Laserdiscs never fully caught on, as they were bulky and expensive. However, for collectors and movie buffs, it's hard to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once considered to be a serious player in the physical media market, LaserDiscs have since fallen by the wayside, but they still hold value ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I think it's safe to say that we all take for granted just how easy it is for us to mix a variety of media pretty seamlessly in the content we ...

“I always wanted to be the king of something,” says Chuck Legg. “I would have been the king of Lionel trains, but I didn’t have enough money. I was too late in life, and the stuff was gone. I came to ...

In December 1978, LaserDiscs looked like the hot new thing in visual technology. So why did VHS eventually win out? ANYONE remember LaserDiscs? On 14 December 1978, New Scientist ran a long story ...

The first laser videodisc players cost $1,000. The first CD players cost $1,000. The cost of viewing near-perfect pictures and listening to stunning sound was a steep $2,000. Then Pioneer, savior of ...

Back before DVDs, before Blu-ray, before MP3s, and before CDs, there were Laserdiscs. First released way back in 1978, the Laserdisc media format offered high-quality video and laid the foundation for ...

When you think of the home video format of choice in decades past, what comes to mind first? For many, it's the bulky, plastic VHS tapes that dominated video rental store shelves for years. VHS tapes ...