__1981: __RCA's long-awaited videodisc system, essentially a vinyl record that plays video, hits stores in the United States. The company spent 15 years and $200 million developing it, only for the ...

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Tired of television? There may be a way to watch the tube without having to see what is on it now, Last week RCA presented “SelectaVision,” a new system that it called “potentially the most ...

It is easy to find technology success stories: the PC, DVD, and cell phone are all well-documented tales. However, it is a little harder to find the stories behind the things that didn’t quite take ...

The RCA Videodisc system, also known as SelectaVision, was to bring movies into your home. You’d insert a white plastic square the size of an LP record album in the machine to watch the first 60 ...