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.

I like your use of an era-appropriate RCA TV. Really completes the whole setup.

This would’ve changed everything forever if it had been released when it was developed in the 60s

Until very recently, didn’t know this format existed! Very neat collection! Thanks for the demo. 😁👍🏽

Beautiful TV to match, I gotta say.

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.

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

Throw back RCA plastic wood panle TVs. I remember having 1 all through my childhood in the 90s

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!

This is exactly what i wanted to see, thank you.

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

Damn, the audio is infinitely better than tape

That's amazing. Thank you for the demo. I'm 53 but this is new to me! I want one.

I started laughing from amazement when I saw the collection. IMPRESSIVE WORK MY DUDE

The combination of TV set and player on set looks awesome. A share none of the devices ever made the way to Europe.

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.

Interesting format that caused RCA to go bankrupt. Amazing collection.

Wow! You have a real good collection!

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!

Now this brings me back to growing up and watching movies. The good ol 80's!

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!

Very good picture quality! Great collection

Fantastic!

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! :)

Makes me glad I started collecting laserdiscs

Шикарная коллекция дисков!

This is what DVDs and Blu-Rays should’ve done in the first place

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.

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.

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.

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

That's Walter Scott stunt man driving the jeep.

Technology Connections has a very extensive video series on this.

Love your RCA Digital Command Center Television, Josh!

Nice collection. I didn’t know ced’s had a chapter search feature like laser disc or dvd.

Cool I love oldscool vid tech like this

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."

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.

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

I actually found some CED discs at the Goodwill last week.

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.

You should get more movies besides Back to the Future. Also cool record collection!

Amazing picture quality is cristal clear.

Neat collection

I love how stupidly big they are.

Nice shorts.

Nice demo...... I started to watch the movie, and then you stopped it!

Ainda bem que inventaram o VHS,nesse tempo,esses discos aí deveriam custar uma fortuna

Wish i lived in that era

Wow I never ever in my life heard or even seen one of those

This is cool as hell!

Iam fast time see CED

thanks a lot.. Sir..!

amazing

I am fast time see CDE

Very cool brotherman BTW it's Walter Scott not Spielberg 😂

As mentioned, that's not Spielberg, but the stunt coordinator on the movie.

I’m not sure but I think Back to the Future may have been the last film released on CED.

The audio is good too!

Excellent

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.

that is a good i deal to protect the disk from scratches

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)

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?

Great setup!

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.

A friend of mine had one of these. I was extremely jealous

CED is just like laserdisc, only different.

I had no idea it was possible to encode video onto vinyl

Fascinating.

Cool!!! Hallo from Belarus.Thanks

cool

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.

Makes you wonder why they didn't make records with the caddy

thats i use to watch last american virgin on that

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

Fire 🔥

I can hear the tv through the video. I haven’t heard the sound in a loooong time

Seeing a movie from the LP

you're the best

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?

back to the future.

Thank you for sharing this awesome video. Do you sell the movies?

I never knew Spielburgles was in the jeep.

there's spielburg in the jeep

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.

Not Spielberg.

New subscriber here.

Vinyl video

how that medica can be a ruin for rca? looks great

"Disk" ha ha its Goliath omg but luvit

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.

So honest question, Is calling a CED disc like saying Capacitance Electronic Disc Disc ? 😊

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

Those RCA gizmos didn't last long. The video discs simply guzzled all the money from RCA.

Ill stick with my bluray

That’s not Spielberg in the Jeep

How was the audio on these ill-conceived devices? Was it at least in stereo?

Whats the different between VHD and CED?

Im trying to get a ced player and some disc ,but couldn't able to find in my country(india) Someone can help me