Leonard Nimoy demonstrates Magnavision LaserDisc Player

[@morphman86]

"Yes, I can understand you. I'm Leonard Nimoy!" That explains everything!

[@Angie2343]

My sister, a Star Trek TOS fan, would GEEK if she saw this.

[@harrycochenour8060]

I own cd's with Leonard & William singing together. So i have something like this, from the time, yea geek 'sorta'. May you and yours have a good day...

[@ThatVinylChannel]

@@harrycochenour8060 I have vinyl records with Leonard Nimoy singing.

[@protorhinocerator142]

But then 4 seconds later he has to ask what kind of product the bleepy rock is talking about, when it's right there on the table in front of him.

[@OikPoinFive]

@@Angie2343 what,s tos? TOS: The Original Startrek???!!!

[@AndorianBlues]

1:24 I love the way he says this, like being Leonard Nimoy is what gives him the ability to understand beeping rocks

[@Watcher3223]

Well, it's only logical... :-)

[@old4mat]

I lost it at "Beeping Rocks" LMAO

[@DamienNightmarish]

I thought it was something covered with fabric.

[@meesalikeu]

well it true.

[@fjccommish]

"This man is having a heart attack!" LN: "Stand aside. I am Leonard Nimoy."

[@Allgone-b4k]

Only Leonard nimoy could talk to a flashing rock, and get away with it. RIP you amazing human

[@bradl8887]

Loved Nimoy but I’m not sure he got away with much here... this was almost as bad then as it is today. And don’t get me started on his music. 😁

[@notthatdigusted7468]

I bought this machine and will use it as my main laserdisc player because of Leonard Nimoy.

[@ChrisEllorris]

@@notthatdigusted7468 You say main laserdisc player as if it's normal to own not just one but multiples 😂

[@claytonbouldin9381]

@@bradl8887 Are you nuts?!?! The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins is a classic! It makes me want to hop on my unicycle and visit the shire!

[@BaarBear]

But he wasn't 100 percent human. He was half Vulcan.;-D

[@batman.darthmaul]

That's it, Leonard. Get as many fingerprints as possible on it.

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

batman144 With the perceived amount of shit he didn't give, I would have had a little fun with it and gone off script. "So you mean I can lick it?" Slurrrrrp! "Drop it on this gritty tile floor and dance on it?" Tappity, tappity tappity! "Bang it against this table?" Slap slap slap! "Throw it like a frisbee?" Whoosh, clunk! "Kick it back over to my mark like a big hockey puck?" Kick, sliiiiiiide! "And it will still play perfectly fine? Interesting!"

[@brendanmccabe8373]

batman144 did you not hear scratches won’t affect the coated surface and normal wear and tear will have no bearing on the quality

[@antney1108]

Brendan McCabe Scratches and fingerprints won’t affect Magnavision, but abysmal sales will!

[@meekdook4236]

Tim Moses HAHAHAHA

[@MyLuckyDobie]

Lol.

[@targbroffman9297]

Leonard Nimoy, ABBA, and a beeping crystal, what more could i want from a vintage tech commercial? Just Brilliant! 😉

[@DiscoMatty79]

I said the exact same thing. This would have sold me. Plus, VCRs were so expensive in the late 70's

[@claytonbouldin9381]

@@DiscoMatty79 No kidding! My friend's parents bought one back then and I think it cost $800 dollars in late 70s early 80s money (if I am recalling correctly).

[@sagev.5818]

Leonard Nimoy could explain the most mundane thing in detail and I would be intrigued and watch it!

[@MadameSomnambule]

His voice most certainly helps. Wonder if he narrated audiobooks on tape or records.

[@sagev.5818]

MadameSomnambule Yes, he has narrated some audiobooks!

[@robd1329]

Same here. He was Fascinating!

[@claytonbouldin9381]

@@MadameSomnambule He did narrate some books and lectures too. My English teacher had a set of albums narrated by Leonard Nimoy talking about Greek mythology. I can't remember the name of the series, or find them online.

[@HowardDaduk]

It feels like I'm watching a portal into the future. The ability to study still frames on a 19" CRT TV is just awe inspiring!

