Some general info for the Original Trilogy on VHD (Video High Density)…
Insert the obligatory ‘Big In Japan’ joke here! 😉
^ an abridged image of the Original Trilogy VHD cover art from swonvideo.com
Some more of the VHD cover art for the Original Trilogy (the images don’t do the quality any justice - sorry)…
a few informative and insightful videos on Original Trilogy VHD releases…
‘VHD DiscLord VideoDisc Player’ - a 1 minute video from the I Rodriguez youtube channel.
^ a demo of how these the VHDs actually fitted into the VHD players for playback 😃
From the informative and insightful Nathan Butler youtube channel…
(a bastion of info for all things ‘Star Wars Home Video’)
From the Star Wars Home Video Library #102.1: A New Hope and Return of the Jedi on VHD (1983-86) - a 7 minute video
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From the Star Wars Home Video Library #102: The Empire Strikes Back on VHD (1984) - a 7 minute video
and also Nathan Butler’s other videos covering other Star Wars releases on VHD…
From the Star Wars Home Video Library #308: “Making of” Double-Feature on Japanese VHD - a 5 minute video
From the Star Wars Home Video Library #199: Caravan of Courage on VHD - a 7 minute video.
Some OT VHD Info (and cover art) from Video Collector’s SWonVideo site - https://www.swonvideo.com/other/divforside.htm
Some OT VHD Info from DavisDVD - http://web.archive.org/web/20060206024552/http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/ep_misc.htm
Info Wanted: on Old Japanese VHS Videocassette and VHD Dealers? (2014 OT•com thread)
A little information on the VHD format as a whole…
'Movies on Vinyl - VHD The forgotten 1980s Videodisc:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCWLaAwr3sM - a 32 minute video from the Techmoan youtube channel.
'VHD in the UK - how 1980s UK missed out on this interactive video & games format:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKLwAwIfZT4)’ - a 35 minute video from the Techmoan youtube channel.
'VHD in the USA: Videodisc Failure to Launch:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Zt6cB_NPU)’ - a 31 minute video from the Techmoan youtube channel.
‘VHD - The 1980s Videodisc Format Popular in Japan’ - a 24 minute video from the databits youtube channel.
As well as the obligatory ‘Wikipedia Page for VHD’ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_High_Density
And ‘VHD DiscWorld’ - a 2011 website with some indepth info on VHD - https://disclord.tripod.com/vhddiscworld/index.html
If anyone has a VHD preservation project of the Original Trilogy please let us know - thank you.