# SelectaVision

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Former RCA video brand

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SelectaVision Product type Home video player Owner RCA Introduced 1981 (1981) Discontinued 1986

**SelectaVision** was a trademark name used on four classes of device by [the Radio Corporation of America](/source/Radio_Corporation_of_America):

- The [Holotape](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holotape&action=edit&redlink=1), a prototype video medium[1]

- [Magnetic tape](/source/Magnetic_tape)

- [VHS](/source/VHS) [videocassette](/source/Videocassette#Cassette_formats) recorders, and

- [Capacitance Electronic Disc](/source/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc) videodisc players and the discs themselves, introduced in 1981. [2]

[Capacitance Electronic Disc](/source/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](/source/General_Electric)'s acquisition of RCA in 1986, and the "SelectaVision" brand was abandoned.[2]

## See also

- [Video High Density](/source/Video_High_Density) (JVC, 1970)

- [Electronic Video Recording](/source/Electronic_Video_Recording) (CBS, 1967)

- [Phonovision](/source/Phonovision) (Baird, 1928)

- [Vitascan](/source/Vitascan) (DuMont, 1949)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cedholotape_1-0)** [RCA SelectaVision HoloTape Video Player in 1969](https://www.cedmagic.com/history/holotape.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-selectavision-spins-briefly_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-selectavision-spins-briefly_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-selectavision-spins-briefly_2-2) Hernandez, Daniela. ["March 22, 1981: RCA SelectaVision Spins (Briefly) into Stores"](https://www.wired.com/2012/03/march-22-1981-rca-selectavision-spins-briefly-into-stores/). *Wired*.

## External links

- [SelectaVision page on Total Rewind - the Virtual Museum of Vintage VCRs](https://www.totalrewind.org/revolution/R_evrsel.htm)

v t e Video storage formats Videotape Analog Quadruplex (1956) VERA (1958) Ampex 2 inch helical VTR (1961) Sony 2 inch helical VTR (1961) Type A (1965) CV-2000 (1965) Akai (1967) EIAJ-1 (1969) U-matic (1971) Cartrivision (1972) Philips VCR (1972) V-Cord (1974) VX (videocassette format) (1974) Betamax (1975) IVC (1975) Type B (1976) Type C (1976) VHS (1976) Akai VK (1977) SVR (1979) Video 2000 (1980) Compact Video Cassette (1980) VHS-C (1982) M (1982) Betacam (1982) Video8 (1985) Betacam SP (1986) MII (1986) S-VHS (1987) S-VHS-C (1987) Hi8 (1989) Ruvi (1998) Digital D1 (1986) D2 (1988) D3 (1991) DCT (videocassette format) (1992) Digital Betacam (1993) D5 (1994) Digital-S (D9) (1995) DV (1995) Betacam SX (1996) Digital8 (D8) (1999) MPEG IMX (2000) MicroMV (2001) High Definition Sony HDVS (1984) UniHi (1984) BCH 1000 (1992) W-VHS (1994) HDCAM (1997) D-VHS (1998) D6 HDTV VTR (2000) HDCAM SR (2003) Videodisc Analog Phonovision (1927) Ampex-HS (1967) TeD (1975) LaserDisc (1978) CED (1981) VHD (1983) Laserfilm (1984) CD Video (1987) VSD (1990) Digital Video CD (1993) MovieCD (1996) DVD (1996) MiniDVD (c. 1996) DIVX (1998) CVD (1998) Super Video CD (1998) EVD (2003) PVD (Personal Video Disc) (2003) Universal Media Disc (2004) Forward Versatile Disc (2005) High Definition Hi-Vision LD (1994) Professional Disc (2003) High-Definition Versatile Disc (2004) VMD (2006) HD DVD (2006) Blu-ray Disc (2006) MiniBD (c. 2006) Holographic Versatile Disc (2007) China Blue High-definition Disc (2008) Ultra-High Definition Ultra HD Blu-ray (2016) Virtual Media agnostic DV (1995) DVCPRO (1995) DVCAM (1996) DVCPRO50 (1997) DVCPRO HD (2000) HDV (2003) Tapeless CamCutter Editcam (1995) XDCAM (2003) GBA-TV (2004) MOD (2005) AVCHD (2006) AVC-Intra (2006) TOD (2007) iFrame (2009) XAVC (2012) Solid state P2 (2004) SxS (2007) MicroP2 (2012) Video recorded to film 8mm magazine Super 8 Kinescope (1947) Electronicam kinescope (1950s) Electronic Video Recording (1967)

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