We Bought a Giant Movie CD Player and it’s AMAZING - Pioneer LaserActive CLD-A100

Опубликовано 24 сентября 2023, 18:16

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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: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6...

Sources:
- TheDroidWorks Brochure: typewritten.org/Articles/Droid...
- Lost ‘Return of the Jedi' footage discovered on $699 LaserDisc (Verge): theverge.com/2013/10/27/503559...
- David Paul Greg (Alchetron): alchetron.com/David-Paul-Gregg
- Electron beam recording and reproducing system (Google Patents): patents.google.com/patent/US33...
- Record World Dec 2, 1972 (World Radio History): worldradiohistory.com/Archive-...
- LaserDisc Database:
lddb.com/laserdisc/12189/PILF-...
lddb.com/laserdisc/44014/060-8...
lddb.com/laserdisc/00017/PILF-...
lddb.com/laserdisc/21512/LV335...
lddb.com/laserdisc/32738/LPR-0...
lddb.com/laserrot.php
lddb.com/laserdisc/46431/FY105...
- Pioneer halts production of Laserdisc players… finally (Ars Technica): arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/0...
- BBC Master AIV (WikiMedia): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...
- Pioneer CLD-1010 (LaserWiki): bitcrush.io/laserwiki/index.ph...
- Bilbo’s Japan CDV (Batini): batini.com/otherjapancdv
- LaserActive and Taito Super D3BOS – Unlikely Origins (LaserActive Preservation Project): laseractive.wordpress.com/2017...
- RadioShack 1991 Catalog (RadioShackCatalogs): radioshackcatalogs.com/flipboo...
- Low pricing of ‘Ghost’ on laserdisc shows a key to the current market (Chicago Tribune): books.google.ca/books?id=sf1TA...
- LaserDisc Europe: A Miss (So Far) (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992): worldradiohistory.com/Archive-...
- LaserDisc Japan: A Massive Hit (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992):
worldradiohistory.com/Archive-...
- The Ed Sullivan Show stats (US TVDB): ustvdb.com/networks/cbs/shows/...
- HDTV Sets Now in Over 80% of US Households (Leichtman Research): web.archive.org/web/2015031405...
- Electronic Games 1993-12: archive.org/details/Electronic...
- Pioneer’s multiformat Laseractive System (Video Magazine Dec 1993): archive.org/details/video-maga...

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MUSIC CREDIT
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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