SelectaVision was a trademark name used on four classes of device by the Radio Corporation of America: * The Holotape, a prototype video mediumRCA SelectaVision HoloTape Video Player in 1969
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Magnetic tape Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It was developed in Germany in 1928, based on the earlier magnetic wire recording from Denmark. Devices that use magnetic ...

* VHS videocassette recorders, and *

Capacitance Electronic Disc The Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) is an analog video disc playback system developed by Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in which video and audio could be played back on a TV set using a special stylus and high-density groove system sim ...

videodisc players and the discs themselves, introduced in 1981.

'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 General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston. Over the year ...

's acquisition of RCA in 1986, and the "SelectaVision" brand was abandoned.

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SelectaVision page on Total Rewind - the Virtual Museum of Vintage VCRs
Discontinued media formats Video storage RCA brands Television technology Trademarks RCA {{product-stub

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