Talk:Laser turntable

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"This has the advantage of not physically wearing the disc in playback." But this doesn't mean the disc is going to last forever, Laserdiscs and CDs are read by lasers and they still deterorate with time, don't they? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.139.87.113 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) .

CDs and Laser Discs are digital recordings using a much less robust material than Vinyl records. The Laser Turntable plays traditional vinyl records without dragging a sharp diamond through the soft vinyl. There is no deterioration of the vinyl as a result of playing it. Vinyl Discs have been around for 100 Years and are still playable. The Vinyl used from 1950s onwards is more robust than the earlier material, so should last "forever". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.232.52.162 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) .

[edit] Criticism

There appears to've been quite a bit of criticism of this system, both in terms of technical limitations (it needing absolutely *spotlessly* clean records) and in terms of the business practices of the company itself (since there's currently only one company who can make it given the patents)...This seems to me like relevant information to add, so I'll likely try do it myself in a few days if there's no reasonable objections to it. Xmoogle 19:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

You'll need good cites, but it'd be relevant. The latter may possibly more relevant to ELPJ - David Gerard 23:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)