> > This is so cool. I can't wait to hear the specifics of how the video data on these > is > > being dumped. Looking forward to reading about it in the future! > > Good news, you can read about it now! > > The Domesday Duplicator is hardware which was developed to capture, at the lowest > possible level, the data on LV-ROM discs used in the BBC's "Domesday" project from > 1986. It just so happens that LV-ROM discs are simply laserdiscs with the option to > have specially-encoded data embedded in the signal, replacing audio, of one or more > frames. A specially-equipped LV-ROM player - like the Philips VP415 - could read it > out. > > The thing is, the effective result is a device that can not just dump LV-ROM discs, > but which is a general-purpose LD dumping solution that can perform captures at the > accuracy level that some of us (like me) have been screaming for for years. Anyway, > there's a whole website, check-ch-check it out: > https://www.domesday86.com/?page_id=978
Thanks for the link. It's amazing how good of a signal this device can get from RF. Hope this system is used by other preservation projects in the future. LDs are fragile as it is, and rot is becoming more and more common...