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I had one also. IIR I even had some Don Bluth films on it. The problem was that the player broke all the time. I recall us taking it in for repairs constantly
by bane 11y ago
I had one also. IIR I even had some Don Bluth films on it.
The problem was that the player broke all the time. I recall us taking it in for repairs constantly and I think we even bought another one at some point.
We used to rent disks from early video rental stores and I remember when VHS and Beta tapes suddenly showed up in those stores. I think when it was finally discontinued my parents bought a huge collection of movies cheap.
There's a couple cartoons I remember watching all the time on the disks that I can't remember the name of them these days, but I've never seen them outside the format.
One of the other problems was that you could only fit about an hour's worth of video on a side. So watching a movie required flipping the disk through half-way.
The disks were definitely robust enough though, I don't think I've ever even seen the disk inside, they were kind of like a giant 3.5" floppy.
edit: oh wow, I remember us also having the 10 Commandments and I think Ben Hur (or some other sword and sandles movie). They took up 3 or 4 disks IIR and a huge block of space on the shelf.