video disc

Shiny movie carrier

A video disc is a flat circular medium for storing video content, read by laser or stylus.

The term covers several formats including LaserDisc and DVD, though it's now largely historical—video disc gave way to DVD and then to streaming.

Sometimes spelled as one word: videodisc.

Related

home theater · optical · spinning · shiny · movie · movie night · rental · eject · tray · skip · skip button · scratch · format · region code · laserdisc · chapter · menu · remote

Opposites
storage medium format

video discmagnetic tape

Coated strip storing data

VHS · videotape · Betamax · VHS tape · cassette tape

physical vs. digital distribution

video discstreaming

Real-time digital delivery

digital download · video on demand · cloud storage · digital streaming · Netflix

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G