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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.

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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