This year Pioneer solved that problem. For slightly more than the price of a good CD-only player or the least expensive videodisc-only player, you can own a combi laserdisc/CD player.

"I too have had disc mounting problems with my internal Pioneer DVR-106D. My external Pioneer DVR-109, on the other hand, has worked flawlessly and never has a problem with any discs.

Up until this point, when Pioneer and iPhone were uttered in the same sentence (or the same Engadget post) it's been in the guise of some sort of integration with an existing product (such as a ...