videodisc player

or videodisk player

noun

1. an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.

Example Sentences

The guide was already warning of the end of analog TV and predicting that the digital videodisc player — too new to be universally abbreviated DVD — might eventually supplant both the VCR and the CD player.

From Seattle Times

There's a fully wired wide-screen net TV for easy video conferencing and Web surfing, a new digital videodisc player that shows films in eight different languages and a headset for exploring the make-believe world of virtual reality.

From Time Magazine Archive

For consumers who love their VCR and CD players, the logical next step is the laser videodisc player, which combines digital sound with high-resolution motion pictures.

From Time Magazine Archive

A bare-bones home theater costs $400 for the A/V box, $700 for a stereo TV, $800 or more for a laser videodisc player and upwards of $1,500 for a five-speaker surround-sound system.

From Time Magazine Archive

RCA, for example, bought 100 movies for use on its videodisc player.

From Time Magazine Archive