SelectaVision was a trademark name used on four classes of device by the Radio Corporation of America:
- The Holotape, a prototype video medium
- Magnetic tape
- VHS videocassette recorders, and
- Capacitance Electronic Disc videodisc players and the discs themselves, introduced in 1981.
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. The losses resulted in General Electric's acquisition of RCA in 1986, and the "SelectaVision" brand was abandoned.
See also
- Video High Density (JVC, 1970)
- Electronic Video Recording (CBS, 1967)
- Phonovision (Baird, 1928)
- Vitascan (DuMont, 1949)
External links
References
RCA SelectaVision HoloTape Video Player in 1969 https://www.cedmagic.com/history/holotape.html ↩
Hernandez, Daniela. "March 22, 1981: RCA SelectaVision Spins (Briefly) into Stores". Wired. https://www.wired.com/2012/03/march-22-1981-rca-selectavision-spins-briefly-into-stores/ ↩
Hernandez, Daniela. "March 22, 1981: RCA SelectaVision Spins (Briefly) into Stores". Wired. https://www.wired.com/2012/03/march-22-1981-rca-selectavision-spins-briefly-into-stores/ ↩
Hernandez, Daniela. "March 22, 1981: RCA SelectaVision Spins (Briefly) into Stores". Wired. https://www.wired.com/2012/03/march-22-1981-rca-selectavision-spins-briefly-into-stores/ ↩