Laser Disk...new wave of
the collecting future?
For a very brief period of
time in the 1990's laser disks seemed to be the new hip thing that
was supposed to replace VHS tapes. Sadly and very smartly this never
caught on. Laser disks are huge, in fact their the size of records
and was supposed to be the newest cutting edge in technology.
I think a big reason why
these little babies never caught on was the size. I mean where would
you store all these things? + most of the time you had to flip the
disk over since the movie was split up. Since laser disks never
caught on, it paved the way for DVDs and now of course blurays.
I'm of course a VHS
collecting nut, and I just began to collect laser disks which are
only sold at conventions and online. I know it sounds weird since I
don't have nor ever owned a laser disk machine, but I guess it's just
the covers that rope me in. So far I only have three. Intruder,
Fright Night, and Gremlins 2. I plan on collecting a few
more, only movies I'm really a big fan of. I plan on getting these
signed one day in the future and even if their not going to be worth
anything I find them a very interesting and different way to collect
movies. Who knows with the VHS collecting boom in full swing, maybe
laser disk will have it's time to shine in the sun.
Who knows...
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