I believe a good part of you have never seen what LaserDisc looks like, let alone owned it, as this video playback technology was not very popular in Europe. It is 30 cm in size, just like a gramophone record, and in fact, it looks like a huge CD. Here’s a little history of LaserDisc before I show you how I fixed such a 1993 device.

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