Where can I find RCA VideoDiscs and players?
The best retail establishments, in order of preference, are thrift stores, used record stores, and pawn shops. But don’t assume you can walk into your local Goodwill and find CED stuff, since in my experience (at least recently), the discs and players, if reasonably priced, are purchased within a few days of being put out on the sales floor. With used record stores, a useful technique I have found is to carry a CED into the store and ask the proprietors if they have any of these “things.” A lot of times when trying to verbally describe a CED it’s evident they don’t have a clue as to what you’re talking about. Sometimes used record stores have CED’s tucked away in boxes or under bins where you wouldn’t find them, even if you thoroughly searched the store. Pawn shops used to be a good source for CED’s, but most pawn shops will no longer buy the discs, although on occasion they still turn up. CED’s also turn up occasionally in yard and estate sales, and at swap meets and ham radio fests.
