Price check: How much do you think this is worth (PCE briefcase) -pictures added

[the_importer]

Well finding a working replacement CD-ROM2 unit seems to be impossible, so I was thinking of selling my PC-Engine briefcase and buying a PCE Duo instead, well at lease if I can get a good price for it:

-PC-Engine briefcase with cover, original box, manuals and inserts
-Generic AV cables
-NA power supply modified to be compatible with this setup
-Original White PC-Engine system with original controller (just the system and pad)
-Defective CD-ROM2 unit which seems to work most of the time with CD-ROM2 games and skips most of the time with Super CD-ROM games (music basically stops)
-System card 3.0

If I can get a decent price for this, I'll sale it, if not, I'll keep it for collection purposes.

EDIT: Added pictures. White sheet of paper to show to white level of the console (don't know if it was ever meant to be pure white, but I know lots of people like to compare like this).

[BlueBMW]

Have you contacted Keith Courage about getting the CDROM2 fixed?

[the_importer]

Have you contacted Keith Courage about getting the CDROM2 fixed?

Don't know him but sounds like he's someone on this board who fixes things. Still, the price he would charge to fix this (even if it was like $50) plus the price of shipping back and forth with tracking would probably amount to the price of a PCE Duo.

[BlueBMW]

Don't know him but sounds like he's someone on this board who fixes things. Still, the price he would charge to fix this (even if it was like $50) plus the price of shipping back and forth with tracking would probably amount to the price of a PCE Duo.

Still might be worth looking into since you've already got the hardware.  If you still decide to go for a PCE Duo, keep in mind that original models have capacitor issues that should be addressed.  DuoR and RX models have not exhibited such issues yet and may be a better choice.

[the_importer]

Don't know him but sounds like he's someone on this board who fixes things. Still, the price he would charge to fix this (even if it was like $50) plus the price of shipping back and forth with tracking would probably amount to the price of a PCE Duo.

Still might be worth looking into since you've already got the hardware.  If you still decide to go for a PCE Duo, keep in mind that original models have capacitor issues that should be addressed.  DuoR and RX models have not exhibited such issues yet and may be a better choice.

I'll still PM him out of curiosity and as for the Duo, I know about the capacitor issues but unlike CD Lens and motor issues, capacitors are easy to find, cheap and can be done by my friend for free

EDIT: I know Keith Courage, well know is a strong word, he's the one who originally tried to help me out when I first posted.

[xelement5x]

I agree with Beemer that you should try and get it fixed, but I might be interested depending on what you're looking for it.  Are you in the US?

[the_importer]

I agree with Beemer that you should try and get it fixed, but I might be interested depending on what you're looking for it.  Are you in the US?

I already contacted him, he replied with an offer and I replied him back, waiting for his response now
I'm in Canada, so close enough.

[SignOfZeta]

With a system this old you are always going to have to fix something once in a while. If you dump this for a Duo then the Duo will crap on you next year, and then what do you do, dump it and get yet another system?

[the_importer]

With a system this old you are always going to have to fix something once in a while. If you dump this for a Duo then the Duo will crap on you next year, and then what do you do, dump it and get yet another system?

As stated before, issues with Duo are mainly capacitor issues which are both easily to acquire and replace compared to a PCE CD-ROM lens kit. Speaking of which, lens kit for a Duo are easy to find on ebay and retro stores, so if that ever goes wrong, it's still easier to fix than a CD-ROM2.

[tggodfrey]

I might be interested depending on what your looking for it.

Terry

[the_importer]

I might be interested depending on what your looking for it.

Terry

Well this is more of a "Price Check" topic since I didn't want to simply rely on ebay prices to determine how much this is worth.

[BlueBMW]

Ive got new lasers for cdrom2 units if one is needed.

[the_importer]

Ive got new lasers for cdrom2 units if one is needed.

New as in "new from a replacement kit that's never been used" or new as in "I got them from a working CD-ROM2 unit"?

[BlueBMW]

Ive got new lasers for cdrom2 units if one is needed.

New as in "new from a replacement kit that's never been used" or new as in "I got them from a working CD-ROM2 unit"?

Brand new old stock sony kss-225a lasers.  Slight differences from the kss-220a and 162, but confirmed compatible.

[the_importer]

Ive got new lasers for cdrom2 units if one is needed.

New as in "new from a replacement kit that's never been used" or new as in "I got them from a working CD-ROM2 unit"?

Brand new old stock sony kss-225a lasers.  Slight differences from the kss-220a and 162, but confirmed compatible.

Does it come with a new motor and better gears since it's a higher model ?