Shown here (left to right): Escape from New York VHS tape copy, Escape from New York
LaserDisk copy from the mid-1980s (not a DVD), and Snake Plissken action figure.
Why wasn't the CD's optical storage technology scaled up from a 120mm disk drive to something the same size as an analog
LaserDisk player or an LP turntable?
Do you have
laserdisks, but no working
laserdisk player?
Movie buffs with their own library of software, on the other hand, might think first of upgrading to a top-of-the-line, hi-fi stereo VCR or
laserdisk player.
Using specially written software and other technologies such as High Definition TV (HDTV) with either a
laserdisk or other type of optical storage medium such as CD-ROM, the user can navigate on the Internet, download some of the files on a Mac, PC or Unix workstation, and retrieve and store The Visible Man's body data as needed.
The workstation consisted of a Tandy model 1200 HD microcomputer, a Pioneer model LD-V4200
laserdisk player, and a Sharp model QA-25 overhead projector palate to display the screen image of the computer screen.