SelectaVision
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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.
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) ==References== ==External links== SelectaVision page on Total Rewind - the Virtual Museum of Vintage VCRs
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