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 Post subject: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
PostPosted: 23 Jan 2018, 18:33 
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As far I can tell with these videos and this one it seems very well done and researched well.

Laserdisc: An Introduction

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the second video

Laserdisc's Failure: What Went Wrong

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That's the least-borken Magnavision player I've seen on Youtube, ever! (In fact, I think that's the only time I've seen one sort of play a disk... made after the early 80's ;) )
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new video part 3

Laserdisc: Features, Follies, & Evolution

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New video part 4

DVD: The Death Knell of Laserdisc


Well documented, as usual.

Part 5 (and final part) will be about MUSE/Hi-Vision.

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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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I'm looking forward to part 5 where he promises to go into MUSE LD.
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2018, 15:45 
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I am too. He seems to be very thorough and explains things well though I first thought DVD the V stood for versatile but later on seeing that DVD doesn't stand for anything so does anyone know which is right about the initials?
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PostPosted: 19 Mar 2018, 15:53 
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Pretty sure it's always meant versatile. It makes sense too since it can be used to hold data as well as audio and video.
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xtempo wrote:
I first thought DVD the V stood for versatile but later on seeing that DVD doesn't stand for anything




Digital Video Disc


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Digital Versatile Disc
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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Really enjoyed these videos. He did a great job!
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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tasuke wrote:
xtempo wrote:
I first thought DVD the V stood for versatile but later on seeing that DVD doesn't stand for anything




Digital Video Disc


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Digital Versatile Disc


Yes I always assumed but I've heard from various places it does not stand for anything.
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tasuke wrote:
Digital Video Disc
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Digital Versatile Disc


Actually it's always been Versatile.

That's why movies are on DVD Video, music on DVD Audio:

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Wouldn't make sense to call a "DVD Video" a "Digital Video Disc Video" right?

Read only data was DVD ROM and storage was DVD RW.

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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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One of the reasons why DVD killed off the LD so quickly that he didn't touch upon was that the industry itself was all too happy to get rid of LD as quickly as possible. DVD was cheaper to manufacture, so the movie studios were all too happy to drop the format once DVD gained a foothold.
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DVD was cheaper to manufacture, so the movie studios were all too happy to drop the format once DVD gained a foothold.


The Region Coding + (initial) copy protection probably helped as well.

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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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There are no profanities strong enough to express how I feel about region codes.

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One of the reasons why DVD killed off the LD so quickly that he didn't touch upon was that the industry itself was all too happy to get rid of LD as quickly as possible. DVD was cheaper to manufacture, so the movie studios were all too happy to drop the format once DVD gained a foothold.

The fact that you could cram so many audio and subtitle options on a single disc probably helped too; no need to press an entirely different disc for every country!
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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That's the least-borken Magnavision player I've seen on Youtube, ever! (In fact, I think that's the only time I've seen one sort of play a disk... made after the early 80's ;) )


Don't be fooled. That image is NOT from the Magnavision player. The player had no "search to the start" function and would begin playback at the inner limit. The horizontal roll indicates sync from the player and for the image to start that quickly after the roll indicates a player off-screen was in "freeze-frame" and started. Additionally NONE of the trick play procedures touted were available on this player. The VH-8000 was more akin to the LD-660 in terms of features than the VP-1000 Pioneer issued in 1980.
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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xtempo wrote:
new video part 3

Laserdisc: Features, Follies, & Evolution
https://youtu.be/Nbo2QepTZNY


Ugh.... I wish people would stop using DiscoVision Associates "dead" sides to describe LaserRot, since what he's saying it flat out talking out of his a**.
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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There are no profanities strong enough to express how I feel about region codes.


It's an annoyance for sure, but there's always been the possibility to go for a region code-free player?

When I got my first DVD player back in '97 or '98 (not sure anymore), it was the first question I asked. Not code free, no deal.
The player they had (they only had one model type!) was code free, however. The region code had to be changed by inserting
a code of digits, and pressing some other buttons in the right sequence. On that player, it could be done for infinite times.
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 Post subject: Re: Laserdisc overview Technology Connections
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This guy is for the most part well researched and presented; which can definitely not be said of all you-tube wanna-be's. I'd even give him a job on 'Towards 2000'! That 'dead side is not laser rot' clanger though!!!

Looking forward to see what he has to say about Muse Hi-Vision LD.
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godzilla-2000 wrote:
takeshi666 wrote:
There are no profanities strong enough to express how I feel about region codes.


It's an annoyance for sure, but there's always been the possibility to go for a region code-free player?

It is when they're significantly more expensive than region locked players, but more importantly, there is no way to unlock them yourself.

I originally bought a separate region A player since it was cheaper, but that only proved two old sayings; you get what you pay for, and they don't make them like they used to, because that damn thing started developing faults less than a year after I'd bought it. And I couldn't even afford to send it back!

Next time I'm definitely buying a region free player tho, and I'm gonna buy it within Europe so even if it breaks again, it's not gonna break the bank too sending it back. The point still is, I shouldn't have to.
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