General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.2 PLASTIC DISKS; PAPER SLEEVES/.3 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.5 cm

Width

31.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PIONEER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1991 +

Canada

LASER DISK USED FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE. DONOR ACQUIRED LASER DISK PLAYER 2002.0183 FOR HOME USE BUT IT WAS NOT USED AS MUCH AS ANTICIPATED BECAUSE DISKS WERE FOUND TO BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE & SELECTION WAS POOR.

Function

STORAGE & PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR AUDIO & VIDEO IMAGES, FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. DISK CONTAINS FEATURE FILM FOR PLAYBACK ON LASER DISK PLAYER & TELEVISION.

Technical

LASER DISK WAS OPTICALDISK USED FOR FULL-MOTION VIDEO. DEVELOPED IN 1970S, IT WAS PRECURSOR OF DVD & BECAME OBSOLETE IN 1990'S. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL VIDEODISC SYSTEMS WERE INTRODUCED, ONLY PHILIPS LASERVISION SURVIVED UNTIL CD-ROMS & DVDS ARRIVED. LASERDISC MOVIES USED CLV FORMAT, RECORDING ANALOG COMPOSITE VIDEO SIGNAL ON CONTINUOUS, SPIRALING TRACK. EACH SIDE OF 12" PLATTER HELD ONE HOUR OF VIDEO IN 108,000 FRAMES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.2 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS IN PART "MANUFACTURED BY PIONEER VIDEO, INC. BY LICENSE UNDER SEVERAL PENDING PATENTS./ M-G-M/ MGM/UA/ HOME VIDEO", "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY" & "(c) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc."; INCISED "MADE IN U.S.A." ON EACH SIDE OF EACH DISK, "B3070528" & "52-035B3-14" ON SIDE 1, "B3070037" & "52-035A4-97" ON SIDE 2, "B3086121" & "07-400B9-37" ON SIDE 3, "B3090330" & "52-035C2-07" ON SIDE 4/.3 WHITE LETTERING READS IN PART "MGM presents the STANLEY KUBRICK PRODUCTION of/ 2001: a space odyssey" & "Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video Inc., 10000 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

.1-.2 GLOSSY DISKS WITH YELLOW LABELS; BEIGE SLEEVES/.3 MULTICOLOURED

Decoration

.3 COLOURED IMAGES OF FILM ON FRONT, BACK & CENTRE