Philips LaserVision (LaserDisc) Opening Logo

[MegaRobbey]

I prefer Laser discs than DVD's for high video quality

[Watcher3223]

@MegaRobbey

For me, I believe DVD would have better picture quality provided the people behind the disc do it well.

But, LaserDisc has great picture quality itself and has certain aesthetics that DVDs don't have, kind of like how it is with vinyl versus CD. CD has superior technical specs and, when you look at just the bottom line, superior sound quality. But there is just something special about using vinyl that helps to give it an edge and makes using the format more of a pleasure.

[MegaRobbey]

@Watcher3223

Well, De gustibus, i prefer laser discs about fashion of that old technology.

[Watcher3223]

@MegaRobbey

It is about taste, that's for sure. Using LD is a bit more of an experience than DVD.

[ruggedslim2424]

I Got a 1986 PAL Videodisc of Freaky Friday

[Watcher3223]

@ruggedslim2424

Nice. Are you able to upload it?

[VectorOmega]

Good logo. BTW, would this be a better logo if reanimated in HD?

[Watcher3223]

@VectorOmega

Maybe, if the animation is done well.

[MetallicBill]

I don't have a disc with that, but Philips was agreed to see the tech on LD and then usurped what they learned, to their own processes... against the wish of MCA/Universal. That happens with other companies too, and people think it happened with Pioneer and LD, but Pioneer actually saved the tech as they knew how to make it much better and still be a World contender (best format of the day!!)

[Watcher3223]

@MetallicBill

Actually, Philips and MCA entered a joint venture; MCA was further along development than Philips was. An example of this: while Philips was testing prototypes with glass masters, MCA was testing with experimental plastic pressings.

The fracas between MCA and Philips was during mass production; MCA made discs grossly out of spec while Philips made players intolerant to less than perfect discs. Both parties were unwilling to compromise and reach solutions.

[MetallicBill]

@Watcher3223 I'm relating again from World on a Silver Platter, special article from Widescreen Review magazine in 98

[Watcher3223]

The Philips involvement was a allowed because good ideas on the format from Philips would be beneficial to the product along with good ideas from MCA. Plus, MCA wanted the format to be successful in markets other than North America, which was also why Pioneer got involved; just as the Philips involvement would give MCA a way into Europe, the Pioneer involvement would give MCA a way into Japan.

[Watcher3223]

Part of how PIoneer was able to make better players and discs than MCA and Philips was due to the fact that Pioneer listened more carefully to engineers and worked to solve problems while MCA and Philips were bickering.

To Philips' credit, however, disc production QA did need to be improved, which Pioneer took upon themselves to do when they built their LD plant in Kofu.

But, Pioneer also made players more tolerant of imperfections, increasing overall reliability compared to Philips designs.

[Watcher3223]

@MetallicBill

"I don't have a disc with that"

And basically no one outside of Europe will. This was off of a PAL disc. But, credit to this video belongs to someone else, but I don't know who.

I downloaded this video. Later, I found that it was no longer on YouTube, so I took the liberty of uploading it back for the benefit of others.

[MetallicBill]

@Watcher3223 My mistake, I did a precursory glance when I commented. Other industrial secret usurping I refer to is when Acer made laptops for Texas Instruments...the Extensa series, they started to put their own name on them!! haha, rather more dishonest, but Philips did try to stake and lay claim to being inventor of optical disc, more accurately 5 inch CDs, with Sony. I can play Region free or Pal and Ntsc on some DvD players I wound up owning

[peckishere]

i originally posted this video, i put up allot of laserdisc logos but THX got upset when i uploaded a THX laserdisc logo so i removed them all for safety

[Watcher3223]

@peckishere

What was your previous account name?

[peckishere]

@Watcher3223

its allways been peckishere, im pretty sure i was the first or if not one of the first people to upload the PAL laservision intro to youtube

[DisneyVideos2000]

That's funny! That sounds more like the Vestron jingle than the LaserDisc jingle!

[Watcher3223]

But they are different.

Listen to this and the old and new Vestron jingles side by side.

[MetallicBill]

@DisneyVideos2000 Vestron was a favorite for some of their titles so I requested a catalog, and they sent one!