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So-Called "Hi-rez" formats on their way out?
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randyb
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So-Called "Hi-rez" formats on their way out?
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LD's were bulky and heavy.
Yeah, inconvenient.
LD's were very expensive - around USD50,00 for a movie.
No. they were cheaper than their VHS counterparts on average.
LD's were dual sided, with only 60 mn max per side.
Yeah, inconvenient.
LD's weren't very reliable. Laser rot anyone?
And so on...
They were more reliable than VHS cassettes. Laser rot fortunately was fixed.
Ultimately the problem with laser discs were mostly a matter of convenience.
My son had an early laser disk player. The FIRST question people
asked was how much are the disk-at the time 40-100. There was never a
follow-up question. I was an early adoptee of DVD-same question how
much are the disks, "that is not bad", how much for the player. I
submit that the disks were too expensive to become a household format.
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