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The LaserDisc
The first mass market optical media
David Paul Gregg was an indefatigable individual, and he chose to start his own company, Gauss Electrophysics, to further the development of optical video and audio storage. Representatives from Philips had attended the press conference in December 1972, and while they’d not wished to work with Gauss previously, they were apparently impressed by the demonstration, and they contacted MCA Disco-Vision immediately. So, if you had a mate in North America, Japan, or South Korea and he sent a copy of Raiders of the Lost Ark to your flat near Leeds Met or Le Mirail, you could play the disc assuming you had one of these new dual format players.
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