Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)

Before the DVD, or even the CD-ROM, there was the laserdisc--the first commercial optical video disc. Philips's Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was the first consumer player for MCA's pioneering DiscoVision-format laserdiscs. Never mind that the Model 8000 cost $749, and that its failure rate was astronomical. The optical media age had arrived. Read about the history of DiscoVision at the Blam Entertainment Group's DiscoVision site.