Capacitance Electronic Disc
Analog video disc playback system
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 similar to phonograph records. First conceived in 1964, the CED system was widely seen as a technological success which was able to increase the density of a long-playing record by two orders of magnitude. Despite that achievement, the CED system fell victim to poor planning, various conflicts with RCA management, and several technical difficulties. That slowed development and stalled production of the system for 17 years, until 1981, by which time it had been made obsolete by laser videodisc (DiscoVision, later called LaserVision and LaserDisc) as well as Betamax and VHS video cassette formats. Sales for the system were nowhere near projected estimates. In the spring of 1984, RCA announced it was discontinuing player production, but continued the production...
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