This is Sony (1989 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video Demonstration Disc)

This is "This is Sony" (HD-123) from a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. The HDVS disc format was designed to be a highly portable 12" laserdisc-derived media format for Sony's "High-Definition Video System" or "Hi-Vision" back in the early 1990's! Back then, high definition was a little different from how it is now. It was analog (not digital) & close to but slightly different in resolution to the 1080i picture we receive over the air today as it was technically 1125i/1035i. Before the earliest high-definition media was available to the public (via satellite, MUSE Laserdisc, & W-VHS tapes), Sony and other companies began shooting footage, doing research, and, showing public displays of high-definition television. There were three main ways of storing HDTV (or HDVS) at that time: Reel-to-reel tape (HDV-1000), cartridge tape (HDV-10 "UniHi"), & 12" Laserdisc-style discs (HDL-5800 / HDL-2000). This footage came from one of the Laserdisc-style discs.
These HDVS discs could only hold a maximum of 15 minutes of video (on CLV discs, even less on CAV discs)...but it held uncompressed, raw high-definition component video! Take that, Blu-Ray!
This video is one of the first videos to be produced for the HDVS disc format in 1989. This analog HD recording focuses on some of the many technologies that Sony was using & manufacturing at the time such as Hi8 camcorders, Discman CD players, D-2 digital tape recorders, 48-track PCM recorders, and the very unusual Sony NEWS workstation computers. The video is split into four sections: Semiconductor Factory, Network Station, Factory Automation, & Broadcast System For Professionals. It features some rare footage of the inside of Sony's factories and some very cool footage that was used in various 1988-era commercials & advertisements which has never before been seen in HD. As a result, it is likely that this footage may have actually been taped in 1988.
Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!
Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, RUclips supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!
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This was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in the upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!
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