Why Collect RCA VideoDiscs?
I’m tackling this question first, since there have been several Usenet postings from people incredulous that anyone is interested in an obsolete video format that hasn’t been supported in years. Well, my interest started in 1987 when I found a CED player (complete with Jane Fonda’s Workout Challenge inside) for $10 at a thrift store. Being in an electronic engineering curriculum at the time, I got this to take apart and analyze how it worked. A while later I found a bunch of discs for 50 cents each, and became interested in getting as many different titles as possible. So my motivations have been an interest in the technology and the inexpensive nature of collecting it. Here are some reasons I’ve heard from other collectors: American Technology- The CED system was envisioned and manufactured (all discs and the RCA players) entirely in the U.S.A., and it was the last major electronic entertainment format to have this distinction. It was also RCA’s splashiest product introduction, and th
