Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…well, in Chicago about thirty-five years ago, I was associate editor and staff writer on Video Action Magazine, one of the earliest home video magazines to hit the newsstands, a tale I related in an earlier post. Here’s an article I wrote for the March 1981 issue about the latest, greatest, statest-of-the-art format technology battle then being waged for home video dollars:
Tags: format wars, home video, laserdisc, RCA, Video Action Magazine
Paul, this is a fascinating article; I remember being in grade school probably in 1982 and reading a similar article in music class about compact discs, which I had never get witnessed in person. We never had a LaserDisc (or competitor) player in my family, but I was still amazed by the technology. 30-some years later, it’s very interesting to revisit the dawning of that phase of digital (and optical, etc). You did a fantastic job researching and explaining all the details and applications for the technology!