Got one living with me who falls into this category. She about lost her mind when I showed her a laser disc; thought it was some kind of special record. Yes, that's the world we live in, now: kids collect records and cassettes, but have never seen a blu-ray.

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[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean technically it's kind of like a laser record haha

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even more so when you realize they aren't even digital, they use analog NTSC, PAL signal modulation / encoding.

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, they do? I always assumed they were digital..

Edit: well damn yeah they're just shiny records.. from Wikipedia "The surface of the disc is covered with small holes that are read by a laser."

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thought it was some kind of special record

Well, there was something like that. CED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc