Me demonstrating the RCA Selectavision Videodisc on my RCA Digital Command Center Television and SJT400 CED Player using Back to the Future.
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@RoninRAB Жыл бұрын
There's something about failed media formats that makes them seem more futuristic than what we actually have now: less "the world of tomorrow" and more "a reality that couldn't be." The auto-loading caddy system is pretty cool too. There's something mysterious about not being able to see the disc. I'm a sucker for complex loading mechanisms... until they break.
@michaelcharach Жыл бұрын
Back in the 90s I had a SVHS machine that had tray loading.
@IVR02Ай бұрын
I like your use of an era-appropriate RCA TV. Really completes the whole setup.
@ketonicdudeАй бұрын
Not only is it era-appropriate, it was actually designed by RCA to be used with their videodisc player as the remote can control both the TV and the Player.
@jimmybuffet49702 ай бұрын
This would’ve changed everything forever if it had been released when it was developed in the 60s
@RYTHEmmACHINE2 жыл бұрын
Until very recently, didn’t know this format existed! Very neat collection! Thanks for the demo. 😁👍🏽
@thedarksideoftheforce66587 ай бұрын
It didn't last long back then because it had the worst picture quality. It's analog and reads the disc like a record.
@toddlindsay88465 ай бұрын
@@thedarksideoftheforce6658that what’s it is like. It’s a video record.
@ojslushАй бұрын
Same here until I bought ghost busters today
@KillThad7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful TV to match, I gotta say.
@hrpickinstuff3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen these actually work that smoothly on the first try like that. To me that was more impressive than your Video disc collection.
@gurgy32 жыл бұрын
Wish I had a room setup like that, throw in an original NES system. I could sit in there for hours and pretend like I’m back in the 80’s and the whole last thirty years never happened. Aahhh, to dream
@lorenmorgan19318 ай бұрын
Let me bring over the hair metal cassettes and I'll join your party. :)
@user-vt3in6vk2mАй бұрын
Throw back RCA plastic wood panle TVs. I remember having 1 all through my childhood in the 90s
@macreuben6 жыл бұрын
Wow I had never seen this format an I'm 35 this is crazy. The way it gets injected an ejected is so amazing. Thanks for uploading this for us to see!
@eliaslopez71595 ай бұрын
This is exactly what i wanted to see, thank you.
@danieldaniels75713 жыл бұрын
Nice demo. I have an SGT-200 and a substantial collection of discs. A good clean disc that doesn’t skip looks notably better than VHS, but doesn’t touch LaserDisc
@tac6044 Жыл бұрын
Why would you collect such a thing?
@danieldaniels7571 Жыл бұрын
@@tac6044 I enjoy collecting and watching video media. I also have many things on CED which are either exclusive to the format or difficult to find on any format. Why wouldn’t I?
@TaijanDean Жыл бұрын
@@tac6044 I got my first one a couple of days ago, purely because it’s the most ridiculous format I have ever seen. Yes, I have a lot of films on DVD, Blu-Ray and even VHS, but the sheer novelty value of using a CED is a whole other experience.
@majfauxpas Жыл бұрын
Damn, the audio is infinitely better than tape
@gorgonaheavymetal43303 ай бұрын
i think thats because it's an actual Vinyl record.
@paulcarver59405 жыл бұрын
That's amazing. Thank you for the demo. I'm 53 but this is new to me! I want one.
@adamc2451 Жыл бұрын
I started laughing from amazement when I saw the collection. IMPRESSIVE WORK MY DUDE
@ronny332Ай бұрын
The combination of TV set and player on set looks awesome. A share none of the devices ever made the way to Europe.
@WastedTalent- Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid back in the late 80's, I visited family in Texas and they had one of these. I remember having to put the case back in to flip the disc halfway through the movie.
@Raptor50aus Жыл бұрын
Interesting format that caused RCA to go bankrupt. Amazing collection.
