A promotional video by Philips promoting thier Laserdisc player. Digitised by www.ComputingHistory.org.uk
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@ferrarimongoose113812 жыл бұрын
Love this funky tune! De-da-ah dadadada
@happycube6 ай бұрын
*now*, after i figured it out from seeing it in another random video, youtube tags the song? pfft. :)
@Jeknoid4 жыл бұрын
I love animations by vector graphics.
@TheMediaHoarder5 жыл бұрын
This is a British PAL disc- just got a compatible player and a copy of this disc, I could watch it on repeat forever.
@lillydoye741810 жыл бұрын
What is it about adverts for outdated technology that makes them so fun to watch. Make an ad like this for Wii U and I will finally take the plunge and buy one.
@ChristopherSobieniak7 жыл бұрын
I would for the Switch!
@PauloConstantino1672 жыл бұрын
Because in the 80's people saw a future coming that they imagined. It was an exciting time. Everything was about computers and space. Magical time.
@WhiteJarrah6 жыл бұрын
This commercial almost feels like its taking a dig at CEDs.
@super8camera6 жыл бұрын
"LaserVision discs will not wear out even with constant handling." *cough* LASER ROT *cough*
@blenderbachcgi2 жыл бұрын
If kept in humid places...
@happycube11 ай бұрын
@@blenderbachcgi PDO UK disks wore out with no handling at all.
@mateuszorlinski73345 күн бұрын
Laser rot is not wear - it's self-disintegration
@WebVManReturns8 жыл бұрын
It's funny how ads these this predicted the future. In 2015, we have CG everywhere and rainbows.
@NoNameNoShame228 жыл бұрын
+WebVMan and cats, don't forget cats! Rainbow cats!
@soldierofjudgement04777 жыл бұрын
I have one question: Why isn't there a hybrid Laserdisc/Blu-Ray/DVD/HD-DVD/VCD/SVCD/CD/HVD/UHD Blu-Ray/VMD/EVD Player? It would be easy money!
@christiannagel21334 жыл бұрын
Because all systems need different laser optical systems. There are combined player that can read LD, DVD, CD, CD-Video and VCD. But for BluRay and HD-DVD you need special lasers with different wavelengths and decoder.
@astrodome19943 жыл бұрын
@@christiannagel2133 LD, DVD, CD, CD-Video, and VCD all in one? Wow, sounds like a bargain to me. Know any examples? And extra points for any that have component output.
@christiannagel21333 жыл бұрын
@@astrodome1994 The best one is the Pioneer DVL-919. It has component and NTSC. You can easily find some on Ebay or other markt places. Because they are very highend and need no maintenance, the price is high. My one is over 20 years old and never get an error.
@Katsura824 жыл бұрын
"-And even a child can play them". Well... You really need to have big hands to handle LaserDiscs properly.
@edstar835 жыл бұрын
Blu ray's grand pa.
@telocho7 жыл бұрын
LaserVision predates LaserDisc (the difference is the audio, Laservision is analogue audio only). Laserdisc and later videodisc /cdv were reboots of the format.
@pHD776 жыл бұрын
telocho That's not what I've heard. From what I've heard, the term LaserDisc was coined by Pioneer as a name for their product line to market their LaserVision players and had nothing to do with whether the discs contained analog or digital sound (sort of like the way RCA named a product line SelectaVision for their TVs and video products). The common term for the format was LaserVision all along. But because Pioneer basically became the only company to truly bet on the format, the term "LaserDisc" unofficially became the new name for the format until such time it actually became official.
@batteryboy182 жыл бұрын
When this promotional video came out? It does look timeless
@CodyTheDragonSamurai Жыл бұрын
I’d assume around the late 70’s and early 80’s
@brandonreina42194 жыл бұрын
DVD upgrade kit for Philips LaserVision players allows DVD movies to be played
@pimpingmrli11 жыл бұрын
Like educational videos, cooking shows, golf lessons, etc, etc.
@medardmartens5 жыл бұрын
Laser disc = de voorganger van de DVD, maar eerst was er nog de CD Video, af te spelen met een Philips CDI speler.
@flyingfisbeefilms5 жыл бұрын
Moving PictureCompany?
@coydog79026 жыл бұрын
Why don’t they make a Lazerdisc sized DVD or blue ray? You could probably store up to 500GB on there
@Serires39 жыл бұрын
What kind of music is this?! I need to know! I LOVE IT!!
@eduardoktg86835 жыл бұрын
Vaporwave
@alexandresanmartin3452 Жыл бұрын
That's Brian Bennett
@mateuszorlinski7334 Жыл бұрын
@@alexandresanmartin3452 is it really? I couldn't find this track on his albums
@happycube6 ай бұрын
@@mateuszorlinski7334 It's "Rocks Away" by Tim Souster, a DeWolfe track.
@PauloConstantino1672 жыл бұрын
Old ads have a kind of naiveness to them that is fascinating to watch. They are not aware that they are making an Ad that is meant to fool you, and so the ad seems so honest. We live in kind of sad times because now ads know they just want your money so their tone is always happy and they try to distract you from their true intentions. Or maybe I am seeing things.
@happycube6 ай бұрын
They didn' tknow their disks were so bad, but the US release of this player went really, really badly. Those players (and these after a few years or so) seriously did not want to work.
@hansemist6 жыл бұрын
Can someone do an 1080i-conversion of this Picture?
@SpencerStarnes12 жыл бұрын
@ 3:26 - what the hell are those "Special Interest" programs?
@ChristopherSobieniak7 жыл бұрын
Probably golfing.
@baliebox49165 жыл бұрын
Anime
@MadameSomnambule4 жыл бұрын
Documentaries, maybe
@astrodome19944 жыл бұрын
Furry porn. XD
@pimpingmrli11 жыл бұрын
Is this the Leonard Nimoy Promo disc?
@TheTechOwl7 жыл бұрын
pimpingmrli NOO!! His video is with magnavox
@brandonreina42195 жыл бұрын
@@TheTechOwl Which Philips acquired a few years ago Magnavox is currently a in-house product brand of Philips Electronics North America, a division of Royal Philips Electronics Funai manufactured electronic audio visual products under its licensed Magnavox in-house product brand such as Blu-ray Disc players, DVD players and HDTVs
@happycube11 ай бұрын
CGI at this point wasn't advanced enough to show the mirrors falling off, sadly.