prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) (06/08/85)
>Well yes, laser diodes do crap out eventually. But the cost problem here, >if there really is one, is probably in the nature of what the CD equipment >makers force you to buy if you get replacement parts from them. Laser >diodes per se, from the original sources (e.g., RCA) are not particularly >expensive until you get up into the 100-watt range. Of course, the next >problem may be that RCA doesn't have one with the same dimensions as the >Quasimoto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. model that's in your player, >and that's probably no accident. Please send information about 100-W laser diodes soon!! I want to invest in this product before it hits the market!