[@SuperFlashDriver]

Which would later be implemented in much of the video software like VLC, Media Players, and even non-destructive video & audio editors.

[@Bolloxed]

The future is going to be great!

[@raccoon681]

Year 2020 how are you feeling about that right now?

[@MC-yy2bx]

My Magnavision just faulted after 40 years of faithful service. Where do I take it for a tune up ?

[@PatricksBlendedMixOfVideos]

@@MC-yy2bx How did it stop working?

[@roberts3741]

It's 2021 and honestly, I liked 4 years ago better.

[@MC-yy2bx]

@@PatricksBlendedMixOfVideos; I was kidding. I don't own one.

[@JonnyInfinite]

ABBA, Spock and a talking rock....what more do you want?

[@blacbraun]

I'm a Doctor...not a bricklayer!

[@legendarydragoon]

ABBA had some bangers.

[@deltaray3]

Competitive Swimming

[@targbroffman9297]

This is the comment i was looking for...

[@smadaf]

Nail polish!

[@RoyUnit]

That alien space rock *really* likes ABBA. R.I.P. Leonard.

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

Who doesn't like ABBA?

[@ShamrockParticle]

Yes, but was it stoned at the time? (Probably not, being sober is the best way to listen to it.)

[@bluebirdsigma]

Proto-Alexa teaching us about laserdisc with Spock as interpreter. Priceless.

[@keithjrisk]

RIP Leonard Nimoy A man of many talents

[@strangeyoungman]

@@Mathster321 I mean, after mind-melding with a traumatized Horta, this must be easy.

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Sometimes talents used in baffling ways.

[@miller-joel]

But why does he have a tribble on his face???

[@keithjrisk]

@@miller-joel Because a Klingon would not fit.

[@fjccommish]

"From inside this small area, a low power laser beam projects. But if we adjust the conversion mix, we can boost the power to that of a star ship phaser, thus transforming the Magnavision LaserDisc Player into a weapons platform that can allow its user to conquer worlds."

[@stokestack]

You just nailed the typical plot of many Star Trek episodes.

[@fjccommish]

@Sean Wilkinson "Ineed.....more resolution, Mr. Scott."

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

. . . fjvideo --- I think you have Spock mixed up with MacGuyver. Mac could do MIRACULOUS THINGS with just a piece of . . == Bubble Gum and a PAPERCLIP. == . .

[@SidNightWalker]

But only the military grade players though.

[@thomasperkins2779]

And as an added bonus you can recharge Dilithium Crystals at the same time

[@djm122270]

Holy...!!! I can't believe my eyes and ears. I once met Leonard Nimoy at an autograph signing with my Dad at a department store on Long Island, NY just before he passed away. "Mr. Spock" must have been there as a promotional spokesperson. In the electronics department was this very Laser Video Disc Player showing the pilot episodes of Star Trek (watched both parts 1 & 2 in their entirety). Not only was I mesmerized but hypnotized all the same. I never knew this commercial existed! Discovering this has made my life totally complete!!! I am forever grateful to you for this...

[@retrosimon9843]

It's a video format, Jim, but not as we know it.

[@robfriedrich2822]

At least, this video disc caused CD, DVD, Bluray

[@wiseguymaybe]

Indeed. Fascinating.

[@jkdbuck7670]

Comedy gold.

[@Angie2343]

I just read that in DeForest's voice. May he RIP too.

[@matahari9858]

rip leonard nimoy heaven knew not superior picture quality until it knew magnavision

[@telocho]

Mata Hari Being just a rebranded Philips VLP600.

[@supersonickane8761]

I like Mr. Nimoy's introduction to the Magnavision because it really IS the gateway to the future. Thanks, Leonard! ☺️

[@lpdog82]

I still have this player from the 80's, it looked so ''vintage space age'' I just never could part with it LOL

[@leolahulet2066]

I have only one of the discs but not the machine I know I've seen them on eBay but I don't know if they would still work or not

[@marcellachine5718]

@@leolahulet2066 most times when one goes, it's just the rubber belt the breaks or gets gummy over time.

[@kevinscott1547]

Yes children before there were DVDs we had LaserDiscs!!!

