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2 unusual facts about Optical disc


Optical disc

In 1975, Philips and MCA began to work together, and in 1978, commercially much too late, they presented their long-awaited Laserdisc in Atlanta.

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Optical storage

The term optical drive usually refers to a device in a computer that can read CD-ROMs or other optical discs.


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High-definition pre-recorded media and compression

Since the DVD Forum and the Blu-ray Disc Association failed to agree on standards for high-definition 12-cm discs, a format war was under way between the DVD Forum's HD DVD (formerly "Advanced Optical Disc") standard and the Blu-ray Disc Association's Blu-ray Disc standard.

HVD

Holographic Versatile Disc, an optical disc technology still in the research stage

Nintendo optical discs

Each Nintendo optical disc contains a burst cutting area (BCA) mark, a type of barcode that is written to the disc with a YAG laser.

Versatile

Versatile Multilayer Disc aka VMD or HD VMD, a high-capacity red laser optical disc technology

WMV HD

With the advent of Blu-ray Disc as the optical HD-media format of choice, WMV HD is considered obsolete in its optical disc form.

The technology was considered a stepping stone to true high definition optical disc formats (HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc) and Microsoft never intended the discs to be played on anything but personal computers.