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The Tale of the RCA VideoDisc

The Tale of the RCA VideoDisc

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August 12, 202447m 52s

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Show Notes

In 1981, RCA released a new media format on the market. It was the CED -- the Capacitance Electronic Disc, and it was meant to compete with Betamax, VHS and LaserDisc. How did it do? Not so great! But I own one, so I'm doing an episode about it!

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RCACEDcapacitanceanalogdigitalPhillipsSonyJVCVHSVCRBetamaxLaserDiscSarnoff