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Title: RCA and the VideoDisc : The Business of Research by Margaret B. W. Graham ISBN: 0-521-32282-0 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 29 August, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Historical Reference for the Design Phase of the CED System
Comment: The definitive historical reference on the design phase of the CED System. This book was largely researched from 1976 to 1978 as an exercise in applied history. The book deals primarily with this late 70's time frame, although it also contains chapters on early RCA history, VideoDisc on the market, and lessons to be learned from the CED project. This book also discusses other consumer video formats developed, but never marketed by RCA, which include Discpix, Photopix, Holopix, Holotape, and Magtape. The more expensive hardcover edition of the book has the title clauses reversed, and also includes a slip cover showing a VideoDisc reflecting a rainbow pattern.

Rating: 5
Summary: The consequences of failure of vision
Comment: There is a lot of misinformation spread around about the history of the videodisc. If you are curious about the facts, check out this book. It is recommended for all new media designers. It shows the disastrous consequences of failure of vision. In RCA's case, they correctly judged that there was going to be a huge market in consumer video, but it never occurred to them that time shifting, home recording, and program rental would be the features to drive it. In parallel with the capacitance electronic disc (CED) they developed a MagTape system. If they had gone to market with MagTape, there might still be an RCA today.