We Bought a Giant Movie CD Player and it’s AMAZING - Pioneer LaserActive CLD-A100

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Before Blu-ray and Streaming, DVDs, and even CDs, one gigantic platter not only ruled over home cinema, but helped create the entire concept: LaserDisc. But what happened with LaserDisc? Why was it so infrequently used in its time?
For a much deeper dive into LD, check out Technology Connection’s videos on the topic:    • Technology Connections: Laserdisc  

Sources:
TheDroidWorks Brochure: http://www.typewritten.org/Articles/D...
Lost ‘Return of the Jedi' footage discovered on $699 LaserDisc (Verge): https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/27/5...
David Paul Greg (Alchetron): https://alchetron.com/David-Paul-Gregg
Electron beam recording and reproducing system (Google Patents): https://patents.google.com/patent/US3...
Record World Dec 2, 1972 (World Radio History): https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive...
LaserDisc Database:
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/12189/...
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/44014/...
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/00017/...
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/21512/...
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/32738/...
https://www.lddb.com/laserrot.php
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/46431/...
Pioneer halts production of Laserdisc players… finally (Ars Technica): https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/...
BBC Master AIV (WikiMedia): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Pioneer CLD-1010 (LaserWiki): https://bitcrush.io/laserwiki/index.p...
Bilbo’s Japan CDV (Batini): https://www.batini.com/otherjapancdv/
LaserActive and Taito Super D3BOS – Unlikely Origins (LaserActive Preservation Project): https://laseractive.wordpress.com/201...
RadioShack 1991 Catalog (RadioShackCatalogs): https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/fl...
Low pricing of ‘Ghost’ on laserdisc shows a key to the current market (Chicago Tribune): https://books.google.ca/books?id=sf1T...
LaserDisc Europe: A Miss (So Far) (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992): https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive...
LaserDisc Japan: A Massive Hit (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992):
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive...
The Ed Sullivan Show stats (US TVDB): https://ustvdb.com/networks/cbs/shows...
HDTV Sets Now in Over 80% of US Households (Leichtman Research): https://web.archive.org/web/201503140...
Electronic Games 1993-12: https://archive.org/details/Electroni...
Pioneer’s multiformat Laseractive System (Video Magazine Dec 1993): https://archive.org/details/video-mag...

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:33 Electron Beam Data Storage
3:06 Did it "fail"?
3:45 LET'S WATCH A LASERDISC
5:08 Resolution
6:00 Audio
6:15 How it evolved
8:50 Problems
11:40 Side by Sided with VHS
13:50 Durability
14:28 Big in Japan
17:50 Enter PlayStation
18:55 Playing SEGA on LaserDisc
20:15 Storage Density
22:22 Gaming with Cartridges
23:30 SEGA Pricing
25:00 Outro