laser disc

noun

: optical disk
especially : one containing a video recording (as of a movie)

Examples of laser disc in a Sentence

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Criterion did release The Killer and Hard Boiled on laser disc back in the 1990s, but the market for a lot of these pictures dried out aside from occasional one-off theatrical screenings for the most popular titles. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025 There are also plenty of VHS, DVDs, and laser discs. April Clare Welsh, SPIN, 3 July 2024 Beyond DVDs, Scarecrow video also offers Blu-ray, VHS, and laser disc formats too. Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023 Criterion was just so ahead of the curve on releasing things on laser disc. Vulture, 22 Nov. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of laser disc was in 1979

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“Laser disc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laser%20disc. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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