Panasonic laser disc player

Title

Year/Period

1990s

Region

Japan

Object Type

remote controls, power cords, compact disc players

Material

plastic (material), metal, glass (material)

Technique

forming (physical activity), metalworking

Dimension

Object size: 12.6 x 43.0 x 39.0 cm,
Object size: Dimensions variable. Please refer to individual dimension.

Accession No.

2023-00181

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

Credit Line

Gift of Ryan Lim Khai Leng

This Panasonic laser disc player (LX-K770) was able to play laser discs and compact discs. The laser disc was a 30 cm diameter optical disc storage format for videos, released in 1978. In Singapore, it was used for home entertainment, karaoke and educational purposes, mainly in the 1990s. Compared to videotapes, laser discs offered better resolution and chapter markers, but were more costly. The donor Ryan Lim’s family acquired the laser disc player in the 1990s for home entertainment.