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LaserDisc: The 1980s Technology That Was Too Ahead of Its Time?

LaserDisc: The 1980s Technology That Was Too Ahead of Its Time?

Everything 80s · Jamie Logie / Curiouscast

February 22, 202333m 6s

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Show Notes

It just wasn't meant to be… LaserVision–or LaserDisc as we know it–was the third competitor in the home video format war during the 80s.

But despite being a technological marvel with advanced picture and sound, LaserDisc just couldn't compete with VHS and Beta during the golden age of video. Today we look back on a pioneering form of video technology--with roots going all the way back to the 1950s--that is actually still with us to this day...

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