WEBVTT 00:00:00.199 --> 00:00:09.519 this is a vinyl record and this is a DVD 00:00:03.639 --> 00:00:11.880 but what if W laser discs or disco 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:18.680 Vision as they were once called used to be a very sought-after video format and 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:21.080 by some they still are from 1979 up 00:00:18.680 --> 00:00:27.119 until the Advent of the DVD in the late '90s laser dis was the best option for 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:32.320 experiencing high-end video in the comfort of your own home or high school 00:00:29.240 --> 00:00:35.360 science classroom and it was the dream 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:38.120 format of movie Fanatics everywhere and 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:42.079 this copile love was welld deserved it had many of the qualities that would 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.640 eventually become the key selling features of DVD and subsequently Blu-ray 00:00:45.239 --> 00:00:51.640 with twice the resolution of VHS the ability to pause on a still frame 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:56.960 support for surround sound instant chapter skipping director's commentary 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:59.559 and it could even do 1080i resolution in 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:04.280 special cases near the end of its life and it was wasn't just the users 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:09.159 filmmakers loved the way that laser dis made their films look and sound it was 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:14.880 the first format to be capable of Home THX audio and it was the first format to 00:01:12.520 --> 00:01:19.840 receive the Criterion Collection the ultimate versions of films like Blade 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:24.680 Runner and Raging Bull in fact in some famous cases it was the best format to 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:30.200 ever receive that definitive cut of the film Star Wars speaking of Star Wars 00:01:27.759 --> 00:01:33.680 Lucas film even stored raw foot footage on these discs and used it for editing 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:39.880 with a system that they called edit Droid so return to the Jedi was on laser 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:46.200 dis before it was even in the theater but just how well does it hold up today 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:51.200 was it replaced by DVD because of some kind of technological Improvement or was 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:57.840 it just out of cost in convenience to find out we spent over 1,000 us to buy 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:03.280 one of the coveted few players that are still available and copies of Terminator 00:02:00.399 --> 00:02:09.319 2 in a variety of formats to compare them and find out once and for all is 00:02:05.479 --> 00:02:12.319 biggest disc best disc and what else 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:14.319 could laser dis do can it play the segue 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:18.599 to our sponsor do we have a hardtime lifting 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:23.800 then don't let your desk do the work flexy spot is a adjustable desk that can 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:29.319 carry up to 440 lb the movement is so gentle and steady you don't even feel as 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:31.800 Shake start flexing with Flexi spot at the link 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:39.519 hello believe it or not the concept of Electron Beam data storage was invented 00:02:36.519 --> 00:02:41.920 way back in the late 50s or early 60s by 00:02:39.519 --> 00:02:46.560 David Paul Greg it then entered a dormant State due to some patent 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:50.879 Shenanigans until ultimately MCA and Phillips worked together to bring the 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:57.040 technology to Market reusing the form factor of vinyl records which MCA was 00:02:53.720 --> 00:03:00.879 producing by the millions thusly laser 00:02:57.040 --> 00:03:02.800 dis was born it soft launched in 1978 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:08.440 with the release of Jaws in the Atlanta Georgia test market and then formally 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:12.799 launched in 1979 to label laser disc 00:03:08.440 --> 00:03:15.799 with words like success or failure would 00:03:12.799 --> 00:03:18.760 be an oversimplification in either case 00:03:15.799 --> 00:03:23.840 it did fail to gain widespread adoption but it succeeded at pushing home Cinema 00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:30.239 forward and it succeeded at standing the test of time maintaining its admittedly 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:32.560 Niche relevance for over 20 years that's 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:37.879 right the last movies on this format were released in 2001 and Pioneer 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:42.840 continued to manufacture players for it until 00:03:39.640 --> 00:03:45.360 2009 believe it or not I have never 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:49.560 watched a film on laser dis my only experience with it was one of my high 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:54.920 school teachers pulled out a player and played something for a little bit to 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:56.879 kill some time that's it I've never seen 00:03:54.920 --> 00:04:01.920 a laser dis movie before but I have used quite a few for karaoke oh more on that 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:06.040 later ooh I like this setup we've got a CRT for authenticity and then we've also 00:04:03.959 --> 00:04:10.480 got a retrotink 5x so that we can watch it on the bigger screen I love how much 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:16.680 every time we pull out a CRT we're