SHOUT-laserdisc-NOT A VHS OR DVD-need a laserdisc player to use

In the last video, we took a look at the early history of Laserdisc. If you haven’t seen that, you can find a link down below or up there. In short, Laserdisc was the first optical storage format, storing analog video on 12 inch reflective discs, and it was released at the end of the 1970’s. Featuring many of the noteworthy features of DVD, it may seem surprising that it didn’t become that popular. It’s market adoption barely reached 2 percent of videocassette recorder sales in North America, and was even worse in Europe. Its most successful market was in Asia, but even that wasn’t fantastic. Only 10% of Japanese households had a laserdisc player, and Japan was considered the healthiest market. In this video, we’ll find out why Laserdisc just sorta stayed in the background its entire life. Let me begin by saying that the problem is more nuanced than simply, they cost too much. Because i