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I have at least three VP-1000's now as after one appeared people started just sending them towards me. One turned out to be a pre-recall unit (overheating issues) which means it's a really early unit that never saw a service center and they all seemed to work after a heavy cleaning (one in particular had a dirty encoder on the sled so it didn't know where it was until that was cleaned). They use the same Toshiba tube as the 7820 as well so unless the 7820 previously had an insane amount of hours I'm not considering the possibility I'm looking at wavelength drift from age or helium diffusion which will affect the playback.
I've considered getting a magnavision as they seem to show up from time to time but for being the loser in the first generation players it's also the most expensive. It's arguably "the first*", it looks way cooler than the 7820 and it had that Leonard Nimoy celebrity endorsement.
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