#videodisc

[fuzzyghost]

[lovesthe1980s]

In March 1981, RCA introduced SelectaVision VideoDisc. This analog videodisc basically played like a grooved vinyl record album, it used a needle and groove system.

[stone-cold-groove]

Ad promoting the home video cassette and video disc release of St. Elmo’s Fire - 1985.

[periodically80s]

[yodaprod]

Pioneer LD-1100 VideoDisc (1983)

[vintage-tech]

I did see this one in the theatres, and it's exactly what it sounds like: The real Zorro briefly passes the mask to his gay son Ramon (a.k.a. Bunny Wiggleworth) who camps it up. 1981 movie on VideoDisc.

Technically untrue title since Zorro and his heir Don Diego use a sword while Bunny prefers to use a whip. As one could predict.

[kply-industries]

[geminicollisionworks]

SO JEALOUS OF YOUR MEDIA COLLECTION obsolete media formats georg over here!! question: do you know about videodisc/CEDs? i see them all the time and they're fascinating to me

Aw man, yeah. I wanted them SO BAD when they came out but my mother (quite indulgent towards my media pursuits) wasn't buying it, and I can't blame her. Regular LDs definitely looked to be the better technology (and in the end were) but at the start, the selection of titles in CED was massively superior to them (and even tapes at that time!).

So, I never got 'em. Though I do have two friends who did, and still have working players and BIG disc collections. Used to watch them with one friend, but rarely, as the discs do seriously wear out and one doesn't want to risk breaking the player by using it too much (I think most owners now have become skilled repairers of the touchy things)

A much-beloved and remembered piece of home video history!