The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first ...

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 ...

Just for the fun of it, let’s dive off that runaway wagon train of technology. Let’s put off DVD — hey, it already put us off for more than a year — and all those new big-screen TVs and all those new ...

okay okay, I know you're all thinking "this guy is crazy" right now. But the star wars movies as well as a few james bond movies(up until recently) were not available on DVD yet. I have a few basic ...

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 ...

Able to be combined with the BU9369FVM high-frequency modulation IC for reduced noise, the RLD2WMUV2 single-mode dual-wavelength laser provides 785-nm light with 18 mA and 655 nm at 20 mA for DVD ...

Sanyo Electric (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a laser that makes it possible to design digital-videodisk (DVD) players for automobiles. The laser operates at a highertemperature, 80degreeC, than lasers ...

The relentless march of technological development means once cutting edge inventions are continually being relegated to the scrapheap, or at least the musty bottom drawer. From what might have been to ...

It wasn’t so long ago that a large-screen television installed in the living room created a focal point for home activities. Everyone could gather in one room and watch a show. Loners could listen to ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...