SelectaVision
| Product type | Home video player |
|---|---|
| Owner | RCA |
| Introduced | 1981 |
| Discontinued | 1986 |
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.