http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-doomed-effort-to-make-videos-go-vinyl
One must think back to a time in the early 1980's when movies could be played in the home on what appeared to be similar to the vinyl records commonly used for music. The only such unit I ever saw playing one of these was in the home of a woman who provided day care for a couple of my daughters. So, they must not have been too expensive to own. Anyone else remember much about this short-lived home entertainment option?
On a related theme, the reason I happened to think of this is that today is Friday the 14th. Normally, Friday the 13th is a day to provoke weird thoughts. But, in my twisted mind, Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th sort of morphed together as Friday the 14th. This got me to thinking of the movie from 1981 called "Saturday the 14th" that was a spoof of the "Friday the 13th" series of movies and other similar horror films. That was the movie that was playing at the babysitter's house when I stopped by to pick up the girls. I vaguely recall a scene where "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" somehow came up through the plumbing and emerged in a bathtub with Paula Prentiss or some other main character. Or, maybe she pulled the plug and it went down the drain.
Though I was alive when the above was attempted, I never heard a word about it. Putting movies on vinyl certainly seems arcane at this point. But, that reminded me of seeing pictures of a full sized record player.... in the console of a care (Cadillac if memory serves). The ad promoted how smooth the car rode that one could play a record while driving.
Which led me to looking for a picture a few minutes ago of above record player. In a brief search, I did not find that, but I did see pictures of something else I never knew existed from the 1960s. An under dash record player for 45 rpm discs.
I have an acquaintance who still has an operational LaserDisc player and some discs to go with it.
There was a device (maybe there were a few), a record player for a car. It didn't work too well, the local that had one was sure proud of it, even though it would of course skip as the car found a bump......
A few months after he installed his 8 tracks came out......
Yes my in-laws had one of those with a stack of disks.
A friend has a laserdisc player. Some interesting titles came out on it. She even managed to get a copy of the Japan-released Song of the South! I remember the discs as being relatively expensive compared to vhs or dvds.
Jim Frame, post: 423448, member: 10 wrote: I have an acquaintance who still has an operational LaserDisc player and some discs to go with it.
I too, am one of those unfortunate individuals that invested in laser disc technology for my movie collection.
Must have about a hundred of them, mostly Criterion Collection.
Luckily (I think) one of the major companies produced a player that could accommodate CD's as well, so we were OK for a few extra years.
The player still works, at least it did a few months ago when we turned it on to research something on a long forgotten disc.
Now the laser discs are relegated to a shelf in storage with the remaining 400 vinyl LP's..........:unamused:
Angelo
sicilian cowboy, post: 423936, member: 705 wrote:
Now the laser discs are relegated to a shelf in storage with the remaining 400 vinyl LP's..........:unamused:Angelo
instead of letting that relic collect dust, you might consider selling it on eBay. At a quick glance, selling price is between ~30$ to 270$ depending on make and model. Perhaps someone could use it.
You know that must be a few collectors out there who lust after the thought of finding such a disc player, still in the original box and unopened.
Worked with someone about the y2k period who was a videophile. Owned a laser disc for quite sometime and sung it's merits constantly. He said it was the only way to view a movie at home. I guess the laser disc days were coming to an end but he was excited about all discs that he was picking up cheap on eBay.
I had Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same (film) on laser disc, I bought it in Japan but I never got around to buying a player. In '86 we thought that laser discs would replace Betamax and VCR as the preferred medium for video, but they turned out to be a short - lived stepping stone to DVDs.
Unfortunately that disc was stolen along with my entire vinyl collection, which was a shame because, among other things, I had Japanese pressings of George Benson's Breezin', King Crimson's Court of the Crimson King, and Jimi Hendrix' Electric Ladyland. The latter sported the iconic naked women cover that was banned in the US and would probably be worth some decent coin in mint condition.
Holy Cow, post: 423985, member: 50 wrote: You know that must be a few collectors out there who lust after the thought of finding such a disc player, still in the original box and unopened.
After I posted, I did notice at least one player that sold for about $1000. Probably unopened. Did not look to see if any of the sellers included discs with the player, but one might imagine that could increase the value.
so is that the same as a laser disc??... that was like a giant CD.. but you said vinyl so I was thinking more like a record.
[USER=44]@Andy J[/USER]
Check out the link in the original post.
Holy Cow, post: 424152, member: 50 wrote: [USER=44]@Andy J[/USER]
Check out the link in the original post.
I did.. and every post after said "laser disc"
here's a quick breakdown of the differences between CED's and Laser Discs.
http://www.ebay.com/gds/The-Difference-Laserdisc-and-CED-Selectavision-/10000000010577657/g.html
In laws had selectavision"
