Forgotten Tech LaserDisc the 1970’s DVD Era. Posted: December 26, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 "A retrospective on the forgotten tech of LaserDisc and its role in the 1970s DVD era.

Before DVDs and streaming, there was the LaserDisc. We take a trip down memory lane to revisit a format that was supposed to be the future of home movies. To revisit the format that was, I went to ...

They say you can't put a price on happiness, but we bet the Star Wars fan(s) who bought this LaserDisc off eBay didn't mind paying $699 for 30 minutes of bliss. After all, it contains 50 raw and ...

But the laserdisc market was far from perfect: The cost to manufacture each disc was $8 (and could jump to $14 if the movie was longer than two hours, requiring two discs), which in turn drove the ...

In 1983 Cinematronics found its solution in the form of Dragon's Lair.It was a pioneer game, an animated laserdisc title drawn by veteran Disney animator Don Bluth that demanded not one but two of ...

For its time, the LaserDisc was very advanced in both visual and audio output when compared to VHS tapes. Even though overall it was an unpopular format, many home video hobbyists flocked to the ...

The origin of the LaserDisc isn’t entirely clear, but it was purchased for $699 off eBay, apparently once used to demonstrate Lucasfilm’s EditDroid station — one of the first digital film ...