[@leolahulet2066]

I own a laser disc but don't have a machine for it but yeah I remember them I'm 49 years old going on 50 so I I remember them very well

[@jstnsmutek]

@@leolahulet2066 What's a DVD?

[@OikPoinFive]

@@jstnsmutek u know. U know!

[@lylobean]

We also had cds...

[@marcellachine5718]

@@leolahulet2066 I have 5 players and 400 movies. I wish I had an early example like this player, mine are all late 80s early 90s. This one shown here as late 70s early 80s.

[@hizzlemobizzle]

And it's so compact. See how it fits neatly under your giant 25" television set, or as we call it Magnamegavision.

[@wolfshanze5980]

I was sold when he broke out the ABBA Laserdisc!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

It works!

[@1rk3neditz]

Mithrennon of Aegwynn I recommend getting one in a record Shop

[@wifighostcruiser9665]

I think you just outed yourself

[@donmcc6573]

I remember going through Tomorrowland at Disney World, and one of the attractions had a laser disk on display. And that is about as far as that technology ever went.

[@fjccommish]

Now Disney can't figure out the difference between a boy and a girl.

[@Angie2343]

@@fjccommish As they lost 30% market value.

[@fjccommish]

@@Angie2343 Serves them right.

[@Angie2343]

@@fjccommish And the Sonic movi sequel is CRUSHING Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Wokeness.

[@fjccommish]

@@Angie2343 LOL out loud. Sonic is so weak. Wokeness is weaker.

[@TonyKaku]

Can't wait for this to hit the stores! It's awesome!

[@TedTheAtheist]

Sir, are you still waiting for it to hit the stores? :)

[@Angie2343]

Maybe if the tech was modified.

[@TonyKaku]

@@TedTheAtheist Can’t wait! Any moment now!

[@XX-sp3tt]

Laser discs are the greatest medium for movies ever.

[@GEhotpants101]

I knew this was going to be good when he told a light bulb under some paper panties that he could understand it just out of the virtue of being Leonard Nimoy.

[@OikPoinFive]

= Duane Johnsun !

[@billyb4790]

There are panties made of paper?

[@MrUnsolvedMystery]

I don’t know how I stumbled on to this but this is the most fascinating infomercial ever. I couldn’t stop watching. Maybe it was the 1980s nostalgia

[@bob23301]

Nimoy "Well i am almost sold, just one more question, which button do i press to recored?" (Crystal explodes) Nimoy "fascinating"

[@iamweave]

That's probably what killed it. People wanted to record live TV. Funny how now I couldn't care less about recording live TV. Just stream whatever I want when. Fascinating.

[@marcellachine5718]

@@iamweave glad I have my laserdisc player and 400 movies. Retro movies give even more of a fuzzy feeling on this format.

[@orangie8426]

@@iamweave uh ah. I like a hard copy of something I watch if I want to keep it.. I still use vcrs...

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Never seen this before. The first movie I ever watched on LaserVision (later rebranded LaserDisc) was Star Trek The Motion Picture, and oh boy at the time it looked incredibly good on a CRT.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

I watched this numerous times, but only today did I read the description for the very first time. And I was SHOCKED to learn that this was filmed in 1981! Filmed in the 80s, yet somehow it gives out such 70s vibe..!

[@Watcher3223]

Yeah, the video was made in 1981 and does seem like it's out of date. It was also a day late and a dollar short. The Magnavision debuted in 1978, and it wasn't a very good machine. In 1980, the Japanese-made Pioneer VP-1000 came out, and that player was superior to the Magnavox players manufactured in USA from assembly kits made in Europe. Also superior were Pioneer's Japanese-made discs compared to what DiscoVision churned out in California. And then in 1981, Magnavox put this video out there in their dealer showrooms, but to no avail because... 1 - By 1981, VCRs were vastly outselling LaserVision. 2 - Magnavox and MCA DiscoVision had a chance to make LaserVision the hot item to get in the late 70s, but they blew it. Players and discs were returned almost as quickly as they were purchased because of serious defects with both, leaving a bad impression with consumers. 3 - The Philips-made VH-8000 and the VH-8005 (same player, but with a wireless remote) were on the verge of being discontinued and replaced by new models that would be made by Pioneer for NAP (North American Philips, then parent company of Magnavox). 4 - RCA's entry into the videodisc market with their own stylus-based CED format would only further confuse consumers, despite the rather obvious differences between it and LaserVision.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

@@Watcher3223 Yep, kinda sad when you think about it, but hey - we got one of the most amazing commercials ever, with mr. Nimoy in it, so, not that bad in the end ;)

[@alastairward2774]

New decades take a few years to become their own, pop culture like Stranger Things help let us forget it wasn't all neatly bookended.

