Question

[Emmanuel Cruz]

What is a laserdisc? Could someone please explain it to me.


Thanks!

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by DarkEJ310
What is a laserdisc? Could someone please explain it to me.


Thanks!

short form:

optical A/V system using large discs (12 or 13" diameter) - think over-sized CD) and requiring special player. Forerunner of DVD.

long form:

http://www.frii.com/~rjn/laser/ld_faq.pdf

[kiddiesunshine]

good thing someone asked, because i was also clueless.

[mmv3000]

yep, they're about the size of old record albums...so in a way, they are to DVD as albums are to cd's....