video disks did not last that long.

Actually, they didn't seem to last that long "at the time". Didn't they last longer than most cell phones do now?

Maybe not as long as 8-tracks

I had some of those. I didn't have anything to play them on, but they made excellent Frisbees.

Funny - DH actually worked in a store that rented those and sold the players. Long, long ago! Before he got into TV engineering.