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LOL! Jazz, why do you make this so easy:

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In Reply to: RE: There was no such thing as laserdisc in 1978 posted by Jazz Inmate on August 31, 2007 at 13:48:45

By 1980 the term LaserDisc was being fully utilized if you want to get technical, but the optical videodisc system was designated Disco-Vision as early as 1969. In 1978 it was called DiscoVision (hyphen eliminated) and the discs were being marketed as Laser Videodiscs.

Sorry dude, but you should've stuck in the shallows. You're in the deep end now and treadin' water; no offense, but you're way out of your depth:

Technically, it was called Laser Videodisc in '78, but it existed. Here's a clue, but sorry, no life preserver: (Open in New Window)

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I was looking at wiki too, and stand by my statement: laserdisc did not exist in 1978 - Jazz Inmate 15:49:59 08/31/07 (2)
It was not marketed (certainly not marketed as laserdisc) until 1980, and it never gained mass market appeal or penetration. And as for Racerguy's overarching point that the industry didn't know a better optical format was coming along or Jack's point that Laserdisc had "the entire industry behind it", those are both idiotic claims. MCA/Universal was the only studio where laserdisc had any real traction, and electronics companies, with the exception of Pioneer, were lukewarm at best to the format.
Anyone can click wikipedia.com, auph. It doesn't mean you know anything.
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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

Edits: 08/31/07
- RE: I was looking at wiki too, and stand by my statement: laserdisc did not exist in 1978 - racerguy 16:39:08 08/31/07 (1)
  > > It was not marketed (certainly not marketed as laserdisc) until 1980, and it never gained mass market appeal or penetration. And as for Racerguy's overarching point that the industry didn't know a better optical format was coming along < <
  
  So, you are claiming that "the industry" knew in 1980 that a better optical format would come along in 1998, so they deliberately withheld support for Laserdisc, and allowed tape-based media to rule the market for 18+ years while waiting? That's...surreal.
  
  Jazz, what color is the sky in your world?
  - RE: I was looking at wiki too, and stand by my statement: laserdisc did not exist in 1978 - Jazz Inmate 16:56:53 08/31/07 (0)
    > > So, you are claiming that "the industry" knew in 1980 that a better optical format would come along in 1998, so they deliberately withheld support for Laserdisc, and allowed tape-based media to rule the market for 18+ years while waiting? That's...surreal. < <
    
    That's surreal? Then what do you think happened during those years? We know Laserdisc did not have wide support. We know DVD killed it once and for all. That's not surreal. It's real. No one had a crystal ball, but obviously the concept that LaserDisc was a costly, cumbersome, clunky technology that would be supplanted by a more elegant technology was seized upon by many CE manufacturers and home video execs.
    
    > > Jazz, what color is the sky in your world? < <
    
    Blue.
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    "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

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