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 consumer player of the format you know as Laserdisc. More »
So what exactly is a Vmedia disc? Well, it’s pretty much the worst idea ever.
Pioneer is ceasing production of their three remaining LaserDisc players, marking the end of major manufacture for players of the giant, shiny, long-obsolete format.
This is leisure, 1982-style. The Perceptronics LaserTour consisted of an industrial-quality LaserDisc player, an exercise bike and a 45-inch video projector. The faster you pedalled, the faster the scenery went by. The faster the scenery went by, the thinner your thighs got. The thinner your thighs got, the happier you were. Was that really how it was in the Eighties?
The LaserTour was available from the Neiman Marcus catalogue – and at $US20,000 you should have got the model’s twin sister as well. And their Mum. And the woman from the call centre who took your order.
Sweat-Setter [Swapatorium via Kotaku] More »