like oh I miss CRT it just looks better on 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:18.440 there CRTs are so great as soon as you 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:22.520 become that age where you no longer hear the wine can I just say at this point 00:04:20.479 --> 00:04:27.880 before we've even done the side by side this knocks the ever loving snot out of 00:04:24.960 --> 00:04:32.080 VHS for image quality that looks great if TVs never got as big as as they are 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:36.520 today I don't see how realistically we would need higher resolution than this 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:41.160 like it's retina it's really sharp let's show off another cool laser dis feature 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:47.600 by skipping to the next chapter what it's pretty quick yeah it's 00:04:45.320 --> 00:04:53.280 not bad it's not instantaneous you can hear the the laser moving yeah but it's 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:57.240 fast enough where comparing it to fast forwarding it it's night and day I'm 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:01.880 going to be the one to say it his pecs look great to be clear by modern 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:08.000 standards this is not high resolution we're talking 425 to 440 TV lines 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:15.400 depending on the region but it was uncompressed and by comparison VHS was 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:19.400 only 240 TV lines so this was closer to 00:05:15.400 --> 00:05:21.479 DVD grade image quality but more than 15 00:05:19.400 --> 00:05:25.560 years earlier it's possibly even better picture quality than DVD because color 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:29.720 banding doesn't happen on laser dis we have a VHS player and a copy of the same 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:33.800 film on VHS we're going to look at that later but first let's experience just a 00:05:31.880 --> 00:05:39.479 little bit more glorious disc based movie goodness ah will that move ever 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:43.199 not be cool I don't I don't think it ever can be I'm going to sit on the 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:47.199 floor because that's what we used to do back when CRT TVs were small as we' just 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:50.880 sit closer to the TV I never did that because it was bad for your eyes that's 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:53.800 what our mothers and fathers told us they meant well but baby boomers don't 00:05:52.440 --> 00:05:59.800 know everything it turns out unfortunately we don't have a great sound setup today just the speakers 00:05:56.960 --> 00:06:03.880 built into our TV but audio was was another major advantage of the platform 00:06:01.960 --> 00:06:08.720 laser disk supported multiple audio tracks and it was the first format to 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:13.759 support digitally encoded surround sound at home they even went so far as to 00:06:10.919 --> 00:06:18.639 create an ad with Ray Charles the really wild part is that what we're 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:20.960 experiencing right now is far from laser 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:27.120 dis final form as a standard that persisted for over 20 years it actually 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:29.680 changed a lot over its lifespan in 1986 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:35.120 the BBC released their domesday project which was sort of a census of the UK and 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:40.880 the data was only viewable on a BBC Master aiv System which included a 00:06:37.919 --> 00:06:46.599 Philips LV ROM drive that couldn't play movies but it could read dataon laser 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:52.160 discs few other uses of LV ROM are publicly known in 1987 Pioneer released 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:56.319 the first player that could also play CD video not to be confused with video CD 00:06:54.919 --> 00:07:03.120 which was an all digital format that came in 1993 CD video could hold 5 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:06.120 minutes of video and 20 minutes of extra 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:08.840 audio then in 1990 adding further 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:14.479 confusion video single disc came along which was a laser disc the size of a CD 00:07:12.400 --> 00:07:18.960 these often contained single songs or short musical performances because they 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:23.919 had room for only 5 minutes of video with the accompanying audio and no extra 00:07:21.520 --> 00:07:27.280 audio it was released only in Japan with the exception of one promotional disc in 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:32.240 the US that was included with the earliest release of Terminator 2 then by 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:37.160 the early 1990s every player on the market could also play audio CDs a 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:41.919 format that went from zero to complete dominance within the lifespan of laser 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:45.720 disk though once again laser disk was low-key way ahead of the curve and 00:07:44.159 --> 00:07:50.840 state-of-the-art players could play Dolby Digital surround sound starting 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:53.599 with the 1992 release of Batman Returns 00:07:50.840 --> 00:07:58.720 several arcade systems like the Tito d3b released in 1991 using laser dis for 00:07:56.280 --> 00:08:05.240 highquality interactive video titles and in 199 before remember this is still 3 00:08:02.080 --> 00:08:07.960 years before DVD would bring 480p 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:13.520 resolution to the mainstream laser dis became capable of HD playback with the 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:22.319 