laserdisc
Pre-DVD video platter
A laserdisc is an optical disc format for video playback, popular from the 1970s through the 1990s before DVDs made it obsolete.
The discs were large—about the size of vinyl LP records—and offered better picture quality than VHS tapes, though they couldn't record.
Laserdiscs became a format for serious film collectors and home theater enthusiasts: He had an impressive laserdisc collection of classic movies.
Also spelled as two words (laser disc) or with a capital D (LaserDisc, the original trademark).
Of vision or light
- videodiscOptical movie storage medium
- LDAbbreviation for harmful quantity
- NTSCAnalog video encoding standard
- PALTelevision color standard
analog · component · composite · S-Video · 480i · interlaced · scanlines · luminance
Game participant
- PioneerAudio-visual equipment manufacturer
- clarityState of being understandable
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- surroundEnclose on every side
soundtrack · stereo · Dolby · widescreen · commentary · theatrical · letterbox
Analog tape format
- BetamaxDefunct videocassette format
- DVDOptical media format
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- nineties1990-1999
obsolete · discontinued · superseded · transitional · videophile · premium · expensive · niche
optical
Of vision or light
- videodiscOptical movie storage medium
- LDAbbreviation for harmful quantity
- NTSCAnalog video encoding standard
PAL · analog · component · composite · S-Video · 480i · interlaced · scanlines · luminance · chrominance
player
Game participant
- PioneerAudio-visual equipment manufacturer
- clarityState of being understandable
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
surround · soundtrack · stereo · Dolby · widescreen · commentary · theatrical · letterbox
VHS
Analog tape format
nineties · obsolete · discontinued · superseded · transitional · videophile · premium · expensive · niche · analog
collectible
Object worth amassing
out-of-print · import · Japanese · condition · sleeve · gatefold · supplement · booklet · archive · preservation
- analog techvinyl, cassette, VHS, film, tape
- recordingsaudio recording, albums, studio albums, video recording, live albums
- retro electronics8-track, 8-track player, answering machine, Atari, Betamax
- old mediabooks, radio, newspaper, newspapers, television
- printed mediabooks, magazines, novels, paperbacks, hardcovers
laserdiscVHS
Analog tape format
magnetic tape · VHS tape · videotape · Betamax · cassette tape
laserdiscstreaming
Real-time digital delivery
digital streaming · digital download · cloud storage · Netflix · video on demand