Everything about LaserDisc
Optical analog video disc format
LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. It was developed by Philips, Pioneer, and the movie studio MCA. The format was initially marketed in the United States in 1978 under the name DiscoVision, a brand used by MCA. As Pioneer took a greater role in its development and promotion, the format was rebranded LaserVision (LV). While the LaserDisc brand originally referred specifically to Pioneer's line of players, the term gradually came to be used generically to refer to the format as a whole, making it a genericized trademark. The discs typically have a diameter of 300 millimeters (11.8 in), similar in size to the 12-inch (305 mm) phonograph record. Unlike most later optical disc formats, LaserDisc is not fully digital; it stores an analog video signal. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: LaserDiscA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Kid's Guide to Home VideoThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Use of an Interactive Laserdisc Parent Training Program with Teenage ParentsCited 32 times
- Go sideways: VideodiscA closely related topic
- Go sideways: LaserDisc playerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A home videodisc in the Laserdisc format.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Use of an Interactive Laserdisc Parent Training Program with Teenage Parents
The LC MARC Database on Video Laserdisc: The MINI MARC System
The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations: 600 Physics Demonstrations on Laserdisc
Converting Laserdisc Video to Digital Video: A Demonstration Project Using Brain Animations
P.O.S.S.U.M. (Pictures of standard syndromes and undiagnosed malformations) version 3.0. The Murdoch Institute for Research Into Birth Defects. Ten 5 1/4″ 360k floppy disks, one 12″ video laserdisc, and one User Manual with appendices and index. Distributor and Principal Vendor: C. P. Export Pty. Ltd., 613 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia, 1991, $3,000.00
Laserdisc Systems from Reference Technology: Multiuser Technology for High‐Use Environments
📚 Books worth reading
The Kid's Guide to Home VideoDaniel Cohen, Susan Cohen · 1984
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