The Laser Disc format is officially dead

Philip Wong | Jan 16, 2009

Pioneer DVK-900.
(Credit: Pioneer)

Anyone still own one of these mammoth Laser Disc (LD) players and oversized optical discs at home? (Psst: I do) Well, it's finally time to say goodbye as Pioneer has recently cut the lifeline of this antique video format. According to Akihabara News, the company is halting production of all LD players. The victims include the versatile LD/DVD/VCD/CD DVL-919, the hybrid cassette tape-equipped DVK-900 and karaoke-oriented DVL-K88.

On a separate note, the manufacturers are not making disc players like they used to nowadays. Mine is still in pretty good working condition after more than 10 years of use. You just need to open it up once in a while to clean the laser lens to keep it going.

Via Akihabara News

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