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Well DVD is digital, and Laser was analog, so that's one difference. But the big thing was that Laser discs were lower-resolution. The quality was somewhere in between VHS and DVD.
Well DVD is digital, and Laser was analog, so that's one difference. But the big thing was that Laser discs were lower-resolution. The quality was somewhere in between VHS and DVD.
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How could a CD be analog?
Isn't a CD digital by nature?
I'm not familiar with laser disc at all, I was born in 91
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No but my friend did. We watched Mortal Combat on it and I distinctly remember watching this scene and thinking how cool it looked.
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Well a LaserDisc is not exactly a CD, just as a CD and DVD are also different.
It's a bit confusing to me as well, but a LaserDisc does not store the data as binary 1s and 0s as a CD or DVD does.
I believe that a LaserDisc's relationship to a DVD could be likened to a vinyl record's relationship to a CD.
If you have 10 minutes, you should give this video a watch. It will give you a good primer on what LaserDiscs actually were:
