SelectaVision

<p>SelectaVision was a trademark name used on four classes of device by <a href="/facts/Radio_Corporation_of_America/NWyjNN6R">the Radio Corporation of America</a>:
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<ul><li>The Holotape, a prototype video medium</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Magnetic_tape/wj6IDTR1">Magnetic tape</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/VHS/aN1lffdC">VHS</a> <a href="/facts/Videocassette/fNekHd5Y">videocassette</a> recorders, and</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc/NSJJq3DI">Capacitance Electronic Disc</a> videodisc players and the discs themselves, introduced in 1981. </li></ul>
<p><a href="/facts/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc/NSJJq3DI">Capacitance Electronic Disc</a>'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 <a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a>'s acquisition of RCA in 1986, and the "SelectaVision" brand was abandoned.
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SelectaVision