A Teaser
Added 2017-10-31 09:16:56 +0000 UTCIf you hadn't guessed from the shirt I was wearing in my latest video, I have a fondness for Laserdiscs. This machine has been stuck in my mind ever since I first researched the format, and I truly think it is one of the most beautiful and unique pieces of audiovisual equipment to have ever been produced. So of course, I had to have one. This machine is older than every CD player, as it was made in 1981.
Sadly, it doesn't work, and probably never will. These old Magnavox units are hobbled together and really seem more like prototypes on the inside than actual mass-produced machines.
This unit has actually been in my possession for close to a year, and when it comes time to do a video on Laserdisc it will be featured prominently. Next to its contemporary videocassette recorders, this thing looks like it's from the future! And yet, the format went just a few blocks past nowhere.
The video on Laserdisc is on my to-do list, but it's not planned for the very near future. But why not give a sneak peek?
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Oh my dear sweet wowness. I recently - in the earlier '10s - had a LaserDisc collection and a whole collection of movies as well! I had it up on LDDb and everything. In a way, though, it all got lost in a "fire"... an economic fire that lost all my stuff. One of the things I miss the most, for sure. I had a Sony player that just needed some TLC to get up and running again (a loading mechanism stud was broken-off in transport), and it worked great. I would love to see more photos of the insides of this Magnavox player. Incredible to think that anything laser- or optical-related was being done so early in the 80s!
Matt Falcon
2017-11-01 04:29:07 +0000 UTC
