SelectaVision

SelectaVision was a trademark name used on four classes of device by the Radio Corporation of America:

Capacitance Electronic Disc's competitors, Philips/Magnavox and Pioneer, instead manufactured optical discs, read with lasers.On April 4, 1984, RCA, having sold only 550,000 players, ended sales, losing $580 million.[2] The losses resulted in General Electric's acquisition of RCA in 1986, and the "SelectaVision" brand was abandoned.[2]

  • The Holotape, a prototype video medium[1]
  • Magnetic tape
  • VHS videocassette recorders, and
  • Capacitance Electronic Disc videodisc players and the discs themselves, introduced in 1981.

See also

  • Video High Density (JVC, 1970)
  • Electronic Video Recording (CBS, 1967)
  • Phonovision (Baird, 1928)
  • Vitascan (DuMont, 1949)

References

  1. RCA SelectaVision HoloTape Video Player in 1969^
  2. Daniela Hernandez. March 22, 1981: RCA SelectaVision Spins (Briefly) into Stores Wired^