I love that this channel brings us cool things to see that aren't shown by every other channel out there. Keep up the good work guys!

[greenneon]

I actually had the Laseractive back in the early 90s I remember seeing how expensive they were in EGM and there was an electronic store going out of business that had one new in box for $300 so I emptied my bank account and brought it home and then scoured the classifieds for the modules. I mostly used it for movies though. Really wish I still had it lol.

[Lorfarius]

Great video as always. When I was repairing my laserdisc player I had a similar problem. In the end I loosened it up a bit inside and applied lithium grease to the gears and metal bars inside. Worked a treat!

[Thiesi]

Thank you so much for another great video. Very nice choice of music too, not just the intro and outro but really all of it.

[zxkim]

It's a great looking thing Neil and I'm glad you got it up and running.. nice to see Mark Payne getting his fingers dirty...can't wait for pt2 😁😁😁 Kim 😁😁😁

[DubiousEngineering]

All that hard re-capping... and a power supply that works.... most people would have stopped there! ... great to see you both getting your hands dirty in electrolytic fluid! ... your team determination is exemplary! ... and then Dr Neil nails it with serious surgery! Amazing work on a very complicated electro mechanical device!