>  Nobody remembers that one, though, because it never became popular.
> But it's curious how one can see such strong parallels between audio
> and video recording formats.

I actually remember seeing this as a kid. State of the art technology, the 
pride of the "mediathek" (a library where you could borrow not only books 
but also vinyl records and (if you owned a player) this so called "video 
record"). A film on record cost 1/8 of a month's wages here - no wonder it 
never became popular.

Now, I remember when the first CD (one piece ;-) arrived at the local record 
store it was not displayed in its package. It was taken out and nailed to 
the wall in a dark place with the data-side out. Then a spotlight was 
trained on it (to show the pretty interference patterns)... it was not for 
sale, but rather kept as a curiosity.

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