SelectaVision VideoDisc
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- Paramount Pictures Corporation Cover Designer
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- Packaging 321
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The SelectaVision VideoDisc was a disc created by Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and released in 1981.
Formally known as a Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) the discs were considered a technological success because of their ability to hold such a substantial amount of video and audio on one single disc, for 1 hour, which was unheard of for the time.
In the spring of 1984, RCA announced it was discontinuing production of VideoDisc players, but continued the production of videodiscs until 1986, losing an estimated $650 million. Additionally, the VideoDisc was also made obsolete by the advent of VHS video tapes, which would become available in the United States in 1977 after being revealed in Japan in 1976, due to their significantly lower price, physical convenience due to their small size, and rapid availability.
The following pictures are of the protective caddy that holds the disc inside.
