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bens
07/16/09

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the videodisc was the first consumer product to offer star wars, in stereo, back in the day. i feel bad for anyone who bought the things!
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cletar
07/18/09

@bens09: I saw Star Wars on one of those. It was actually pretty impressive, compared to the quality of VHS.
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elfonblog
07/16/09

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Are you certain this is an optical disc player, or have you been inserting that term into the article? Videodiscs are indeed record players with needles which follow grooves on the disc to play video. I've seen them in person.
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matt buchanan
07/16/09

@elfonblog: It's optical.
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dingus
07/16/09

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My choice LaserDisc memory: 8th grade bio, teacher who wasn't too good with the gadgets plays through a LD of a woman giving birth. When the video was over, she instinctively hit "rewind" as one is accustomed to doing for video tape, though without remembering to hit stop first.

We got to see the baby being crammed back in at 2x speed.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/16/09

@dingus: Outstanding story.
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loofkid
07/16/09

@dingus: my health teacher did that intentionally, 3 times... it scarred me.
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the_sidewinder
07/16/09

@92BuickLeSabre: That happend to me too in grade 7

Everyone was yelling "Cram it back in arrrgh!"
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92BuickLeSabre
07/16/09

@loofkid: I would have too, but I would have absolutely pretended that I was doing it on accident.

"Shoot, now how do I work this thing again?" *slow motion* (Groans) "No, that's not it." *slow motion rewind* "One of these has to be stop." *pause* (Screams) *zoom* "I'm sure I'll figure it out in a second."
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32ndnote
07/16/09

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telepheedian
07/16/09

@32ndnote: Can I have his star?
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92BuickLeSabre
07/16/09

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Okay, I only made it to 0:55 when I was totally distracted by the fact that there was a movie called "How to Watch Pro Football."

Released in 1981 it "boasts the expertise of such legends as Tom Landry, Marv Levy, John McKay, Chuck Noll, Sam Rutigliano, Don Shula, and Dick Vermeil."

Now this is awesome. Screw all those talking heads on ESPN spending 30 seconds with this coach and 2 minutes with a GM who is only available because his team had the worst 8-year record in 50 years before he was fired. How incredible would it be to just watch an hour long film with some of the great coaches in history breaking down what's on the screen. Especially with all of the great camera angles and HD recording? This is friggin' genius.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/16/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Okay, Nimoy's mustache and the talking lite-brite quartz that feels the need to explain current earth technology to a celebrity is pretty cool too.
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TrollSlayer
07/16/09

@92BuickLeSabre: The solid plastic ka-chunk the Magna-Vision makes as Mr. Nimoy prys it open is wonderful.
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Yannick Wolfe-Mercier
07/16/09

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I personnaly own an old Sony Laserdisc player purchased for 99 cents on ebay a while ago.

The technologie sucks, but still, imagine and sound quality were top notch for that time...

but who needs disc when you get get DivX files?
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TrollSlayer
07/16/09

@Yannick Wolfe-Mercier: I personally own a Pioneer laserdisc player that I payed full price for in 1990. I simply had to watch Star Wars in beautiful laserdisc quailty through the amazing S-Video connection.
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dingus
07/16/09

@Yannick Wolfe-Mercier: You, apparently?
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