The Video Disc System: A Technical Report by the SMPTE Study Group on Video Disc Recording

The method used to obtain a video signal from a circular plastic medium has taken several forms in its ultimate product-type definition. Product design philosophy has been predicted on perceived market segments and achievable efficiency of scale for player and disc manufacturing. The combination of these elements, in an order of priority that most fits the manufacturing organization, has resulted in technological differences for each format. The consequence of these differences, that four basic formats continue to exist, are discussed in this report.

Print ISSN

0036-1682

Published

1982-02

Content type

Information

DOI

10.5594/J01321