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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Popular Lasers! |
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| Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 12:15 | |
JL235
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apparently in the 1990s laserdisc was the most popular format for video rentals. Given the great quality at the time, I can see why.
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| Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 12:15 | |
steve_ancell
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But how?. I never knew anyone, apart from my school, that owned a LASERDisc player!.
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| Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 12:28 | |
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JL235
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ah, I meant "the most popular in Hong Kong".
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| Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 13:00 | |
spinal
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I never heard of laser-discs until relatively recently, way after video-discs and CDs for example.
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| Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 16:51 | |
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steve_ancell
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I only remember using them for viewing the Domesday Project at school.
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| Mon, 04 Jul 2011, 16:53 | |
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steve_ancell
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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 | |
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It was popular in Indonesia. It was expensive, but better than video tape at that time.
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| Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 05:01 | |
9572AD
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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.
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| Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 05:07 | |
Jayenkai
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.. That would be the 93 of the 90's, right?
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| Tue, 05 Jul 2011, 06:29 | |
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JL235
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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 | |
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steve_ancell
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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 | |
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9572AD
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Well, VCDs were hugely pirated, maybe nobody bothered to rent them 'cuz they could get a pirate copy cheaper.
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| Wed, 06 Jul 2011, 04:49 | |
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steve_ancell
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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| |
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