80's RCA VideoDisc player

have a movie party with RCA's videodisc player! this commercial is from 1981

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Entertainment

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• retro
• RCA
• video
• disc
• disk
• player
• 80's
• tv
• commercial
• old
• electronics

[eyeh8nbc]

Thanks for posting this- I've never seen this commercial! I have several working players and EVERY title that was put out on this failed format!

[cdx873v]

maybe she meant 500 cent's, lol!!

[pmgodfrey]

Even older -- Capacitance Electronic Disc. I only knew one person to own that system. It was actually read by a stylus instead of a laser.

[junkyturd]

Dam things are bigger than lp's LOL!

[videoaa99]

these are CEDs, I have a couple of them I found at yard sales

[guymerritt]

I had Magnavox Laser Disc player and - wow - was that thing a piece of junk! They had a program where you could send it back to the factory and they'd give you a new one, which I tried - and it still skipped, and, worked terribly. I'm not even much of a movie buff but, at the time, I had a lot of discretionary income and I was amazed by the technology. It all seems so funny, now. The thing cost about 500 bucks, in 1981 - it's crazy how things change. Still have some discs...

[texasghost]

I found it interesting that the video disc came out before the compact disc. I remember though watching Jaws on one of those video disc trying to figure out how it was able to read the data.

It's just a shame they never caught on like compact discs did.

[elkabong1961]

Where can I get one?

[TheUltraCoolDude1]

these are so cool!

[joenewbie316]

The extraordinary thing about this and Video tapes is you never use to be able to watch a uncensored commercial free movie in your house unless you were more of a hobbyist about it. When these hit the market it was a big deal... hence they promoted it as a "movie party"

[Shippo1883]

hell i am 30 and i have one of those players still :P they are pretty awesome i got it free though from a friend about 10 years ago lol