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Post #1418653

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oojason
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Star Wars on Video High Density discs (VHD)
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Date created
19-Mar-2021, 12:15 PM

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 covert art for the Original Trilogy…

 

 

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

&

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