Laser videodisc players are manufactured and sold in Japan by Sony, Hitachi, Yamaha, and Pioneer. However, the only company selling them in the U.S. is Pioneer — and no machines are manufactured ...

High school students can research and discuss such controversial topics as DNA testing of criminals, genetic screening, in-vitro gender selection and euthanasia with Bi'ethics Forums, an interactive ...

The result was a videodisc, first demonstrated in the summer of 1979, that let users choose their own routes through the streets, listen to interviews with Aspen locals, change the season ...

1981: __RCA's long-awaited videodisc system, essentially a vinyl record that plays video, hits stores in the United States. The company spent 15 years and $200 million developing it, only for the ...

the VideoDisc is a vinyl-sized black plastic disc that contained an entire film. The format failed in the home-viewing marketplace, obviously.