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[albear.livejournal.com]

The loser of the video disc format in 1984 It's very similar to the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray format war of today. The winner in the mid 1980's was the Pioneer Laserdisc (ad of the RCA Video Disc behind cut)

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[misstia]

i remember those!

[albear.livejournal.com]

When I first saw that as a kid in a friend's house in 1983, I was most impressed, and seeing a movie on a big ass 25" huge screen console TV was awesome! I thought they were very loaded ;)

[(Anonymous)]

We had one of those. Pretty slick. We watched movies on it all the time. The media was like a really finely cut record, if you removed it from the casing (not really a good idea) the grooves would reflect light like a prism.

[exodus31.livejournal.com]

We had one of those. Pretty slick. We watched movies on it all the time. The media was like a really finely cut record, if you removed it from the casing (not really a good idea) the grooves would reflect light like a prism.

[albear.livejournal.com]

It basically is an analog video format. It used video discs that worked pretty much like LP records. A real needle touched the disc and played the video and audio, and of course the discs and needles would wear out. They also sold replacement needles.

[pangea-tongue.livejournal.com]

Gene Kelly? Shit I need to get me one of those right quick. It's the pinnacle in advanced technology!

[fuckinghostile.livejournal.com]

I remember a friend of mine had one of those...didn't you have to flip the disk over?

[rella.livejournal.com]

Yep, you had to flip them over halfway through! I remember watching Splash in this video format.

[rozebud.livejournal.com]

OT: Your icon is full of win. From whence does it come?

[albear.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! fun! after watching a 50 or so minute side you'd go to the player, insert the caddy, wait for the disc to load inside take the whole caddy out, flip over and do the tprocess all over again. It truly sucked.

[bjornskjold.livejournal.com]

The pawn shop around the corner from my house has a few of these for sale.

[clamnebula.livejournal.com]

I still have a working LaserDisc player, and have even been known to buy discs on eBay!

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

CED's! If you get bored, look up the Optigan for similar technology -- in an organ!