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From: davew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: video disc players
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Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 11:34:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 18 11:34:42 1984
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 RCA has stopped producing their CD disk player. As long as
their is a good market for disks I would assume they will
continue to produce them; however, look at past audio formats
that didn't catch on ( Sony's Elcassette or Wallensach's
tape cartridge as examples). When was the last time you
saw a new album in either of these formats?
 Many people believe the Pioneer Laserdisc will catch on
as the next big consumer item, but the movie rental
industry is taking a wait and see attitude because there
aren't that many units out there yet and media costs are
expensive. If you are looking for a system that will not
degrade the quality of the picture over time this would
be the way to go. The RCA system uses a stylus that contacts
very small grooves in the disk and will degrade the picture
quality. The Laserdisc uses a laser to read the impressions
in the disk so no deteriorzation will occur.