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  Semi-digital high-quality video format developed in early 1970's by Philips and MCA that hit the stores in 1978. It used to be the choice of home video freaks until late 1990's when DVD killed it within two years. LaserDisc (or LD or CDV as it was also known) got digital sounds in late 1980's and Dolby Surround and DTS sound in 1990's. Most of the Hollywood studios released their titles for LD in 1990's before DVD revolution. At its peak, U.S. had over 1M LD players and Japan over 4M players and in U.S. there were over 5,000 LD retailers.
  
  The picture quality beats the crap out of VCD, but loses in comparision to DVD-Video -- you could say that it is in par with SuperVCD in terms of video quality.