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Before Blu-ray and Streaming, DVDs, and even CDs, one gigantic platter not only ruled over home cinema, but helped create the entire concept: LaserDisc. But what happened with LaserDisc? Why was it so infrequently used in its time?
For a much deeper dive into LD, check out Technology Connection’s videos on the topic:
Sources:
– TheDroidWorks Brochure:
– Lost ‘Return of the Jedi’ footage discovered on $699 LaserDisc (Verge):
– David Paul Greg (Alchetron):
– Electron beam recording and reproducing system (Google Patents):
– Record World Dec 2, 1972 (World Radio History):
– LaserDisc Database:
– Pioneer halts production of Laserdisc players… finally (Ars Technica):
– BBC Master AIV (WikiMedia):
– Pioneer CLD-1010 (LaserWiki):
– Bilbo’s Japan CDV (Batini):
– LaserActive and Taito Super D3BOS – Unlikely Origins (LaserActive Preservation Project):
– RadioShack 1991 Catalog (RadioShackCatalogs):
– Low pricing of ‘Ghost’ on laserdisc shows a key to the current market (Chicago Tribune):
– LaserDisc Europe: A Miss (So Far) (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992):
– LaserDisc Japan: A Massive Hit (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992):
– The Ed Sullivan Show stats (US TVDB):
– HDTV Sets Now in Over 80% of US Households (Leichtman Research):
– Electronic Games 1993-12:
– Pioneer’s multiformat Laseractive System (Video Magazine Dec 1993):
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:33 Electron Beam Data Storage
3:06 Did it “fail”?
3:45 LET’S WATCH A LASERDISC
5:08 Resolution
6:00 Audio
6:15 How it evolved
8:50 Problems
11:40 Side by Sided with VHS
13:50 Durability
14:28 Big in Japan
17:50 Enter PlayStation
18:55 Playing SEGA on LaserDisc
20:15 Storage Density
22:22 Gaming with Cartridges
23:30 SEGA Pricing
25:00 Outro
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