Subj : Re: Movie formats
To   : Alonzo
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed May 21 2025 09:26 am

  Re: Re: Movie formats
  By: Alonzo to Nightfox on Wed May 21 2025 07:51 am

 Ni>> Was there actually a format for movies using vinyl (and is "video disc"
 Ni>> an official standard)?  I remember Laserdisc, and those were the size of
 Ni>> vinyl records, but I don't think those were vinyl (and they used a laser
 Ni>> rather than a stylus to read them)..

 Al> You're right. They used a laser to read them, something like a CD or DVD.
 Al> And they were called laserdiscs or just video discs.

Sometimes products have specific names though, so I wasn't sure if "video disc" was a separate thing.  For instance, there was a format called "Video CD" that used regular compact discs and stored video on them in a particular format.

Nightfox
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