release of high Vision in Japan now it was only 1,35 lines instead of 1080 and 00:08:17.960 --> 00:08:25.919 it was interlaced so 1035 I but who 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:30.440 cares it was HD in 00:08:25.919 --> 00:08:33.120 1994 that is 6 years before the first US 00:08:30.440 --> 00:08:37.200 HD broadcast which was the Super Bowl in January of 00:08:34.800 --> 00:08:43.680 2000 why don't we have one of those they're R expensive I get it R expensive 00:08:41.479 --> 00:08:48.880 cuz there's not many of them in a way that's kind of a great summary of laser 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:50.600 discs problems or at least part of them 00:08:48.880 --> 00:08:56.480 while the barrier to entry for a low-end laser dis machine was certainly higher 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:59.040 than a low-end VCR it wasn't that out of 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:04.040 line with mid-range VHS players and the discs themselves were actually cheaper 00:09:01.640 --> 00:09:09.360 in some cases yeah by the early 1990s they typically went for $25 to $30 MSRP 00:09:07.040 --> 00:09:12.760 which is significantly less than the $85 to $100 that rental tapes would when 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:18.560 they hit the market around that same time but this was not necessarily the 00:09:15.560 --> 00:09:20.680 case for production with European laser 00:09:18.560 --> 00:09:25.399 dis Association president R Salter noting in 00:09:21.680 --> 00:09:27.600 1992 that duplicating tape is very very 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:34.399 cheap whereas the pressing process of disc is 10 to $12 a totally different 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:39.000 ballpark if his price is accurate that's a huge disadvantage compared to tape cuz 00:09:37.079 --> 00:09:43.760 what was a blank VHS or beta worth at that time it was $5 for 4 and 1 half or 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:48.000 6 hours of recording time and that was retail what we could buy at the store 00:09:45.920 --> 00:09:53.000 with that said pricing is almost a sidebar discussion here the real culprit 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:59.399 for laser disk status as a niche format probably lies in one key benefit that 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:01.760 VHS enjoyed over laser dis and even DVD 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:08.560 for most of its life the ability to record TV before the VCR TV had to be 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:12.760 watched while it was airing the Ed Sullivan Show for example ran for more 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:17.399 than a thousand episodes frequently to an audience of tens of millions but many 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:21.880 of those episodes including the first one are considered lost media today 00:10:19.880 --> 00:10:27.399 because the station either lost or didn't save the original recordings and 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:30.440 nobody had the ability to record at home 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:32.560 by comparison commodity VH s players had 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:35.920 built-in clocks not so you could see what time it was during movie night but 00:10:34.160 --> 00:10:39.959 so you could schedule the recording of your favorite shows so you could watch 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:45.279 them back later usually skipping the commercials oh yeah and because the 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:50.160 recorders were ubiquitous everyone knew somebody who was into bootlegging VHS so 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:54.560 it was often super cheap to pick up movies and pay-per-view programs on tape 00:10:52.839 --> 00:10:58.800 the other culprit for laser dis lack of adoption might have to do with its 00:10:56.160 --> 00:11:05.600 Target demographic toward the end of its lifespan as VHS prices fell laser disc 00:11:02.760 --> 00:11:10.519 costs stayed High because it was treated by the studios as a niche format for 00:11:07.760 --> 00:11:14.079 filmmakers and enthusiasts and they differentiated it not just by the 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:18.920 quality but through the production of special editions made with higher 00:11:15.880 --> 00:11:21.920 quality Masters extra deleted scenes or 00:11:18.920 --> 00:11:24.639 inserts or commentary tracks the 1989 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:29.480 movie War of the Roses For example cost $69.98 at release for the special 00:11:26.959 --> 00:11:33.600 edition though it did include Denny commentary which I think we can all 00:11:31.040 --> 00:11:37.519 agree makes just about anything better still kills me that this is what won the 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:44.079 format wore especially when you factor in why all right let's do the side by 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:46.760 side oh wow this is terrible there is a 00:11:44.079 --> 00:11:52.360 lot of artifacts going across the screen it's a funny thing because I look at 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:55.839 this and I go ew that is disgustingly 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:57.120 analog but laser dis is also analog 00:11:55.839 --> 00:12:02.920 which we'll talk about a little bit later it's just way better better analog 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:09.079 In fairness to VHS this is obviously a very old tape and it's also a very old 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:11.639 player oh wow yeah the flame the F the 00:12:09.079 --> 00:12:16.920 fire is not even yellow contrary to what the marketing would have you believe 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:20.480 fast forward is not that fast this is 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:21.920 what maybe 3x speed might even be 2x 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:26.279 this is slow enough where if I put a YouTube video on this speed