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cgrisamore:
The RCA system was not the same as the Pioneer laserdisc (which I still own and have 120+ movies in that format).  RCA system actually used a stylus and the discs wore out after repeated plays much like a vinyl record.  It was cheaper than laserdisc but was so markedly inferior that it didn't really make much of an impact in the marketplace.  Don't remember it lasting very long...

boykster:
We had one of those RCA video disc players when I was a kid.  It was definitely a niche technology.  The discs looked like thick records (when you took them out of their sleeves), and as others have mentioned, it used a stylus to read the grooves.  You'd have to flip the disc 1/2 way through the movie if it was more than ~60minutes (don't remember exact capacity).  You also had to remove and clean the stylus every so often to get dust and lint off of it.  The 'sealed' caddies for discs + the dust filters on teh players just weren't that effective.

It was pretty cool at the time though!

DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on November 16, 2010, 01:09:54 pm ---Kind of off topic, well, totally off topic... Laserdiscs suck. I dropped Terminator 2 taking it out of the player and it shattered like glass when I was a kid. My dad almost beat me cause the thing cost 50 bucks. Stupid lame formats. We had 3 laserdisc movies...T2, Robocop(my personal favorite) and Total Recall.

Just some random facts for ya.  :laugh:

--- End quote ---

Little of that was fact, just that you dropped a laserdisc and you're blaming the whole format for your negative childhood experience.   :P   But I happen to still like Laserdiscs even in the age of DVD considering there's still a good amount of material (deleted scenes and entire movies) that haven't made the jump to DVD.   Though it's more of a curiosity I keep around now rather than for home theater watching.

Anyway, the DVD and CEDs are two different beasts.  The CED was pretty cool (or awkward) in that you slid in the entire case, pulled it out and it plays.... somewhat poorly depending on how many times the disc was played.   I always liked the little "space-age" RCA jingle that played (it's on YouTube for the curious) and the general idea of it.  They're still floating around so I may pick one up if I ever see it (though it almost certainly will be in disrepair).  

bishmasterb:
Here's a vid of my CED player playing ESB. Video quality is on par with VHS I suppose.

Kevin Mullins:
This reminded me..... I have a stack of these in storage, must go find a player one of these days. Wanna watch me some Close Encounters.  :cheers:

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