[@ScottyKirk1]

The bell bottoms are definitely the 70s vibe. If he had a colored sleeve, he'd have the Moonbase Alpha uniform! 😉 👌

[@TokyoXtreme]

The NFL Films music had been around for several years already (late 60s?), which gives the video a retro vibe even for 1981.

[@dplatt7290]

the mustache is a sign that this is the Spock from the Mellow Mirror Universe.

[@dannydougin3925]

He was *more* than Spock! 🙄

[@dirtyharry1844]

"Yes,i can understand you...I´m Leonard Nimoy."

[@blacbraun]

Of course. He had a loving sexual relationship with the rock creature and mind meld or cock meld it.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

amazing how far we have come in just the past 30 years.

[@patluvsvettes]

Man, I miss Leonard Nimoy! Such a great actor!

[@Angie2343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ_EnZ6Diauqm5I He was the narrator for the Seaman game on the SEGA Dreamcast.

[@melindahall5062]

I’m a big Trekkie and I love Spock. Mr. Nimoy really fleshed out the role. Otherwise he was just a “middling actor”. I hated him on “Mission Impossible”.

[@Angie2343]

We all do.

[@th3garbageman]

The only thing comforting about this is Leonard’s voice. The talking crack rock and Abba were terrifying.

[@ds3930]

2:09 When he opens the lid, I swear it sounds like the hood opening on a 78 Regal. I half expected to see a V8.

[@kennyryan4173]

rip. always enjoyed listening to his voice. talking space rock sounds so cute.

[@michaelpierce4036]

This video looks like it came out around the time when they were filming the "new" Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I always loved that movie.

[@wiseguymaybe]

You made your comment 6 years ago. Are you still with us or ..... 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢😨

[@mdduckman]

This is pure gold! I still have a Pioneer Laserdisc player (don't use it anymore), but I remember the Magnavox version. Thanks for posting!

[@rcordiner]

Are these in the shops yet?

[@1rk3neditz]

Content Aware Phil well did you still sell them at record stores, you just gotta look for the right ones

[@stevencarlson5422]

Content Aware Phil ya where can I get one :)

[@deltatom7]

I can't believe I watched that all the way through. Awesome, though.

[@Shane07752]

The DVD player of the 70's/80's.

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

OMG when you remember this and actually owned one in the late 70s or 80s boy do you feel OLD

[@michaelturner4457]

Dragon's Lair in an arcade was the only time I actually saw a laser-disk been played for myself. Never saw one like this Magnavision, that I could actually buy.

[@jezzdavis9059]

Same here!

[@dannydougin3925]

Leonard was a very handsome man with a great voice.

[@TookMe20min2findThis]

I remember playing Dragon's Lair on a Laserdisc in 1984.. This was way ahead of it's time and the graphics blew everything else out of the water.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

It took decades for the animation to catch up in the video game industry! Sadly, Dragons lair was pretty expensive to play and the learning/difficulty curve was insanely hard. Its rightly seen as groundbreaking but it was unfortunate that it was such a poor game overall

[@karsonkevin2]

I like how at 8:50 the audio actually is 2-channel and wasn't compressed down to a single channel for KZbin. The first coach talking comes from the left channel (1) and the second coach to talk comes from the right channel (2)

[@Alliwantedwasapepsi]

Imagine long in the future this is the only record of our existence...

[@surisuri8993]

The future is going to be amazing once I get my SLIMLINE Magnavision LaserDisc Player.