I could 00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:29.800 still understand what was happening oh this is the part you wanted to see right 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:34.959 I wanted to see this yeah oh sorry oh man it was a skill to be able to press 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:38.360 the play button right at the moment where the momentum would stop right in 00:12:36.880 --> 00:12:42.160 time to hit the spot that you wanted to play from can you imagine being a film 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:47.480 buff and going over to somebody else's house and not knowing how to use a VCR 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:47.480 because all you've done is laser 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:59.800 disc still cool wow I didn't think my impression of 00:12:54.720 --> 00:13:01.639 VHS could get worse and then I saw this 00:12:59.800 --> 00:13:05.760 and the laser disc advantages keep coming one of the reasons that we can't 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:09.720 really get into image quality analysis is that as long as you have a supported 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:16.079 player in dis laser disc does frame by frame playback but VHS does not it's 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:20.399 also far less susceptible to degradation due to heat and humidity so it wouldn't 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:24.680 really be fair given that these are probably still in perfect shape though 00:13:22.920 --> 00:13:29.120 it should be noted that they could warp in heat like any plastic disc based 00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:33.399 storage medium and they were very SU suceptible to Accidental damage from 00:13:31.079 --> 00:13:38.639 children please don't do that discs cleaned with isopropyl 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:43.000 alcohol would often turn cloudy and even if you didn't mistreat your discs if you 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:47.120 got unlucky there is the potential for disc rot to occur over time though this 00:13:45.560 --> 00:13:52.680 seems to be limited to discs that were pressed in certain factories notably 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:54.720 Sony dadc the laser dis database has a 00:13:52.680 --> 00:14:00.600 running list of affected releases including notably Batman returns from 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:05.120 1992 they also had some other issues you don't have to rewind Advantage laser 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:10.519 disc but you do have to get up in the middle of your film to flip the disc 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:16.959 that is a real bummer and making matters worse for movies longer than 2 hours you 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:21.680 could be getting up not once but up to 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:25.279 three times to both flip and then change 00:14:21.680 --> 00:14:28.120 discs now I see why this didn't take off 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:34.399 or did it there was a place where laser disk found a surprise ly strong footing 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:36.920 the Japan southeast Asia region and we 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:42.279 can't say exactly why it became popular there but we can say that there is one 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:48.160 feature that gets used a lot more there than in the west multiple audio tracks 00:14:45.880 --> 00:14:54.240 in markets with a lot of cross- language cinema this was a major benefit of laser 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:59.600 dis but I can't be the whole story can it why not also Europe or South America 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:04.320 well because it wasn't just movies that were being 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:09.440 purchased on laser dis in Asia karaoke had spread rapidly across the continent 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:11.720 in the 70s and karaoke laser discs could 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:17.800 include vocals on a separate audio stream from the backing track which is 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:20.120 obviously kind of a big deal it also 00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:23.639 supported inband closed captioning So lyrics could be toggled as they weren't 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:30.040 burned into the analog video and billboard magazine noted in 1992 that 00:15:26.839 --> 00:15:32.519 40% of Japanese laser disc sales were 00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:37.519 actually karaoke titles with there being roughly the same number of karaoke discs 00:15:34.839 --> 00:15:42.839 available as there were movie releases so it was a perfect storm then of useful 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:46.480 features coupled with that resilience against high heat high humidity 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:49.839 environments you know what else is super resilient and challenging environments 00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:54.120 the new stubby and multicolored screwdrivers from LTT Store.com do we 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:58.120 have a caraoke disc we don't have a karaoke disc today what we do have is a 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:03.959 couple different movies with director's commentary and a Hong Kong release of Sailor Moon 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:07.319 which includes kantes and Japanese audio oh it's going to have to be that this 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:13.480 makes me very uncomfortable removing these from the sleeves 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:15.839 um yeah that two twers job luckily laser 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:20.480 dis has a super cool feature or not feature so much as a quirk in that 