No OP but I have a personal fascination with this tech as well.
It was one of those technologies that was way ahead of its time. They just could not get the density on the disk such that it would make sense longer term but given people still had records, they fit into these collections as-in given their similar form factor. They sported better picture quality and (debatably) better audio.
They also were natively able to produce an analog signal (RCA video and component out) as format is not actually totally digital.
They are just super cool piece of tech from a blip in history but they did set the stage for all our compact disk formats we use today.
I do wonder what it is about the technological blip that catches people attention. I have a strange fascination with old hardware that's still in production somewhere and I find I'm not the only one. I couldn't tell you why, however.
It was one of those technologies that was way ahead of its time. They just could not get the density on the disk such that it would make sense longer term but given people still had records, they fit into these collections as-in given their similar form factor. They sported better picture quality and (debatably) better audio.
They also were natively able to produce an analog signal (RCA video and component out) as format is not actually totally digital.
They are just super cool piece of tech from a blip in history but they did set the stage for all our compact disk formats we use today.