LaserDisc Dead Side Bumpers

(1978-1981)


Bumper: On a blue background, we see the word "DISCOVISION" with black lines between "DISCO" and "VISION". The sentence "NO PROGRAM THIS SIDE" is below.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. DiscoVision's standard practice for dead sides was to use a random side from a rejected run of discs and coat it with a lacquer to make it unplayable, but this bumper does appear occasionally on DiscoVision and early non-DiscoVision releases made by Universal Pioneer, such as the 1981 Magnetic Video release of All That Jazz.

1st Bumper? (1980s-1990s)
Bumper: Unknown

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on side two of one sided Pioneer LaserDiscs.

2nd Bumper? (1980s-1990s)
Bumper: On a light yellow background is a drawing of a smiling turtle on its back with a LaserDisc for a stomach. The sentence "PROGRAM MATERIAL IS RECORDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DISC" is below.

Variant: In Japan, the text is in Japanese.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on side two of one sided Pioneer LaserDiscs.

3rd Bumper (1990s)


Bumper: On a light green background is white Japanese text, followed by the white English text "Program material has been recorded only on the other side of this videodisc.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on MUSE/Hi-Vision LaserDiscs.

(1983-1996)
Bumper: On a blue background, we see two red bars at the top and bottom of the screen. The words "WRONG SIDE" appears on the first red bar, and in the blue area the sentence "Please remove disc, then turn over to play program" is below.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on side two of one sided Technidisc LaserDiscs.