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: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6rSDpkuPadWPpbhIToZIVVS4bRIBQTi

Sources:
- TheDroidWorks Brochure: http://www.typewritten.org/Articles/DroidWorks/ed-485.pdf
- Lost ‘Return of the Jedi' footage discovered on $699 LaserDisc (Verge): https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/27/5035596/lost-return-of-the-jedi-footage-discovered-on-699-laserdisc
- David Paul Greg (Alchetron): https://alchetron.com/David-Paul-Gregg
- Electron beam recording and reproducing system (Google Patents): https://patents.google.com/patent/US3350503
- Record World Dec 2, 1972 (World Radio History): https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/72/RW-1972-12-02.pdf
- LaserDisc Database:
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/12189/PILF-2870/Tokyo-Raiders
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/44014/060-839-1/Leslie-Cheung:-Passion-Tour-2001
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/00017/PILF-2869/Crimson-Rivers-The
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/21512/LV335643-WS/Bringing-Out-the-Dead
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/32738/LPR-036/Terminator-2:-Judgment-Day:-Teaser-amp;-Trailer
https://www.lddb.com/laserrot.php
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/46431/FY105-55MG/Gone-with-the-Wind
- Pioneer halts production of Laserdisc players… finally (Ars Technica): https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/01/pioneer-halts-production-of-laser-disk-players-finally/
- BBC Master AIV (WikiMedia): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_Master_AIV_(Domesday_System)_(1).jpg
- Pioneer CLD-1010 (LaserWiki): https://bitcrush.io/laserwiki/index.php/Pioneer_CLD-1010
- Bilbo’s Japan CDV (Batini): https://www.batini.com/otherjapancdv/
- LaserActive and Taito Super D3BOS – Unlikely Origins (LaserActive Preservation Project): https://laseractive.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/laseractive-and-taito-super-d3bos-unlikely-origins/
- RadioShack 1991 Catalog (RadioShackCatalogs): https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/1991_radioshack_catalog.html
- Low pricing of ‘Ghost’ on laserdisc shows a key to the current market (Chicago Tribune): https://books.google.ca/books?id=sf1TAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA27&dq=laserdisc&article_id=5171,2873967&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyiv6Qh5mBAxUbITQIHQM_B_YQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=laserdisc&f=false
- LaserDisc Europe: A Miss (So Far) (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992): https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-02-08.pdf
- LaserDisc Japan: A Massive Hit (Billboard Magazine Feb 8, 1992):
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-02-08.pdf
- The Ed Sullivan Show stats (US TVDB): https://ustvdb.com/networks/cbs/shows/ed-sullivan/
- HDTV Sets Now in Over 80% of US Households (Leichtman Research): https://web.archive.org/web/20150314055243/http://leichtmanresearch.com/press/031315release.html
- Electronic Games 1993-12: https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n1/mode/2up
- Pioneer’s multiformat Laseractive System (Video Magazine Dec 1993): https://archive.org/details/video-magazine-1993-12/page/n17/mode/1up

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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

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