[@Watcher3223]

Slimline Magnavision LaserDisc player = Magnavox Blu-Ray Disc player made by Funai.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The flashing crystal that talks to Leonard is cute. This is a rare find. I'm guessing this is from the early 1980s and Leonard must had done this between Star Trek II and III.

[@lmoore3rd]

Filmed on Genesis while he was waiting for Kirk to retrieve him. 😀

[@mws8389]

It says 'copyright 1981' in the end credits.

[@Bat8hitcrazy]

Must have

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@Bat8hitcrazy Star Trek 2 was released in America in June 1982. The movie was filmed in 1981 so Leonard Nimoy must had done the Magnavision Laserdisc Player video advertisement after production on Star Trek 2 was completed hence 'copyright 1981'.

[@harryandthepeapods]

Leonard Nimoy penetrates the finer gaps of the laser disc format.

[@Uhfgood]

For people who think this is silly and/or goofy, it's actually a pretty effective marketing tool. At first you think it's silly Nimoy talking to a beeping rock, but then soon you're sort of hanging on Nimoy's words, waiting patiently for him to "translate" what the rock is saying. This causes your brain to engage in the material being presented more fully. At the end you're not really thinking ab out the rock but rather the information Mr. Nimoy presented. It's sort of like going to a theater and watching a movie in one of those imax sized screens, at first it looks really huge, but eventually you're so absorbed into the story you don't notice it as much. This is also why I tend to go with the cheaper regular screen rather than "XD", "Dolby Cinema", "IMAX", or what-have-you.

[@kevinlambert2756]

Spock ...😉💜

[@kingcrimson234]

You got me. This video has me sold thanks to Leonard Nimoy. I'm buying a laserdisc player today.

[@BrentPollard1]

Was he wearing nail polish?

[@siropsan]

+Brent Pollard I think laquered

[@cheryldeboissiere7824]

I think it's a woman's finger

[@targbroffman9297]

Indeed Jim, it would appear so...

[@brianwest2775]

The laser disk does look incredibly high tech compared to the TV.

[@heiseheise]

Excellent work on transcribing the fully L and R channel bits from his demo at the end with the football bit

[@1701echopapa]

Oh. My. God. I can imagine Nimoy saying to himself, "It's a paycheck. It's a paycheck. It's a paycheck..."

[@JavierBonilla78]

Live long and prosper Mr. Nimoy!

[@banjonator1]

Damn you Nimoy, I wanted to hear ABBA.

[@fjccommish]

I'm a doctor, not an advanced laser video player!

[@CanuckGod]

Not playing ABBA? Illogical.

[@E_y_a_l]

Although your comment is 3 years old, you do know you can type "ABBA" in the search box at the top of this site and hear the full song?

[@dannobles8028]

A Swedish pop-group from Earth, circa 1970s that relied on catchy lyrics and melodies. I find them strangely...appealing.

[@legendarydragoon]

I love you Leonard, but I'm going to have to switch to Audio Channel 2 of my Magnavision so I can just hear ABBA.

[@JordanSugarman]

This video starts with Leonard Nimoy staring off... into the future! And then it just keeps getting better. Bravo, 1970s promotional video director.

[@fjccommish]

He was not staring into the future. He was willing the future into existence.

[@elbowdrop3596]

Why is he repeating what the rock just said? Ok, we get it...geez.

[@Watcher3223]

Probably because the audience may not understand "rockinese."

[@Mentorcase]

It"s not rockinese it's piezo!

[@Watcher3223]

Piezo would be how it could speak rockinese, like a mouth speaking Japanese. ;-)

[@garoad2]

"what the rock said" hmm

[@Knightmessenger]

@@Watcher3223 it's just like rock-et science.

[@mspeter97]

"if nothing touches the disk surface there's virtually no wearout factor" okay, Mr. Nimoy, than WHY are you holding it like that?

[@Resimaster]

My thoughts exactly :)

[@MrWolfSnack]

He means playing apparatus, such as NEEDLES.

[@DanielSolis]

"Yes, I can understand you - I'm Leonard Nimoy!" is the new internet meme.

[@Bobby8451]

Leonard Nimoy, the best commentarist of all time. I used to fall asleep listening to this guy on the history channel's Ancient Mysteries. Love his voice!

