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