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François Yves Le Gal
wrote:

On 22 Jan 2004 00:01:45 GMT, (S888Wheel) wrote:

So why didn't laser disc take off?

LD's were bulky and heavy.

True but Video Tape was bulky too.

LD's were very expensive - around USD50,00 for a movie.

I was used to paying $25 for laser discs. The most I ever paid for a single LD
was $40 for the THX Demo disc.

LD's were dual sided, with only 60 mn max per side.

Big limitation.

LD's weren't very reliable. Laser rot anyone?
And so on...

I once owned 300 LDs and cannot recall ever having a single failure either crib
death or in-use over a roughly 7 year period.