Definition & Meaning | English word LASERDISC

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Definitions of LASERDISC

1. A home videodisc in the Laserdisc format.
2. A home videodisc format of the 1980s, now obsolete.
3. (countable) A disc in this format.

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Examples of Using LASERDISC in a Sentence

• OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD.
• The documentary series was first broadcast in November 1995, with expanded versions released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1996 and on DVD in 2003.
• the Extra-Terrestrial is released on VHS and laserdisc; to combat piracy, the tapeguards and tape hubs on the videocassettes are colored green, and the tape itself is affixed with a small, holographic sticker of the 1963 Universal logo (much like the holograms on a credit card), and encoded with Macrovision.
• In the 1980s, home cinemas typically consisted of a movie pre-recorded on a LaserDisc or VHS tape; a LaserDisc Player or VCR; and a heavy, bulky large-screen cathode-ray tube TV set, although sometimes CRT projectors were used instead.
• The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978.
• Toshiba EMI released the series on VHS and Laserdisc across 13 volumes, each containing two episodes.
• A number of concerts were recorded and broadcast, including the tour's final show in Nice, which aired as a special on HBO; afterwards it was released exclusively on LaserDisc under the title Blond Ambition World Tour Live.
• During the 1980s, several VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc compilations of the series were released by Thames Video.
• A laserdisc version was released in Japan, which features Japanese subtitles and obligatory censorship of visible genitalia.
• The concert was also issued on VHS and Laserdisc, and was remastered and released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010.
• Starting in 1978, HeNe tube lasers (manufactured by Toshiba and NEC) were used in LaserDisc players from Pioneer.
• Her performance in Los Angeles was videotaped and broadcast on HBO and later released on VHS and Laserdisc as Sheena Easton Live at the Palace, Hollywood.
• In 1983, he, Rick Dyer, Goldman, and Pomeroy started the Bluth Group and created the arcade game Dragon's Lair, an on rails game which let the player choose between simple paths for an animated-cartoon character on screen (whose adventures were played off a LaserDisc).
• Interlaced video signals are commonly found in analog television, VHS, Laserdisc, digital television (HDTV) when in the 1080i format, some DVD titles, and a smaller number of Blu-ray discs.
• It premiered as a short before Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart and has since been released on Laserdisc and DVD as part of the All Things Ghibli Special Short Short compilation.
• Despite this achievement, the CED system fell victim to poor planning, various conflicts with RCA management, and several technical difficulties that slowed development and stalled production of the system for 17 years—until 1981, by which time it had already been made obsolete by laser videodisc (DiscoVision, later called LaserVision and LaserDisc) as well as Betamax and VHS video cassette formats.
• Miyamoto explained that that's why they were interested in microchips that could perform zooming and show pictures at a similar size as a laserdisc.
• Viewing the discs required a BBC Master AIV - an Acorn BBC Master expanded with a SCSI controller and the 65C102 "Turbo" co-processor - which controlled a Philips VP415 LaserVision laserdisc player.
• Taylor restructured CTI in 1989, resuming his association with Van Gelder and Turner in June 1989 when recording the all-star session for Rhythmstick, an ambitious album released on vinyl, CD, VHS, and LaserDisc in 1990.
• Greatest Hits was released alongside Greatest Flix, a 60-minute compilation released on VHS video, LaserDisc, and CED Videodisc of all the videos Queen had made up until that point in chronological order, and Greatest Pix, a 96-page paperback book edited by Jacques Lowe which featured photos of the band taken by Neal Preston.

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