Comments by "Neil Forbes" (@neilforbes416) on "The CED: No really, it coulda made sense! (Part 2)" video.

  1. If the size(disc diameter) of the MCA Laservision disc(I won't credit Philips as Philips make crap) was married to the method of encoding the video and audio content on a DVD, then a 12-inch disc, perhaps 2 discs, could've held the entire 11 seasons of M*A*S*H for example, or a 3-disc box-set of Classic Carry-On(Carry On Camping, Carry On Doctor, Carry On Again, Doctor, etc.), or a four disc set of the Harry Potter saga from "Philosopher's Stone" right through to "Deathly Hallows Part 2", and with home-burn, home movies burned to the format, the possibilities would be endless.
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  2. If Pioneer had applied Sony's DVD-type methods to the Laserdisc, then it's conceivable that the entire 11-season run of M*A*S*H, including the movie-length final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell, Amen" could've been issued on 1 or perhaps 2 12-inch discs. Note here that I give Philips absolutely none of the credit for Laservision or DVD. Philips may have had the idea for these video formats, but if left to develop the product themselves, would've delivered an absolute unworkable mess. You only have to look back to that unmitigated failure, the N1000 and then N1500 "VCR" videorecorders that initially had the cassette shells made of stiffened cardboard, and the concentric spools(feed reel above the take-up reel) that used to mangle the tapes. Even the other European electronic goods makers like Telefunken's electrical goods division, Nordmende, Bosch, Blaupunkt, Grundig, AEG(Algemeine Elektric Gesellshaft) and others wouldn't even touch the system. So to spare the DVD or Laserdisc any embarrassment or stigma, I DON'T associate these product lines with the utterly incompetent Philips brand.
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