In March 1984, Pioneer introduced the first consumer player with a solid-state laser, the LD-700. It was also the first LD player to load from the front and not the top. One year earlier Hitachi introduced an expensive industrial player with a laser diode, but the player, which had poor picture quality due to an inadequate dropout compensator, was made only in limited quantities. After Pioneer released the LD-700, gas lasers were no longer used in consumer players, despite their advantages, although Philips continued to use gas lasers in their industrial units until 1985. COUNT 4
QSN1 What was the name of the first solid-state laser consumer LaserDisc player? ANS1 LD-700 QSN2 Besides a solid-state laser, what else was unique about the LD-700? ANS2 first LD player to load from the front and not the top QSN3 When did Pioneer release the LD-700? ANS3 March 1984 QSN4 Which company continued to use gas-lasers in industrial models of LD players although they were no longer used in consumer models? ANS4 Philips