Laserdisc

Laserdisc (LD), previously known as Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Videodisc, Disco-Vision, DiscoVision, and MCA DiscoVision and originally spelled LaserDisc (note the CamelCase) was the first commercially available optical disc storage medium. The format offered large storage capacity, but its use as a backup medium was limited; the technology was used primarily as a high-end home video format. Despite being technologically superior to VHS, the Laserdisc format was nowhere near as popular or as far reaching and is not considered to have been hugely successful. Nonetheless, Laserdisc developed a niche following in America among collectors and, to a greater degree, in Japan, where the format was better supported and more prevalent during its lifetime. Compact discs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and all other optical-disc formats released since Laserdisc have included features that debuted on the Laserdisc format. Laserdisc technology, using a transparent disc, was invented by David...