Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Capacitance Electronic Disc - Wikipedia Was it as good as VHS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted June 7, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted June 7, 2021 Better, from what I hear. Could have had a video disc format in the 60s if things had been better-managed. There's a very complete and in-depth video series on CED on YouTube. Click here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted June 8, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Yea I had one for a bit, they were complete garbage. They use a stylus just like records do. That whole thing gets dirty and you get noise in the image like pops and clicks on records. It's a very poor format, I'm still shocked it lasted as long as it did. VHD was a far better format, but sadly it, like Video 2000 was only available in Europe. I think had they pushed it state side, it may have done better than Laserdisc due to its lower cost machines and disc manufacturing process. I got into LD in 1993 and kept using it until around 2006. It was in my home theater rack until I got out of home theater entirely recently and into stereo equipment. Both of my LD players are wrapped up in their original boxes in my garage. I sold around 80% of my discs recently, gonna keep a few of my favorite ones that are unique and maybe someday hook it all back up again, who knows. I'll say this much, a good DVD and a decent DVD player blows the doors off LD. It was a great format for the VHS days, but with DVD it was all over. Now I'm rapidly collecting UHD BluRay's just to have them because I feel they're not making enough to keep up with the demands. I think eventually UHD BluRay will become super rare and people will yearn for them when its hard to find titles on streaming services. I would laugh so hard if Laserdisc has a comeback just because it's too expensive to buy BluRay and UHD disc's. Edited June 8, 2021 by Tyler Purcell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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