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:25.959 because it's an analog recording like a record you can actually 00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:29.720 see the grooves that are etched into the 00:16:25.959 --> 00:16:32.880 disc it's not just pure shiny like C so 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:32.880 clearly this is the side with the 00:16:33.800 --> 00:16:39.240 content oh that's hilarious that's why I 00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:46.319 could see something on it because it does have video it just has a video of 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:48.759 there's no program material here this is 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:54.160 very unintuitive program material is recorded on the other side of this laser 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:57.120 disc is the reader on the top like a 00:16:54.160 --> 00:17:01.399 record is the hold on now I now I need to know is the is the these are on top 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:05.919 or bottom it's got to be it's got to be on the bottom there's no way okay there 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:09.799 is a way I mean there were dual-sided players so you didn't have to we don't 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:14.520 have that though what I want to know is how quick and smooth it is to change the 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:19.120 track CX seems to be an audio cleanup feature that is separate from the 00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:24.520 digital analog switch that I'm doing that on this particular disc also seems 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:28.160 to switch languages so CX isn't doing anything in this case it's a simple 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:34.120 toggle switch very convenient is the answer yeah one button and it's 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:40.679 seamless like honestly this is better than on a Blu-ray it really is this is 00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:40.679 the best multilanguage experience I've 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:54.600 seen pretty cool coming back to North America for a moment though if laser dis 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:59.919 faced all of these headwinds what was it that made DVD and Blu-ray ultimately 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:03.440 succeed where LD failed the adoption of higher resolution 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:08.039 displays and the rise of Home Theater surely played a part but the real wave 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:13.000 for home adoption of each of those formats came from an often forgotten 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:18.320 line of Sony devices called PlayStations owners of ps2's and PS3s suddenly had 00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:23.280 players for DVD and Blu-ray respectively whether they had intended to or not so 00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:30.320 why didn't laser disc ever integrate gaming ah it did pioneer actually tried 00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:36.039 a similar approach though not until the early '90s and in fact our very player 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:41.200 has a swappable expansion pack that turns the unit into a fully functional 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:45.720 region-free Sega Genesis and on top of being able to play standard cartridges 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:52.799 it could also Play Sega CD and the infrequently used Mega LD that's right 00:18:49.280 --> 00:18:56.919 there's laser dis Sega Genesis games and 00:18:52.799 --> 00:19:00.400 we've got one oh wow so it is basically 00:18:56.919 --> 00:19:02.520 just a Sega Genesis 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:09.200 okay pack Port whoa no way laser active I mean 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:13.159 future obviously cuz that's where we're living we are about to experience 00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:19.320 something really cool whoops okay just a second did I 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:26.440 just go flying off the track continue what it that was it I 00:19:22.760 --> 00:19:30.000 just game over start again you can 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:32.240 actually hear the disc spinning faster 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:37.799 as I speed up and the playback of the full motion video background goes faster 00:19:35.760 --> 00:19:44.720 this is because despite the physical similarities to CDs and DVDs the actual 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:47.120 video storage on a laser dis is analog 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:51.520 and you can really see this if you look closely at it next to a vinyl record 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:56.799 they've both got this kind of rings of Saturn effect that's because we're not 00:19:53.960 --> 00:20:01.720 looking at little microsized Peaks and valleys that represent ones and zer that 00:19:59.120 --> 00:20:08.039 get decoded to a file we are looking at variable sized Peaks and valleys that 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:12.679 translate to an analog waveform which is 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:15.400 wild crazy cool but a major disadvantage 00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:20.559 when it comes to storage density on constant angular velocity laser discs 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:27.120 one revolution of the disc which happens at a fixed speed 1,00 RPM is one frame 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:33.039 video that means that the storage density of the outer edges was atrocious 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:40.080 this is one frame and also this is one frame and to reduce cross talk you can 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:42.679 