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Pioneer LD-700 LaserDisc Player (1984)
Pioneer LD-700 LaserDisc Player (1984)
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Pioneer LD-700Â
đ„First Commercially-Released Solid-State LaserDisc Player
The Pioneer LD-700, introduced in March 1984, was a revolutionary machine that completely changed how LaserDisc players were designed and built. It holds two major titles in home video history: it was the first player to trade old, bulky internal gas lasers for a tiny, modern solid-state laser, and the first to use a motorized, slide-out front-loading tray rather than a pop-up top lid. These massive engineering updates allowed the player to be incredibly slim, perfectly matching the stacked look of 1980s living room stereo systems. It also introduced automated internal sensors that kept the laser perfectly aligned even if the massive, movie-sized discs were slightly warped. The LD-700's compact reliability and lower manufacturing costs became the definitive blueprint for every laser video disc player that followed.
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The first LaserDiscs were marketed as MCA DiscoVision discs and released in 1978. Pioneer later bought a majority of rights to MCA DiscoVision, and re-branded it at LaserVision and LaserDisc in 1980. The LaserDisc was discontinued in 2009 after an estimated 3.6 million players were sold in it's lifetime.
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