[@KOBUN40]

The laser disc player is nice, but what I really want is that crystal robot sidekick.

[@spartanx5806]

man i love leonard nimoy and this cool laser disc video!i wish things were still like this.......miss this ...

[@BubblesTheBard]

"I can understand you, Im Leonard Nimoy."

[@a68k_de]

Leonard Nimoy live long and prosper in the galaxy you are now 🖖

[@robd1329]

Fascinating!

[@a68k_de]

@@robd1329 Make it so. :)

[@davido.1233]

It's amazing how peple thought of dvds long before they were actually popularized!

[@juanalberto5079]

Legend icon mr. Nimoy, in the days of 4K, 8K, streaming and beyond.....(today on pandemic years)💿👍📀🎞️✌️

[@eddiemaiden2012]

This is great and Leonard Nimoy is awesome live long and prosper

[@zymaymyn]

0:32 is "High Combustion" by Network Production Music Library. Also, if you see seasons 4-6 of "In Search Of..." (1979-82), you will also see Nimoy with a 'stache.

[@jojoquigley7741]

I am an alien from the planet Zorkon, here to study human culture. This video is fascinating. Who is that man talking to the blinking rock? He reminds me of a species we encountered in the SR-101 Star Cluster. What was the name of that planet ? Can't quite remember. A stoic people ....Hot climate.

[@shaolin95]

Wakanda?

[@ITSCHANNEL14]

Vulcan is the planet you were referring to. Quite hot indeed. During a Vulcan summer, the polar ice cap, composed mainly of carbon dioxide ice, shrinks and may disappear altogether

[@matthewgaudet4064]

I have that very version of American Graffiti. 5 sides CAV. Discovision. Hard to find and rare.

[@canucktunes]

RIP Leonard Nimoy

[@robcemento9605]

2021...and I'm sold!!! Where can I get one!!!

[@qtheband751]

I think we all know that the fact you could get competitive swimming on laser disk was the true selling point.

[@チーチン]

Where can I pre-order? This is fantastic.

[@NATESOR]

looks sick. when's it coming out?

[@thamghoul5719]

They blew their whole budget hiring Nimoy, and had to use a rock as the second actor.True story.

[@roachtoasties]

I'm sold! Where can I pick up my own Magnavision LaserDisc Player?

[@roberts3741]

That forward/back slide is pretty awesome, ngl. We need that now.

[@maintenancetunnels]

so who actually thought that rock thing was a god idea

[@George040270]

"God" idea?

[@fjccommish]

Brup bree bip boo

[@fjccommish]

Nimoy "Really? An entire library of exciting video discs such as watching paint dry, watching grass grow, and I can study each individual drip from that runny faucet. Fascinating!"

[@metallitech]

They also considered using a pair of scissors or a piece of paper :)

[@Uhfgood]

Actually it was a good idea, because as you watch, eventually you're waiting for Leonard Nimoy to "translate" what the rock is saying. It's actually quite effective. This was it goes into your mind easier and quicker because you are engaged, and does it better than if some marketing person or even Nimoy himself were to tell it to you directly. Psychology my friend.

[@Daehawk]

We loved Magnavox in the 80s and 90s. Had their TVs and VCRs.

[@davidcarver483]

I wasn't aware Ron Burgandy promoted Laserdisc. I guess he was a big deal back then.

[@northernbettygirl]

Does anyone remember the album sized predecessors to DVD's? Laserdiscs? I do, and they had remarkable picture and sound quality. And, they were pretty expensive too

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I worked at a TV and appliance store in the early 80s. We had those Magnavision players for sale and we had the Olivia! laserdisc on continuous play for several months with all the TVs in the show room displaying it simultaneously on all the screens. Men would stop and stare dumbfounded as she was dancing around in skimpy outfits and underwear, rolling around on the beach in the waves in a barely there bathing suit. Yeah, I got tired of looking at it after a while, but just the clarity of the image was eye catching. Neither broadcast, cable or a a VHS tape had an image that sharp at the time.

[@fjccommish]

Men would have stared if it had been VHS.

[@claytonbouldin9381]

@@fjccommish Or Betamax!