only fit about 54,000 of these frames 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:47.559 per side that translates to about 30 minutes at 30 frames per second or I 00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:52.919 guess you could play it back for longer if like you saw the video is playing 00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:55.120 back slower and the disc is revolving 00:20:52.919 --> 00:20:59.280 slower though of course movies would have no need to vary the speed of the 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:05.159 player or would they most films actually shipped using clv or 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:09.840 constant linear velocity where the storage density would be the same across 00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:15.559 the entire surface which allows each disc to store an hour of video per side 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:20.480 but there were some disadvantages to this approach it did make the player 00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:26.159 design more complex because now the rotational speed of the disc had to 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:27.640 change depending on which part the laser 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:32.679 was reading from the final way that movies were stored is constant angular 00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:37.799 acceleration which is kind of a merger of the other two where instead of 00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:40.080 running at a different speed for every 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:46.600 single line like clv multiple lines were grouped into 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:48.120 bands that would be read at 1 RPM each 00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:52.760 even though it came at the cost of a little bit of storage density at the 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:57.600 outermost of each of these groupings if your brain hasn't exploded 00:21:55.159 --> 00:22:05.480 already adding more confusion to this is that some film shipped with mostly clv 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:08.320 but Cav for some parts so that the 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:13.159 climax or the extra features could be better enjoyed as far as I can tell that 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:17.240 was mostly just marketing because there was no image quality difference and I 00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:21.679 think it was more to do with that if there's only 20 minutes left in the film 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:25.400 once you've switched to the last disc whatever they might as well just use the 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:30.360 less efficient storage method enough about dis media for the moment let's put 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:32.240 a cartridge in this thing 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:38.880 oh hello oh wow that is uh kind of 00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:46.039 ill-fitting all right let's see if we can upset that heartbreaking final come 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:48.640 on Cliff ronning let's go oh it's ban he 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:55.320 ah that was not a good move ber Jeff Corell though big Slap Shot H 00:22:52.559 --> 00:23:00.000 terrible oh goodness oh goodness oh goodness just 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:06.559 about put it in my own net what the hell is the shoot button I can't figure out 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:08.120 how to shoot the puck oh it's C wow we 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:11.520 made it through an entire period I don't think I got a single shot on goal goalie 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:17.360 get stuck on that side of the net no okay interesting seriously my own guy my own 00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:21.559 guy gets you know what forget it it doesn't matter frustration aside this 00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:27.000 could have been great for adoption of laser disc like what the PlayStation 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:28.960 family did for DVD and Blu-ray but only 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:33.200 if the price was right the issue is that those PlayStation 00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:39.760 consoles were $3500 at 00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:43.520 launch this mama jama nearly $1,000 and 00:23:39.760 --> 00:23:46.080 the Genesis pack was another $600 which 00:23:43.520 --> 00:23:52.480 is a little confusing to me I mean a Sega Genesis at launch was 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:54.200 $170 a Sega CD was another 300 a 00:23:52.480 --> 00:24:01.200 decently capable laser disc player could be bought for $400 how did the price double in there 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:06.440 there somewhere if this whole package had hit the market with more of a PS3 00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:11.400 price we might have seen much wider adoption of not only laser disc but 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:15.919 perhaps the Genesis as well or not who knows but you know who knows about 00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:21.039 Segways our sponsor as someone who like to flex I need to show you this E7 Pro 00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:24.600 that's from flexy Spot Not only is the height adjustable for your comfort and 00:24:22.760 --> 00:24:29.840 health whether you are working or working but so stable that you can sleep 00:24:26.760 --> 00:24:31.760 on it being strong and useful isn't 00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:37.000 enough the desk is also crafted with quality materials and looks really 00:24:34.799 --> 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