@Mrcometo5 жыл бұрын
Wow! You have a real good collection!
@antoniomastroianni27063 ай бұрын
I live in Italy, my father bought several of these discs in a cheap and used market. It took a lot to realize what these discs were, as I believed they were laserdiscs, then I discovered they were something different. I think that Ced players were not available in our country, what a pity!
@jboody794 жыл бұрын
Now this brings me back to growing up and watching movies. The good ol 80's!
@pancudowny7 жыл бұрын
I briefly got into the CED collecting hobby... but you took it to a level I didn't think possible. How did you obtain all that? Especially the "See The Music" box? I thought no-one would have one of those these days!
@jgcolombo Жыл бұрын
Very good picture quality! Great collection
@marcusd43663 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@PhysicalMediaGuy642 жыл бұрын
Awesome video man! It makes me want to collect movies on CED. I might not have a CED player, but I might get one eventually if it works on my end! Great video and keep up the great work! :)
@ohger12 жыл бұрын
I have a couple of machines kicking around because I sold and repaired them when they were new, but the biggest problem is that the stylus/cartridges are fussy and are pretty much unobtainable these days.
@huskerfan4life3 жыл бұрын
Makes me glad I started collecting laserdiscs
@M.I.R-Live Жыл бұрын
Шикарная коллекция дисков!
@AlextheMLAATRfan10 ай бұрын
This is what DVDs and Blu-Rays should’ve done in the first place
@ms_enj Жыл бұрын
I’ve almost got everything together to assemble a 5 way shootout. VHS vs Beta vs CED vs VHD vs Laserdisc. I also have a Telefunken TeD player, but it’s missing a stylus, and there were no Hollywood movies ever released on that format, which kind of excludes it.
@spazzman907 жыл бұрын
Nice demo. Love how you can clearly see the scanlines. My dad bought a little later version of this tv with the square corner picture tube. From when it was new, biggest pile. Had this issue where it would flip inputs rapidly, but it would only do it once in a while usually at inopportune times. I begged him to get the Sony at the time. Really should have just put it out of its misery.
@fieldingbaby26712 жыл бұрын
Oh! That's how those worked! My buddy showed me a disc he inherited (No player). I could only imagine how they worked as compared to Laserdiscs.
@davidperez-mt1iy Жыл бұрын
You love RCA jajaja I love SONY and so many more companys but my father living with RCA trade mark in Acapulco, México. Saludos 2022
@Halliday78953 жыл бұрын
That's Walter Scott stunt man driving the jeep.
@shaider1982 Жыл бұрын
Technology Connections has a very extensive video series on this.
@mytie677 жыл бұрын
Love your RCA Digital Command Center Television, Josh!
@targetrender95292 жыл бұрын
Nice collection. I didn’t know ced’s had a chapter search feature like laser disc or dvd.
@johndododoe1411 Жыл бұрын
Probably got it from LPs.
@thewatcher85734 жыл бұрын
Cool I love oldscool vid tech like this
@Watcher32239 жыл бұрын
The disc banding is more like chapters on a LaserDisc. Too bad you couldn't demonstrate it on this video. Unfortunately, not too many CED titles had that and, of course, a 400 series player was required to use such a feature. I know some of my newer movies from Paramount Home Video had disc banding, such as my copies of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Staying Alive," and "Flashdance". Some music video titles also had it, such as my copy of "Duran Duran."
