Maybe mourn isn't the correct verb as many, like myself, thought it was dead well over a decade ago, however today Pioneer announced that it would finally cease production of Laserdisc players. The reason? The reason clearly isn't an ability to meet demand or it's recent loss to Blu-Ray in the format wars. No, it's because no one in their right mind has wasn't to spend money on a format which failed to catch on back in the 80s. According to this article, it was due to the cost of parts required to manufacture the player.

Considering the fact that Laserdisc were usurped by DVDs let alone Blu-Ray (which is being peddled by Pioneer) one has to consider why they didn't come up with the decision to pull the plug on Laserdisc earlier. Farewell Laserdisc, we doubt anyone will miss you too much.