SelectaVision

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SelectaVision was a trademark name used on four classes of device by RCA:

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

Capacitance Electronic Disc's competitors, Philips/Magnavox and Pioneer, instead manufactured optical discs, read with lasers.^[2] 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]

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• SelectaVision page on Total Rewind - the Virtual Museum of Vintage VCRs

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