Laserdisc film catalogue

443 items

The rise and at the same time the decline of the laserdisc phenomenon. More

The laserdisc is an analog optical disc for image and sound storage.
The technique dates back to 1958 and makes it possible to read a disk containing data using a laser beam.
As a result, there is no physical contact between the record and a recording unit.
The big advantage is that wear of the plate is not possible.
Philips had been developing optical video recording since 1970 and teamed up with Discovision in 1975 and they first released the optical video disc for the US market in Atlanta in 1976.
Until 1984, image and sound were still analog, after which the sound was digitally encoded.
The system failed because the VCR was released that allowed people to record what the laserdisc couldn't.
The already released plates [laserdisc] are therefore quite rare.

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Full name

Laserdisc

Number of dvd / video / blu-ray

443

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Oldest item

Thank you very much (1979)