We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once considered to be a serious player in the physical media market, LaserDiscs have since fallen by the wayside, but they still hold value ...

LaserDiscs may have faded into obscurity after the rise of DVDs, but for collectors, this large-format home video medium is a treasure trove of rare, high-value releases. Produced mostly from the late ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I think it's safe to say that we all take for granted just how easy it is for us to mix a variety of media pretty seamlessly in the content we ...

In December 1978, LaserDiscs looked like the hot new thing in visual technology. So why did VHS eventually win out? ANYONE remember LaserDiscs? On 14 December 1978, New Scientist ran a long story ...

“I always wanted to be the king of something,” says Chuck Legg. “I would have been the king of Lionel trains, but I didn’t have enough money. I was too late in life, and the stuff was gone. I came to ...

Back before DVDs, before Blu-ray, before MP3s, and before CDs, there were Laserdiscs. First released way back in 1978, the Laserdisc media format offered high-quality video and laid the foundation for ...

“I always wanted to be the king of something,” says Chuck Legg. “I would have been the king of Lionel trains, but I didn’t have enough money. I was too late in life, and the stuff was gone. I came to ...

It turns out you can quite literally see an analog signal if the conditions are right—and you look closely enough. Reading time 3 minutes Despite their futuristic appearance—for our money, they’re ...

Laserdiscs are a video medium that records analog video and audio signals on a 30cm diameter optical disc, and they became popular in the 1980s and 90s. In a video reviewing a digital microscope with ...

Walk into Rain Dog Records in Petaluma, and you might think you’ve stepped into a time machine. Between the rows of used vinyl, a small corner now glows with the neon promise of movie magic: shelves ...