General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

1 SYNTHETIC PLATTER WITH SYNTHETIC SLEEVE/.2 CARDBOARD JACKET WITH PLASTIC COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length

31.3 cm

Width

31.3 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

TWENTIETH

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Beverly Hills

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1997+

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 OPTICAL DISK USED FOR FULL-MOTIONVIDEO. 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 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS IN PART "CHAIN REACTION/ (c) 1996 TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM CORPORATION/ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED/ (c) 1997 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT INC., BEVERLEY HILLS, CA 90213. AL RIGHTS RESERVED. MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN"; INCISED "B61B00676" ON SIDE 1 & "A61B10652" SIDE 2/.2 WHITE LETTERING READS IN PART "Twentieth Century Fox/ Home Entertainment/ P.O. Box 900/ Beverley Hills, CA 90213"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

.1 GLOSSY WITH RED LABEL, COLOURLESS TRANSLUCENT SLEEVE/.2 MULTICOLOURED JACKET

Decoration

.2 MULTICOLOURED IMAGES FROM FILM