@jjunin_ONE2 жыл бұрын
Hi good morning! What a great picture capacitance vinyl videos have. To think that in Argentina we have not had them, I estimate that in almost no part of the world. Still for some it was a tremendous failure due to the repeated furrow jumps ... the image is excellent in terms of chroma saturation, they have an image that rests the vision with exact colors (watercolor type) very cinematographic type. Can they still be found on the used market? I have also been able to observe the upper image of the Oriental VHD system. But unfortunately the records are all in Japanese, too bad they only made it for their market. I think that with an extension to 720p HD they would have been widely accepted today, because from what I have seen so far the image has a high resolution with respect to the quality of the chroma. Greetings and Blessings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
@stephenwilliams52015 жыл бұрын
Verry easy tec. My teenage daughter. Kept trying to load two disc at time. Used to get my movies surplus from fair radio in Lima Ohio. (They have grown past that through) was a good system kept off the expensive cable vision. Tks kv4li
@claytonbouldin93812 ай бұрын
I actually found some CED discs at the Goodwill last week.
@martief1st10 ай бұрын
Clearly better than VHS, at least in quality. Too bad a lot of times formats become dominant simply because they are the cheapest option. People think I’m crazy cause I still own a bunch of 3D blu-rays, but it’s my favorite format.
@lolKbgTgm6621what3 жыл бұрын
You should get more movies besides Back to the Future. Also cool record collection!
@z33_chris3 жыл бұрын
The shelves in the video had videodiscs
@lolKbgTgm6621what3 жыл бұрын
@@z33_chris No, Back to the Future was on the floor. 0:15
@treadmillrepair754 Жыл бұрын
Amazing picture quality is cristal clear.
@KaitenKenbu Жыл бұрын
Neat collection
@ThisisDTVАй бұрын
I love how stupidly big they are.
@chall6761 Жыл бұрын
Nice shorts.
@Crazyfootballguy4 жыл бұрын
Nice demo...... I started to watch the movie, and then you stopped it!
@cleiton19843 жыл бұрын
Ainda bem que inventaram o VHS,nesse tempo,esses discos aí deveriam custar uma fortuna
@Valay.11 ай бұрын
Wish i lived in that era
@IvanRossS9 ай бұрын
Wow I never ever in my life heard or even seen one of those
@joefell53119 ай бұрын
This is cool as hell!
@VKcomedyan Жыл бұрын
Iam fast time see CED
@dilipmacbookssaparamadu3522 Жыл бұрын
thanks a lot.. Sir..!
@MrU2vertigo Жыл бұрын
amazing
@VKcomedyan Жыл бұрын
I am fast time see CDE
@timroux36402 ай бұрын
Very cool brotherman BTW it's Walter Scott not Spielberg 😂
@BubbaCoop4 жыл бұрын
As mentioned, that's not Spielberg, but the stunt coordinator on the movie.
@joerich16292 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure but I think Back to the Future may have been the last film released on CED.
@FN_FAL_4_ever2 жыл бұрын
According to wiki, it was The Jewel Of The Nile
@johnkean6852 Жыл бұрын
The audio is good too!
@dazg4299 Жыл бұрын
Excellent
@gitgeronimo9375 Жыл бұрын
Cool! Though, that is most certainly not Spielberg driving the Jeep. For a long time there was a urban legend that it was Harrison Ford though.
@botkinracing6 ай бұрын
Yep, it's Walter Scott the stuntman, definitely not Spielberg.
@tntreviews3602 Жыл бұрын
that is a good i deal to protect the disk from scratches
@filmguymike6 ай бұрын
Sorry, that's not Spielberg driving the Jeep. It is Walter Edward Scott, stunt coordinator. The only movie I know of that Spielberg is in is the Blues Brothers (when they go to pay the taxes the guy collecting the money in that office is Spielberg)
@Huanchee4 жыл бұрын
I’d be scared to play any of those since they do have a limited number of times they could be played due to the medium. Is it even possible to still find needles for that thing as well?
@linusw4 жыл бұрын
Im pretty sure it is unplayable after 500 plays of a disc
@danielj.glowny41083 жыл бұрын
@@linusw Like LPs with a little care it would last beyond your life time.
@Roy_13 жыл бұрын
@@danielj.glowny4108 At which point your family will sell it on Ebay or worse...a garbage sale.
