What was odd (at least around here) was that CED's were fairly common and even sold in some chain stores, whereas at the time, pre-recorded VHS, Beta and LD's were fairly scarce. It was at least 1982 before pre-recorded VHS became common around here (excluding of course the video rental stores). My first VHS deck was a Panasonic that recorded and played back Dolby Stereo on linear tracks. Shortly afterwards, VHS Stereo Hi-Fi came out. (Don't know why I felt the need to throw that out...I just did.)
