Devo Demonstrates LaserDisc - 1984

"Devo say it themselves in this 1984 video, it's their job to stay up on the latest technology. This footage is from an in-store demo LaserDisc hosted by the Ohio boys showcasing the superiority of LaserDisc over VHS. One of the sales tacks that Pioneer took with their beloved LD format was to say that it's video for those who care about audio. Of course LD never really took off as it was always quite a bit more expensive than VHS, offered few rental titles, and of course the discs weren't recordable. Later Pioneer marketed the LD format mostly to cinephiles, with letterboxed films often appearing only on laser (which makes it funny that they only use full frame 4:3 footage in this demo disc)" via www.retrothing.com

Comments

[Sherri]

I suppose nobody but me remembers SelectaVision from RCA - I used to have one. They used vinyl discs, and were played in the machine via a stylus, just like an audio record. I doubt they ever had more than a dozen titles total - I maybe had three. The machine was cheap by videodisc standards - I think I paid $199.95 for it. It's now in a landfill somewhere in southern California, where it belongs.