@ohger12 жыл бұрын
@@linusw The discs could be played many thousands of times without issues. The cartridges however are impossible to find, and even though many could last for years, we had some actually fail during warranty.
@MrJoeGooch6 жыл бұрын
Great setup!
@leeharvey83344 жыл бұрын
Great video thanx Josh! Im hear in London, England, i have the stereo GEC Mc Michael(Hitachi) player with wired remote control. Iv replaced all the drive belts and the player is working ok. All the discs i have are second hand, i do tend to get a lot of groove skipping but the more i play the discs the better they get in that respect. My biggest worry is obtaining a replacement stylus, are they hard to get hold of? Apart from that the picture quality on my 49inch LCD PAL television is fairly good. I still manage to purchase new discs still in shrinkwrap from different areas of the U.K occasionally. I always take the discs out of their caddies and inspect them before playing. Its amazing how second hand discs often are covered in finger prints and scratches. Is there any safe way to clean a disc? You have a great set up there with your RCA equipment. We never got players with auto load hear in the U.K like you have. As far as i no the CED system was only on sale hear for about 6 months in 1983 and then scrapped. Thanx for everything. Regards Lee.
@linusw4 жыл бұрын
I think the only way to get hold of a vintage stylus is throught a cheap broken player, I don't think any companies still manufacture styli
@MrBuc1282 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine had one of these. I was extremely jealous
@lukedunlap95432 жыл бұрын
CED is just like laserdisc, only different.
@plusplusplusplusp2 ай бұрын
I had no idea it was possible to encode video onto vinyl
@megazordmania59866 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@arhipovskiy4 жыл бұрын
Cool!!! Hallo from Belarus.Thanks
@emuzaurus Жыл бұрын
cool
@eternylbliss2151 Жыл бұрын
I was buying horror CED horror movies for awhile then thought man you gotta find a player for these. Hard to find a player that works - I own the SJT 300 model only one that worked 100% - cool technology and always trying to explain it to people they get it confused with a laserdisc player which I also own... I guess I am a closet nerd.
@matro9517 ай бұрын
Makes you wonder why they didn't make records with the caddy
@badbadworld003 жыл бұрын
thats i use to watch last american virgin on that
@harleyrobertson737 жыл бұрын
i only just found out about this 5 minutes ago, how did this get forgotten this is the precursor to the dvd. this is whats going to happen to vhs as well
@BRIGHTJUS3 жыл бұрын
Fire 🔥
@TheDarkeningDay Жыл бұрын
I can hear the tv through the video. I haven’t heard the sound in a loooong time
@herby4215 Жыл бұрын
Seeing a movie from the LP
@elliderdelossng17 жыл бұрын
you're the best
@ذهبية-صور2 ай бұрын
Not sure what model player, But I remember the thing would auto power up when you put the caddie to the door! am I overlooking something? Perhaps if you remember, What model it was that would startup automatically?
@Perich29Ай бұрын
back to the future.
@jasonrocker135 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this awesome video. Do you sell the movies?
@ketonicdude5 жыл бұрын
Still have my movies. Thanks for asking.
@watchguy795 жыл бұрын
I never knew Spielburgles was in the jeep.
@BubbaCoop4 жыл бұрын
It's not Spielberg
@TheHipHopolypse3 жыл бұрын
No it isn’t
@maxpercer7119 Жыл бұрын
there's spielburg in the jeep
@MrNeptunebob3 жыл бұрын
I saw a Professor of Rock video about Hall and Oates. Since they were RCA artists, did RCA make any of their videos or concerts on Selectavision? If they had, it might have made RCA more money.
how that medica can be a ruin for rca? looks great
@johnkean6852 Жыл бұрын
"Disk" ha ha its Goliath omg but luvit
@danielj.glowny41083 жыл бұрын
I had three different CED players plus hundreds of CED disc and the problem with CED discs was the skipping problem even with new discs.
