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

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 ...

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 ...

With the complete film library of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the pre-1948 output of Warner Bros. at their disposal, the laserdisc producers of MGM/UA Home Video have been inventively combing the two ...

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 ...

In the early 1980s, the arcade was still the place to play the newest and best video games. Sure, consoles existed, and were just starting to give arcades a run for their money -- and were even ...

Gav and Dan from The Slow Mo Guys. The two have shot various videos in slow motion in the past, and have already shot footage of an optical disc spinning at high speed until it breaks. Colorful CDs ...

Thinking back on visiting Burbank over the 2000 Thanksgiving break, a time when no trek up the 5 would be complete without a holiday visit to Dave’s Video, the Laser Place in Studio City. Oddly enough ...

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 ...

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 ...