OT: Video Disc Player and discs

[James Knott]

Giles Orr wrote:
> The cartridge is reminiscent of the eight track, but in this case
> after inserting the disc you pull the cartridge back out while the
> disc remains in the player.  And after you've watched half the movie,
> you have to put the cartridge in, take the disc out, flip it, put the
> cartridge and disc back in, pull the the cartridge out ... and then
> play the second side of the disc.  Video quality (per Wikipedia) is on
> par with VHS-SP - but as the system requires physical contact, I guess
> the discs will eventually degrade.

JVC had a competing video disc, which used grooveless discs.  Now that
we're in a retro mode, I suppose you could say the RCA system was
"groovy".  ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_High_Density
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