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Product type | Home video player |
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Owner | RCA |
Introduced | 1981 |
Discontinued | 1986 |
SelectaVision was a trademark name used on four classes of device by the Radio Corporation of America:
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. [2] The losses resulted in General Electric's acquisition of RCA in 1986, and the "SelectaVision" brand was abandoned. [2]