Popular Lasers!

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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Popular Lasers!
Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 12:15
JL235	apparently in the 1990s laserdisc was the most popular format for video rentals. Given the great quality at the time, I can see why.
Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 12:15
steve_ancell	But how?. I never knew anyone, apart from my school, that owned a LASERDisc player!.
Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 12:28
JL235	ah, I meant "the most popular in Hong Kong".
Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 13:00
spinal	I never heard of laser-discs until relatively recently, way after video-discs and CDs for example. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 16:51
steve_ancell	I only remember using them for viewing the Domesday Project at school.
Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 16:53
steve_ancell	JL235 ah, I meant "the most popular in Hong Kong". Were they cheaper in Hong Kong?, that may explain why they were more popular there.
Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 04:01
realtime	It was popular in Indonesia. It was expensive, but better than video tape at that time. -=-=- me blog: fork-garden
Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 05:01
9572AD	In the 90's? In Hong Kong? Surely they meant VCDs, not LDs? Nobody was even pressing LDs after like '93. -=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 05:07
Jayenkai	.. That would be the 93 of the 90's, right?
Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 06:29
JL235	Wikipedia says laser disc, I suspect that most people renting were quite rich. Also bear in mind this is just rentals, not purchases.
Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 08:35
steve_ancell	I think the siaz of the things was enough to put people off, and the machine that played them was twice the size of a VHS recorder!. \|edit\| That was the size during the 1980's, I don't know if they shrank over the next few years. \|edit\|
Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 20:37
9572AD	Well, VCDs were hugely pirated, maybe nobody bothered to rent them 'cuz they could get a pirate copy cheaper. -=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
Wed, 06 Jul 2011, 04:49
steve_ancell	9572AD Well, VCDs were hugely pirated, maybe nobody bothered to rent them 'cuz they could get a pirate copy cheaper. That happens now with DVDs, they still sell and rent out shed loads. \|edit\| It was also easy to pirate VHS and BETA-MAX, but I still knew loads of people that hired them from Blockbuster-Video. \|edit\|