before laserdiscs?

madmax
madmax Posts: 12,434
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Does anyone remember those old video discs which had an arm and stylus like a turntable? The needle sat in the groove on them. Just wondering, does anyone know how they worked or even remember them? They came out in the early to mid 80's.
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Vinyl, the final frontier...

Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited January 2003
    How many beers does it take too......?
    Stirring up some old conversation with Jack and Coke.....;)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2003
    No, Really,
    The arm tracked in a groove which I believe had the soundtrack and the video was picked up somehow. I don't know how. Pretty cheesy though.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2003
    I think I found one. Might be worth $10 to take one apart!

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3001622416&category=3284
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by madmax001
    Does anyone remember those old video discs which had an arm and stylus like a turntable? The needle sat in the groove on them. Just wondering, does anyone know how they worked or even remember them? They came out in the early to mid 80's.
    madmax

    yes..I think RCA came up with that format..We use to sell them when I worked at Zenith in the early 80's..real pieces of crap..one meorable moment was watching a tech try to fix a color problem on one and was using The WIzard Of Oz as a test disc...the beginning being black and white then changing to color was causing him fits (p.s - He was from Europe and never saw Wizard of Oz so he didnt know the beginning was suppose to be in B&W)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2003
    Do you have any idea how they read the video signal? Certainly not through a needle?
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by Billm57


    yes..I think RCA came up with that format..We use to sell them when I worked at Zenith in the early 80's..real pieces of crap..one meorable moment was watching a tech try to fix a color problem on one and was using The WIzard Of Oz as a test disc...the beginning being black and white then changing to color was causing him fits (p.s - He was from Europe and never saw Wizard of Oz so he didnt know the beginning was suppose to be in B&W)


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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2003
    Hey, I grew up w/ a B&W TV, so I never knew "Wizard of Oz" shifted gears in Munchkinland.

    First time I saw it on a color TV, I had turned it on mid-movie, thought Ted Turner had got his colorizing mitts on it and turned it off.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by madmax001
    Do you have any idea how they read the video signal? Certainly not through a needle?

    there was some type of needle like pickup in the lid of the unit I think
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Hey, I grew up w/ a B&W TV, so I never knew "Wizard of Oz" shifted gears in Munchkinland.

    First time I saw it on a color TV, I had turned it on mid-movie, thought Ted Turner had got his colorizing mitts on it and turned it off.

    I grew up with b & w as well but we did eventually buy a color set
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