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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Before DVDs and streaming, there was the ...

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 ...

Remember Laserdiscs? Those large-size video mediums almost no one outside Japan bought in the 1980s and 1990s? I never thought I would write another post on LDs after the one in January this year in ...

Yes, we're just as shocked and horrified to hear the news as you are, but it seems to be true. Pioneer, the last major electronics manufacturer to continue production of laserdisc players, has ...

"A retrospective on the forgotten tech of LaserDisc and its role in the 1970s DVD era. ColdFusion offers captivating, well-researched videos that delve into technology, innovation, history, and the ...

Buyers of a rare LaserDisc used to demonstrate an 80s-vintage film editing system have found it full of raw footage from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, graciously posting clips to a ...

The latest format war is all the rage these days as things really start to heat up. Everyone loves to compare it to Beta vs VHS, but what about the last Video Disc format war? No this isn't the first ...

Here in the year 2025, it’s not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that’s just what happened last week with the ...