The first commercial optical disc video format, storing an analog video signal as laser-readable pits and lands on a disc roughly 300 millimetres across. It offered picture quality that surpassed VHS and supported digital surround sound, though costly players and the inability to record kept it from displacing the cassette outside Japan. Philips, Pioneer and MCA brought it to market in 1978 as DiscoVision, rebranding it LaserVision and then LaserDisc once Pioneer took the leading role in 1980.
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Introduced YearMarketed from 1978 as DiscoVision; rebranded LaserVision and then LaserDisc once Pioneer took the leading role in 1980. OriginDeveloped jointly by Philips, Pioneer and MCA and first marketed in the United States in 1978 under MCA's DiscoVision brand, later rebranded LaserVision and then LaserDisc as Pioneer took the lead role in its development and promotion. 1 Connections
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LaserDisc (Wikipedia)
introductory section
LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium.
LaserDisc (Wikipedia), introductory section, DiscoVision launch
It was developed by Philips, Pioneer, and the movie studio MCA. The format was initially marketed in the United States in 1978 under the name DiscoVision, a brand used by MCA.
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