Forgotten Tech | LaserDisc - The DVD of the 1970's!

Let's go back to the age of physical media and look at one of the forgotten technologies, far beyond it's time. The LaserDisc.

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Fred V & Grafix - Nearly There

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[duchesslustmoontypea]

I was 15 years old, when my father bought me my first Laser Video Disc Player !! It was spring of 1983 !! It was the Pioneer LD - 1100 model top loading .
And had the remote control.
I remember he paid $800 plus tax .
And my first movie was Psyco !!
I have around 100 collected now.
My last movie I bought was in 1994 !! The 4 box sets of Twin Peaks !! They were $100 a box with 4 disc in each box.
The complete series was 12 disc !!
4 box sets for $400 !!
I have never watched them yet !!
My last player was the Pioneer CLD - 702 !! and was over $1, 000 !! Plus tax !! It’s in storage now since 1996 !! Beautiful memories of my very very privileged childhood and teenage years !! Daddy bought me anything I really wanted and without question !! $500 every Friday for allowance and never did anything around the house for that cash money every single Friday afternoon after school !!
Since I was 12 years old.
That was $2, 000
A month just for new clothes and shoes and makeup and very expensive handbags 👜 !!
In today’s money that’s probably around $3, 500 a month ?? Spending money each Friday afternoon !! 4 times a month every month since 1990 !! And stopped after he passed away !!
Then I got a almost Vulgar amount of money and commercial real estate !!
And 3 big brick houses !! 5, 000
Square foot each house. That I rent out for $2, 500 a month !!
$7, 500 a month in rent checks from my tenants .
I was really lucky 🍀
Then my very own personal income. It’s not easy living on )12, 500 a month !!

[Isoflix]

Great video; brings back some good memories. I was involved with the development of Philips laser disc technology in their reasearch labs in Eindhoven in 1974. I remember prototype players being demonstrated to an invited internal audience who were astonished by the image quality. You have to remember this was before VHS and the only competition was the Philips V2000 VCR.

[MrMeatHook]

I still have a working LD player and 400+ Laserdiscs! I love it!

[temmorijken]

I'm trying to become a hipster and this channel is perfect for that so thank man

[kgpnerd]

Now I understand that why the compact disc (CD) is called so.

[thereallantesh]

Great video. This brings back fond memories of the early 90’s for me. A friend had a LD player, and we would rent movies on the weekend quite often. They were so much better than VHS, and a decade ahead of DVD. At the time having to flip the disk over didn't seem like a big deal.

[deathstrike]

Thank you for showing the LaserDisc some love!! Many of us still use our players today as many rare and obscure movies are not available on DVD. That and the VHS tape movies the rare ones are on are often terribly degraded. At least with LD, if it was cared for, the movie is as crisp and clear as the day it was pressed and that pressing may have been 30 or more years ago.

[vitormlb]

The explanation of shoorwave lengh laser was so simple and so great!

[Nemoticon]

Nice, thank you. I watched a lot of my favourite movies on LD during the early 90s as a kid - T2, Jurassic Park, Navy Seals, Under Siege, Ghost in the Darkness, Fantasia etc. We also 'had' LD boxsets of Tom & Jerry, Star Trek TNG, Indiana Jones & Star Wars OT. A wonderful format to watch movies on with incredible disc 'sleeves' that mirror those of vinyl records.

[hamrx]

I was involved in LaserDisc from before it was released as a consumer product. I worked for Pioneer Electronics and was responsible for Laser Disc being first introduced into General Motors Holden Australia for in dealer training. That was before it became a consumer product. The first Laser Disc Player was the commercial model PR7820. Laser Disc was even the source of the first Video JukeBox located in may venues in Australia this was ultimately followed by the Video CD Jukebox that I was personally responsible for its design and development. I lived and breathed this technology.

[MultiPedroAndrade]

i love laserdisc, even bought one today :)

[DiscipleMario]

this was so interesting !!! I love your videos bro!
such good vibe!

[headphonesortega]

this video is so relaxing, it actually entertains me and i learn stuff. Everytime i get a project for school i come here thanks for putting the best work in your videos

[dpfreedman]

Very interesting and timely video! Oddly enough, just last month I took my Pioneer CLD-3070 LD player out of mothballs and fired it up. Still works. Still plays both sides automatically. Amazing piece of technology. Thanks for posting this.

[satyaadibaskarawiryawan]

I still remember, when i was kid, about 5 - 7 years old. Me and my father often rent a laser disc.

[Boshentz]

Wow. I don't know how do you do it, but each of your videos are just amazing. I'm very happy to be able to watch it!

Cheers!!

[nikolatesla]

The secret life of machines (1991) is an awesome series. I highly recommend it!

[Thebeanmachine]

The editting, the music and the calm voice. I love these video's so much. So well put together. Love it!

[BisericaOnline]

Hello, i wach every cold fusion episode from my country România (europe), and i like the way you explayn things, very clear, that every one can understand, and put things in a wat to apear more interesting. God bless you!

[SuperEvanbaxter]

Another awesome retro-tech video from CF. Really enjoyed it and learned about something new. I was born in early nineties but I never came across one of these giant granddad of CDs. And now CDs are also being deprecated. It's amazing to think how tech world has grown over the past few decades .