Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
From "Vision USA No. 82 ", an edited segment on early CD/Laser Disc technology. Technology.
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
MS engineer spooling 2" tape onto a cumbersome RCA quad machine.
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
DO NOT USE Feature Film Clip
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
Panning MS electronics bay, stop at RCA laboratory technician working in adjacent room. MS/CUs white male lab technician cutting visual & audio information from feature film onto a copper-coated aluminum cylinder disc (early laserdisc / DVD technology). MS African-American male lab tech cutting a metal picture master from the original mold, pulling copy from mold. MCU/CUs stamping machine pressing laser discs (high speed reproduction); retail for a 2 hour film is $12 (in 1970 dollars). Panning MS inside quality control room, tech watching several discs in playback mode on bay of color monitors. MS/CUs African-American female tech working with diamond-tipped stylus; ECU stylus. CU RCA SelectraVision disc being loaded into disc player.
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
DO NOT USE CU monitor playing excerpt from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid", Paul Newman riding bicycle in circles.
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
Microscope ECU of MCA/Phillips' laser disc information. Graphic showing how the laser disc operates (laser beam splitter, detector, mirror, receivers). CUs automated factory machines polishing glass discs, coating them with fine metallic solution. MS/CUs Caucasian male lab technician mastering onto the discs, watching playback on monitor built into machine. CUs laser beams used to author discs. Animation of how the laser cutting imprints information onto the surface. CUs of 12" laser discs on machines, being cleaned, produced; VO says 40 billion bits can be stored onto disks, more than LP & videotape. MS/CUs white male lab tech putting stamper disc onto injection molding machine. MS discs rolling off press. MS shaggy white male engineer working on clean-scrolling disc function (no FF lines).
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
DO NOT USE Feature Film Clip
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
MSs white woman putting disk into primitive tabletop laserdisc / DVD player, watching film on monitor.
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
DO NOT USE CU TV replaying excerpt from "Jaws".
Vision USA: Early CD/Laser Disc Technology
MS woman's hands remove the disk from the tabletop laserdisc player.