Still in use? can remember its big bulky size?
My house still have the Discs, if u think it is outdated m here are
some tidbits
Dolby Digital (also called AC-3) and DTS, which are now common on
DVD titles, first became available on Laserdisc, and Star Wars:
Episode I (1999) which was released on Laserdisc in Japan, is among
the first home video releases ever to include 6.1 channel Dolby
Digital EX Surround
Some videophiles will continue to argue that Laserdisc maintains a
"smoother" more "film like" image while DVD still looks slightly
more artificial
In 1991, several manufacturers announced specifications for what
would become known as MUSE Laserdisc. Encoded using NHK's MUSE
"Hi-Vision" analogue TV system, MUSE discs would operate like
standard Laserdiscs but would contain high-definition 1125-line
(1035 visibe lines) video with a 5:3 aspect ratio
Towards the end of the format's life, a small number of discs were
sold in Japan which contained an anamorphic image technology
marketed as "squeeze", effectively the same as the 16:9 anamorphic
output from a DVD player
During its prime, there was something very special about being a
laserdisc collector. It was like belonging to an elite club of
enthusiasts, each of which feeling that they were among the very
few who actually cared about the presentation of movies on video.
In my own town of Boston, there was once a store called LaserCraze
which issued all of its purchases and rentals in plastic shopping
bags with a distinctive orange spiral logo. If you walked down the
streets and saw one of those bags you would know that someone else
out there shared your feelings, even if you knew nothing else about
that person
