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Also known as laserdisc, laser disc, laser video disc, LD

LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. It was developed by Philips, Pioneer, and the movie studio MCA. The format was initially marketed in the United States in 1978 under the name DiscoVision, a brand used by MCA. As Pioneer took a greater role in its development and promotion, the format was rebranded LaserVision. While the LaserDisc brand originally referred specifically to Pioneer's line of players, the term gradually came to be used generically to refer to the format as a whole, making it a genericized trademark. The discs typically hav

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Media.logo
LaserDisc logo.svgclass=skin-invert
Media.image
LaserDisc.jpg
Media.caption
A LaserDisc being held
Media.type
Optical disc
Media.encoding
MUSE
Media.read
670 nm wavelength semiconductor laser
Media.standard
LaserVision
Media.use
Home video
Media.released
1994
Media.discontinued
September 21, 2001 (films)July 2009 (production)
Media.title
Hi-Vision LD
Media.capacity
60 minutes per side on CLV discs

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Subclass of
videodisc
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LDDVDComparison-mod.png
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Commons category
LaserDisc
topic's main category
Category:LaserDisc
inception
1978-00-00
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