South Western Bell Smart Home (1990 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video USA Demo Disc)

This is "South Western Bell Smart Home" (HDP-1538) 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 very slightly lower resolution (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. 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! "South Western Bell Smart Home" is a historically important videodisc produced by the defunct American telecom company Southwestern Bell. Oddly enough, the content appears to have nothing to do with the title of the disc. This disc consists of a compilation of 15 second to 1 minute clips of various analog HDTV recordings from between 1985 & 1989. Some of these recordings are truly momentous occasions such as the first 1985 HDTV recording by Captain Video in Paris, France, the first time a US president was recorded on HDTV on April 10, 1988, & the STS-29 Space Shuttle Discovery launch on March 13, 1989. There are also some additional, very special clips that certainly can't be ignored, including two early HDTV music videos (Tony Bennett - Where Did The Magic Go and an apparently unreleased rendition of Hanging On A Heart Attack by Holly Knight), footage of Czechoslovakia while it was still Czechoslovakia, and some early footage of American football & baseball...all in true analog high-definition! It is unknown what this disc was used for. Was there a smart-home exhibit run by Southwestern Bell around 1990? If you have any leads, please comment below! Also, if you have any additional information about any of the scenes (such as missing scene names or when the baseball game took place), please comment below. Enjoy this incredible compilation of historically significant recordings that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now! NOTE: David Niles, who owned 1125 Productions & Captain, has kindly provided permission to upload his segments of this disc. He has noted that this disc is test pressing on the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. 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. Dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor! ________________________________________________ Chapters (all are incomplete clips): 00:00 - Paris, France (1985) 00:32 - US President Ronald Regan at NAB 1988, Las Vegas 00:56 - Maverick Vs. Jester (Top Gun) 01:16 - Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Possible upscaled video) 01:37 - Crocodile Dundee 01:57 - American College Football: 1989 Sugar Bowl (Auburn Vs. Florida State, Jan 2., 1989) 02:17 - Major League Baseball (Chicago Cubs Vs. Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field) 02:42 - ?? (Unknown coral reef underwater diving) 03:04 - Kyoto, Japan 03:24 - Praha, Czechoslovakia 03:46 - Damascus, Syria 04:09 - ?? (Unknown Japanese event) 04:31 - Space Shuttle Discovery STS-29 Launch Preparation (News Format) 04:51 - Space Shuttle Discovery STS-29 Launch 05:18 - Flowers & Animals 05:39 - Project Somnium (Toyo Links) 06:00 - Tony Bennett: Where Did The Magic Go 06:40 - Holly Knight: Hanging On A Heart Attack 07:03 - Words And Music 07:13 - Metal 5 Engine Oil Commercial (1986) 07:26 - Credits Thanks to "ol mate senn" & "kelvin cheung" for additional info! Note: The drop outs in the start of the "Paris, France (1985)" segment are due to the DOC on the playback unit reacting to the alternating lines. ________________________________________________ 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! ________________________________________________ More of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist:    • World's Oldest High-Definition Footage (Cl...   ________________________________________________ If you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to be shrunk down so I can fit into my car's engine, please click the link below: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop