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Author:  laserdisc_fan [ 18 Mar 2012, 14:48 ]
Post subject:  If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced...

This clip on youtube does an excellent job at showing the manufacturing process from start to finish in a series of Pioneer facilities in Japan:



I'd love to know where all that equipment ended up.

Author:  Guest [ 18 Mar 2012, 16:04 ]
Post subject:  Re: If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced..

Sony DADC needed a law suit over how they made the USA discs with one or both sides full of laserrot. Too late now.

Author:  edwin240170 [ 18 Mar 2012, 20:57 ]
Post subject:  Re: If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced..

Pioneer would not be Pioneer if they didn't put the complete program on LaserDisc :clap:
The clips on YouTube come directly from this LD, especially chapter 1 and 8 are interesting.

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Author:  benmbe [ 19 Mar 2012, 09:08 ]
Post subject:  Re: If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced..

Hello and good day laserdisc_fan,

Thank you for sharing the youtube laserdisc production video...........amazing.

The things we can take for granted, with all that went into this format.

Best Regards to you

:thumbup: :D

Author:  hippiedalek [ 19 Mar 2012, 13:33 ]
Post subject:  Re: If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced..

A great find, and very informative! Thanks for the link!

Author:  laserdisc_fan [ 19 Mar 2012, 14:34 ]
Post subject:  Re: If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced..

edwin240170 wrote:
Pioneer would not be Pioneer if they didn't put the complete program on LaserDisc :clap:
The clips on YouTube come directly from this LD, especially chapter 1 and 8 are interesting.


Cool to see the footage even made it onto a laserdisc!
If my sight isn't letting me down the laserdisc seems to say 1988?
Amazing how modern and futuristic the production process was even back then, with virtually everything fully automated.

Author:  edwin240170 [ 19 Mar 2012, 14:41 ]
Post subject:  Re: If you have ever wondered how a laserdisc was produced..

Indeed you are right 1988, the disc was released for the 50 years (1938 - 1988) existance of Pioneer.

I got some LD-COM discs which also show a documentary on LD production in later years,
the whole pressing plant was completely operated by robots to reach the highest possible air-cleanness and thus reach very low number of drop-outs.

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