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That's coincides with what I remember. This is why I was surprised when I just read that the first LD came out in 1978 (per my Wikipedia quote above). I didn't actually know anyone that had an LD player until the very early '90's.

Points taken, and interesting conversation about the differences between LD's & DVD's. To address #1 above, while I agree the regular DVD containers are thicker than LD packaging, if you take the DVD's out of their somewhat bulky containers, discard the packaging, & put them in thin CD cases...

The point I was trying to make (which may not have come across too clearly in my earlier post) was that I wished that DVD's had initially come out instead of LD's, due to their obvious superiority. That being said, it's possible the technology to make DVD's didn't exist in the late '70's (when...

I stated all of the reasons I didn't like LD's in my previous post. DVD's were/are a far superior format from every stand-point.

Agree 100%. LD's were always only a niche home video format, and never caught on for various reasons: -Way too expensive; each LD was roughly $70 each, and I'm sure the players were expensive as well. - Awkward; the LD typically had to be flipped over half-way throughout a film. -Took up too...