In the early 1980s, the arcade was still the place to play the newest and best video games. Sure, consoles existed, and were just starting to give arcades a run for their money -- and were even ...

Leonard Nimoy wasn’t only Spock on Star Trek. He was a celebrated stage actor and director of many successful films like Three Men and a Baby. But he would also willingly cash in on his good name as a ...

The first laser videodisc players cost $1,000. The first CD players cost $1,000. The cost of viewing near-perfect pictures and listening to stunning sound was a steep $2,000. Then Pioneer, savior of ...

So, was at the local Salvation Army today poking around, and what do I find? LaserDiscs! Mostly ho-hum stuff, but then I find Young Frankenstein! So I bought it. For $1.50. No clue what I'm going to ...

...but its not in 100% working order. Allow me to explain. The unit does play discs, and when it plays them, it plays them well. However, I have had a few problems with the unit. First off, sometimes ...

The relentless march of technological development means once cutting edge inventions are continually being relegated to the scrapheap, or at least the musty bottom drawer. From what might have been to ...

Just for the fun of it, let’s dive off that runaway wagon train of technology. Let’s put off DVD — hey, it already put us off for more than a year — and all those new big-screen TVs and all those new ...

The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first ...

Gadget buffs and would-be film students may get a kick out of Mitsubishi’s latest laser disc player (M-V8000), which can not only play back movies but also virtually dissect them for you frame by ...

Remember Laserdiscs? Those large-size video mediums almost no one outside Japan bought in the 1980s and 1990s? I never thought I would write another post on LDs after the one in January this year in ...