[@fjccommish]

@@claytonbouldin9381 Or flip cards.

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

I actually HAVE a WORKING Pioneer LaserDisc Player. It was a gift to me for my Studio. I love this Vintage equipment. Nothing beats the sound quality.

[@JoJoLux2013]

I bought my first one, after i bought the laserdisc of... StartTrek Next Generation the movie ^^ It was so cool, a jump in the quality, video and sound, from the VHS era ^^

[@cygil1]

@halo3guyy Laserdisc was a huge success in Japan. It was a niche high-end format in the West. It pioneered most of the features subsequently found on DVDs. It was far from a failure.

[@marcellachine5718]

Odd fact for a failure. It was released a full 3 years before the compact disc.

[@DPedroBoh]

This is actually pretty good, seeing its analogic, there's no compression, so the raw video can be stored on the disc. It would be interesting if something like this was made with today's standards, like 1080p resolution.

[@the_undead]

In the '80s OR '90s there was a high definition version of the LaserDisc in Japan because it's Japan and they're far more technologically advanced than literally every other Nation

[@MonitoMR]

Back when Nimoy had a soswag mustache... Rest in Peace, Commander.

[@jamie1707]

My parents bought one of these things. I think it worked for 2 weeks, then was in the shop every other week until finally finding a permanent home on a shelf in the attic. I can still hear my Dad cursing the darn thing. It had terrible picture quality, and if I remember right, the sound was often out of sync with the picture. I don't remember what it cost, but it wasn't cheap by 1979 standards. I think we would have enjoyed owning the beeping rock much more.

[@flexor212000]

That thing is ALMOST as loud as the first generation PS3...

[@Watcher3223]

Almost as loud, but nowhere near as capable.

[@RdVortex]

Which is still only half as loud as the 1st gen Xbox 360.

[@AGrayPhantom]

I'm surprised they didn't edit out how loud the player was.

[@KozenaDrzka]

PS3 SuperSlim is pretty loud when reading from disc

[@outtheredude]

Sounds as noisy as a film projector.

[@MrLeglamp]

ABBA says take a chance on Magnavision. Mamma Mia, I'm sold!

[@randallulrich]

The amazing part of all this? The fact that Leonard Nimoy kept a straight face throughout this entire commercial.

[@shrimpflea]

gotta wonder how many takes they did.

[@80sWavrDude]

I love the lighting they used for such infomercials back then.

[@ai6894]

10:30 (unauthorized duplication disclaimer) *Enterprise computer female voice* "Error! Insufficient data. Please restate previous input." Nimoy: When I get ahold of my agent who said this was a 'logical' career move!

[@STEFANOPACINI]

This is the very first Laserdisc player ... for optical laser discs

[@Watcher3223]

That would be the Pioneer/DiscoVision PR-7820. But, that's a commercial/industrial player. The player advertised here, the Magnavox VH-8000, was the first consumer grade player ... but it was a piece of junk.

[@cornjobb]

it's almost as if they were TRYING to force a mental connection, on the part of the viewer, between THIS leonard nimoy with a pornstache, and the character of mr. spock on star trek.

[@wiseguymaybe]

Well there is the Spock with a beard in a parallel universe. Perhaps he is inbetween dimensions.

[@geoffsclassiccars]

And bilbo baggins

[@knorrissirronk8665]

I was thinking between what he was wearing and the set, that it was closer to Spock in the "Space 1999" universe... No Maya though... What a let-down. Maya rocked the "werewolf Vulcan" look PERFECTLY!

[@creamcheese6662]

Can’t wait for this! I’m still watching movies on 8 track, but digital!

[@Watcher3223]

_"I'm still watching movies on 8 track, but digital!"_ HD-DVD?

[@natepeace1737]

As long as Cardi B, and Nicky Minaj are not on the discs, then I’m sold.

[@lurkersmith810]

Were Laserdiscs all the rage in the 1980s? Abba-solutely! Pioneer had a demo disc showing someone dumping ice cream on the disk, washing it off and playing it! I used to gawk at those at Federated (Southern California), but couldn't afford one.

[@fjccommish]

Mr. Wizard