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Author: | greenlaser [ 18 Nov 2022, 03:07 ] |
Post subject: | I/O Metric - the disc lost to time |
I am reading "Revolutionary Technology: an introduction to the video and digital audio disc" by David K. Matthewson. I was surprised to learn about the following! In the mid-1970s, an American company called I/O Metric Corporation created videodiscs which could be reproduced photographically: Attachment: The author says it demonstrated all of the benefits that laser videodiscs have. However, the I/O Metric system vanished without a trace. I could only find one mention of I/O Metric Corporation on Google. They worked with the US NOAA in 1974 on an atmospheric analysis system. Has anyone heard of I/O Metric before?
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Author: | greenlaser [ 01 Dec 2022, 20:06 ] |
Post subject: | Re: I/O Metric - the disc lost to time |
I found more information! The creators published an article in the Journal of the SMPTE, 1974. I was able to get a digital copy from a library. Here is what I know:
The claimed advantages of the system were "archival image quality, ease of duplication, and low cost". Attachment:
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