What are some recommended CED player models?
There are two models I’d recommend any serious CED collector to seek out, the RCA SGT250 and SJT400 (or the much rarer SKT400). Once you’ve gotten used to the 400 series players, it’s hard to return to any of the earlier models that lack a multi-function remote control. The random access SJT400 uses an IR remote that permits numerous user control functions such as time seek, band seek, programmed time play, programmed band play, and program repeat. In addition, it allows the player to be placed in page mode, the CED equivalent of freeze-frame, except the same four video frames are shown repeatedly. In page mode the displayed image may or may not be jittery, depending on the rate of motion in the original scene. It is also possible to simulate slow motion while in page mode by repeatedly pressing the NEXT key to advance the stylus over the disc groove-by-groove. A 400 series player is required to play the Interactive VideoDiscs in random access mode, although these discs can be played s
