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• 8/15/2011 4:43 PM jaltesorensen wrote:
  I liked the information about laserdiscs and all the technical info. But a shame that jerrid and brad did not show up.
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• 8/15/2011 5:47 PM Brad wrote:
  This was a night when our internet connection went down, so we couldn't be there.
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• 8/16/2011 12:30 AM Randolph wrote:
  There was another disc format that came out in the late 70's/early 80's called RCA Disc-O-Vision (no Disco Inferno jokes)
  
  Apparently RCA's format used a disc which was more like a vinyl LP and used an actual record needle stylus instead of one read by a laser beam.
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  1. 8/16/2011 10:51 AM Nick wrote:
     Well you are partly right RCA did have a home video format in the late 70's early 80's it was called CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) and it was very similar to a 12 vinyl album in both look and function. it was also a colossal failure and left the market in early 1984.
     
     Disco-Vision was actually the name that MCA and Phillis had for laserDisc up until 1983 when Pioneer became a major share holder and changed the name to LaseerDisc/Laser-Vision. Yes Disco-Vision was a very blatant and cheap attempt to cash in on the whole "Disco" craze and that why Pioneer picked LaserDisc in the long run.
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     1. 8/17/2011 11:15 AM Randolph wrote:
        Hey, maybe Brad can dress up like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever!
        
        Disc-O-Vision!
        
        It's a shame that CED didn't catch on better. Compared to how fragile laser discs are, CED is like a VHS. The sense the recorded media is protected in an external case.
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        1. 8/18/2011 3:02 PM Bret wrote:
           CED are not better then laser disc. From what I know laser disc are even better then dvds in alot of ways its just there price and size that killed them. CED broke ALOT and are a pain to watch. I have over 200 ceds and I love having them but if I move I am not sure I will be bringing all of them with me. Buts thats just me. If I could make all my ced's into laser discs I would in a heart beat. Also Criterion had alot of laser discs put out thats how they started.
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           1. 8/18/2011 11:36 PM Nick wrote:
              You are 100% correct. CED is dreadful when compared to LD, hell it's terrible when compared to VHS or Beta it's main competitors.CED's can only be played a few dozen times before they start to loose video and audio quality the players are also notorious for either not working (even when new) or trashing discs. Also LD's really aren't that fragile (no more than a DVD or a CD).
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• 8/16/2011 9:41 AM no wrote:
  I collect anime laserdiscs - you can check out my collection at http://www.otakubell.com/LDs/
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  1. 8/18/2011 11:43 PM Nick wrote:
     you should check out the Laser Disc Database, they have possibly the worlds greats digital archive of LaserDiscs. They even archive the bar codes so if you're like me and have the bar code scanner app for your phone you can find the exact specs about the movie you are looking at. lddb.com
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• 8/16/2011 7:07 PM rewind83709 wrote:
  I remember hearing about laser disc when I was a kid at the fair. They were showing Jurassic park, but they kept repeating the same scene.
  Also, I loved that you used Faith no more's, "Wood pecker from mars," to go out on. Very cool.
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• 8/16/2011 8:04 PM Trevor wrote:
  I just found out today that The Moroder cut of "Metropolis" is coming to blu-ray later this year, but I don't know when, I just thought I would pass along that information to you guys
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