@ketonicdude3 жыл бұрын
They will skip because they were coated with a layer of silicone to protect them from the stylus. Over time that silicone has settled down in the grooves of the disc. When you play the disc the stylus struggles to push that silicone back up out of the grooves. If you play the disc again you'll notice the skipping is less and if you play through the disc a couple times it will stop completely. Just have to play them.
@danielj.glowny41083 жыл бұрын
When you get down to it the reason why RCA CED had a short life in the market as compared to Laserdisc is the damn skipping period.
@ketonicdude3 жыл бұрын
@@danielj.glowny4108 I'm sure it didn't help matters but the actual reason it flopped was because you couldn't record on it. It was released in competition with VHS. At that time a movie on VHS was around $80 to $100. When CED came out a movie was around $20 to $30. So you could get 4 or 5 movies for the same price as one VHS movie. But you couldn't record on it and people didn't want to have to have a VCR to record their shows and a CED player to watch movies.
@danielj.glowny41083 жыл бұрын
@@ketonicdude Both RCA CED and Laserdisc were never competition with either Beta or VHS even thought many people believed this.The two Disc systems were designed to sell movies for home use,while Beta and VHS were designed to record TV programs to watch later.Laserdisc lasted 22 years till DVD took over Movies for home use.RCA CED lasted only a few years when VHS Movies came out in rental and later when Movies On Tape were a lot cheaper.The failure of CED killed RCA VICTOR and was sold to G.E. who sold off the various divisions
@MrRonfelder Жыл бұрын
@@ketonicdude still crap
@spawnlordgaming78269 ай бұрын
So honest question, Is calling a CED disc like saying Capacitance Electronic Disc Disc ? 😊
@ketonicdude9 ай бұрын
Yes that would be true, people do that with DVD as well, or LD. Technically RCA called their CED system, RCA Selectavision Videodisc, so you should really be calling it a Selectavision disc. Capacitance is just the technology that it utilized. And actually when you say the acronym for CED you say Capacitance Electronic Disc System so really it should be a CEDS, but technicalities. lol
@SevenDeMagnus5 жыл бұрын
Cool. A vinyl like technology that plays videos and sounds. Is that analog or it's still digital like a laser disc? It's probably more durable like vinyl is to cds. God bless, Proverbs 31
@ketonicdude5 жыл бұрын
Actually it is Analog, and so is Laserdisc. Laserdisc did have digital audio towards the end but the picture was always analog. CED's are actually very fragile, they are composed of PVC rather than Vinyl like a record so they are prone to break a little easier and they have 40 grooves for every 1 groove in a record so the surface of the disc is very susceptible to stacking or oils from your fingers. Thats why they must be housed in the caddy. But none the less it is a very neat format. Thanks for watching.
@ThatVinylChannel3 жыл бұрын
@@ketonicdude Vinyl is a short name for PVC. PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride
@jalilmuhammad82703 жыл бұрын
Those RCA gizmos didn't last long. The video discs simply guzzled all the money from RCA.
@mikecoulter942710 ай бұрын
Ill stick with my bluray
@MrBuc1282 жыл бұрын
That’s not Spielberg in the Jeep
@kc4cvh Жыл бұрын
How was the audio on these ill-conceived devices? Was it at least in stereo?
@ketonicdude Жыл бұрын
Audio was actually the best thing on them. It's better quality than both VHS and Laserdisc of the time. And yes, on the blue discs it was stereo, the white discs indicate mono.
@martin_minimalwave Жыл бұрын
Whats the different between VHD and CED?
@spvlogs63463 жыл бұрын
Im trying to get a ced player and some disc ,but couldn't able to find in my country(india) Someone can help me
@ketonicdude3 жыл бұрын
They were never offered for sale in India. They were available in the USA and the United Kingdom only. The UK players were all Hitachi models and stylus are very hard to find for them. I would recommend you buy a RCA player and some discs off eBay international. Best of luck.