The Introduction of the RCA CED Videodisc Player - January, 1981!!!

Taped "live" at the 1981 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, here is Art Vuolo interviewing an RCA employee about the "new" RCA CED videodisc player! Enjoy!

[@toucansam3]

Wow, the future is finally here!

[@mackpines]

Who knew that it would take a five part trilogy to explain how these things were developed! 😉😊

[@kbobdonahue1966]

It's so 80s. We never had a video disc player, betamax oh yeah.

[@JohnSegerclucka]

I had 2 Betamax machines

[@jamesydunlop]

Superb, thank you so much.

[@cefiro355]

Thanks for sharing, keep these types of vids coming!

[@danieldaniels7571]

I have that Muppet Movie CED in my collection. It’s one of my favorites.

[@maurocartaxo]

Fantastic video, Ray. Thanks!

[@KellemVW]

My aunt worked for RCA and we had one of these.

[@Chevroletcelebrity]

Do you have any proof of this? 🤨

[@dontillman]

Eileen is a saint! : )

[@Chevroletcelebrity]

she be old as hell now bruh

[@silviocesarcesar9942]

Rca its my life

[@eljheids1115]

Umajunkcollector, The correct meaning of CED is CAPACITANCE ELECTRONIC DISC, not CAPACITIVE ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE. Because it is the trademark of RCA, known as SelectaVision.

[@Neodestro]

cool video

[@DeathermanHorror]

Cool!

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes, it looked like the "future" of home video viewing was finally here......wonder where it disappeared to?

[@danieldaniels7571]

Barry I. Grauman my living room

[@johnathanstevens8436]

They did eventually have a nicer model (@400 series) with freeze frame pause.

[@brendanlong7069]

Poor RCA disc player. Nobody remembers you.

[@cedfan1]

+Brendan Long I do ....... I have 3 players ( that operate very well ) and I also have 500 discs !

[@ZenithClarity]

+Andy Pandy cool. I bought about 50 disks at a garage sale for a few dollars about 4 yrs. ago. Just yesterday a guy on CL was giving this first selectavision away. I got it with a new stylus and a stylus in the unit plus about 10 more disks! FREE! Sometimes waiting does pay off. :0 It works to. I think a little cleaning and it will be perfect. Finally get to watch all these disks on my 48" lcd. Do you have any tips on what to watch out for with these units?

[@ericfresh]

I do. My grandpa had one with Star Wars and we thought it was awesome.

[@erin19030]

Guy is a putz

[@erin19030]

If you push forward and reverse visual search you can cause it to pause still frame.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Cosimo Kramarawicz that was an unintentional feature that no one knew about then

[@danieldaniels7571]

Eileen is a hottie!

[@RISCGames]

Indeed, intelligent. Who said women weren't smart and teaching men new things? :D

[@opmmtvvideo8880]

I keep my videodisc player and one of my archieves.

[@Trapper100]

I had one a big mistake skip like craze.

[@CesarSchrega]

This video feels like timetravel:1981 ecs video made with handcam corder? .-.

[@videoholicreturns]

+Cesar Schrega HandyCams weren't invented in 1981, they came about around 1983-4. This was shot on a portable Betamax with a separate video camera.

[@Quad8track]

That host is too hip and ahead of his time. I can't tell if he's making fun of the format or not. I wonder if he hooked up with the display model after the show.

[@Chevroletcelebrity]

No. He has all sony equipment at home.

[@marks6385]

$499? 😂

[@eljheids1115]

Hindi lang RCA ang mayroong CED Player, kundi meron ding Samsung, Sony, JVC, NEC, Sharp, Pioneer, Sanyo, Victor, etc.

[@eljheids1115]

NOTE: This video is from August 1988, not 1981. Alam ko na mayroon pang CED noong 1988 until ngayon, onting uso nalang kc blu ray na ang uso ngayon pati na rin VHS at Betamax.

[@lordkillspree]

CED Players were only manufactured from 1981 - 1984. The first model they are talking about was the first ever CED player, Model SFT 100 W

[@danieldaniels7571]

lordkillspree yep. Easily identified by Nipper on the front panel

[@Chevroletcelebrity]

​@@lordkillspreeyeah this wasn't no 1988 🤨