On 24 May 2003, Jason Miller wrote: > On that note... isn't there some better way to interface the computer > with the laserdisc player in order to directly copy the digital data... > seems like converting the data to analog, then back to digital seems > like a process that would involve some loss in quality... Laserdisc _is_ an analog medium based on composite video - the video (complete with color subcarrier and up to four audio subcarriers) FM modulates a carrier, and the resulting signal is the pattern of pits on the disc. Some players do have an SPDIF output for the digital audio present on some later discs.
