The first laser videodisc players cost $1,000. The first CD players cost $1,000. The cost of viewing near-perfect pictures and listening to stunning sound was a steep $2,000. Then Pioneer, savior of ...

Physical media is dead. Tens of millions of units of physical music titles still move each year, with even CDs selling ...

In the many years before convincing three-dimensional graphics were possible, video game developers had to get creative to realize their vision. When it came to racing games, that creativity typically ...

Buyers of a rare LaserDisc used to demonstrate an 80s-vintage film editing system have found it full of raw footage from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, graciously posting clips to a ...

A rare 1983 LaserDisc was recovered from Lucasfilm's EditDroid archives containing 30 minutes of never-before-seen Star Wars: Return of the Jedi footage. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and ...

When you think of the home video format of choice in decades past, what comes to mind first? For many, it's the bulky, plastic VHS tapes that dominated video rental store shelves for years. VHS tapes ...

Here in the year 2025, it’s not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that’s just what happened last week with the ...

Yes, we're just as shocked and horrified to hear the news as you are, but it seems to be true. Pioneer, the last major electronics manufacturer to continue production of laserdisc players, has ...

After 30 to 40 years of storage, I decided it was time to reorganize my Archives. Until I got to my Laserdisc storage. It seems there had been a leak into the room about five years ago. It soaked over ...

Avid fans of the Star Wars films may think they have seen every frame and heard every word from the six-part saga, but as Yoda would say: 'Wrong, they are.' A segment of the 1983 film Return Of The ...