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Topic: CEDs for sale at a Spring Valley thrift shop |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 71
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Forum: General Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 7:40 am Subject: CEDs for sale at a Spring Valley thrift shop |
| For any one interested who lives in San Diego County, yesterday afternoon, I visited the Veterans Thrift Store, located in Spring Valley, California, and I found some CEDs for sale. I didn't count th ... |
Topic: 2026 CED Workshop |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 7492
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Forum: General Posted: Sun May 10, 2026 8:51 am Subject: Geographical issue |
Will there ever be a Selectavision workshop somewhere in the western region of the United States Of America?
My RCA Selectavision video disc player has been malfunctioning for the last three ye ... |
Topic: What CEDs have not been archived? |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 8397
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Forum: General Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 7:46 am Subject: Lost media on CED |
Hi Mario. I apologise for the late reply; it's been a busy month for me, so I haven't had very much free time.
To answer your question, I don't know exactly which CED titles are completely mis ... |
Topic: Happy New Year! |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 7032
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:49 am Subject: Happy New Year! |
I hope every one on here had a lovely Christmas or Chanukah, and today is the day for Auld Lang Syne!
I also hope every one got their new annual CED Magic gift, the polyester flag with the like ... |
Topic: The 44th anniversary of CED! |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 9989
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 9:34 am Subject: The 44th anniversary of CED! |
| Hello again to the whole CED community! As we all know, today is the 44th anniversary of the introduction of the RCA Selectavision video disc format to the public. It happened 16,071 days ago, or 2, ... |
Topic: Troubleshooting help needed with my RCA SFT 100 W |
lynx
Replies: 8
Views: 150700
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 9:58 am Subject: Resurrection; E mail & video of my malfunctioning player |
| Hi everyone. For the last several months, Ive been inactive on here, and my CED player & discs have all been dormant, because my player isnt working very well. My life has been a bit arduous ... |
Topic: VJP-900T 55-ft camera cable - FREE |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 9857
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:50 am Subject: Package arrival |
Hi again Dave.
I just want to let you know that the long cable for cameras just arrived in my mail two days ago. Just now, I tested it with my old General Electric "Performance" Newv ... |
Topic: VJP-900T 55-ft camera cable - FREE |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 9857
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:02 am Subject: Re: VJP-900T 55-ft camera cable - FREE |
| Measure twice, post once ( I actually measured the cable)I am giving away a 55-foot 10-pin camera extension cable for the Selectavision VJP-900T VCR. Obviously, this allowed me to easily record on ... |
Topic: Drive belt & O ring kits for sale |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 29287
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:27 am Subject: Drive belt & O ring kits for sale |
| Four days ago, while I was researching new replacement belts & O rings for a vintage Panasonic Omnivision VHS VCR that I'm working on repairing, I discovered a company called Surplus Material Comp ... |
Topic: 40th of the Beginning of the End of CED |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 12965
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Forum: General Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:21 am Subject: Re: 40th of the Beginning of the End of CED |
I'm 3 days late with this post.
I recall watching ABC TV the night of 1984-04-04, a brief (standard) news break mentioned that RCA was going to phase out their troubled videodisc system, the next mor ... |
Topic: CED Prototypes Robin Hood & Gene Littler added to collec |
lynx
Replies: 15
Views: 294784
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:45 am Subject: Awesome discs! |
| Wow! Those discs are really neat! I've never seen any discs like them before, and I'm glad they went to a good owner like you. They are historic treasures in the history of CED, so cherish them! T ... |
Topic: Troubleshooting help needed with my RCA SFT 100 W |
lynx
Replies: 8
Views: 150700
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:52 am Subject: Question about testing styli, posting photos and videos |
Do you have a way confirm that both styluss are good?
Thank you both for your responses; they were very helpful.
I have a few more questions:
Is there a way that I can test either of my RCA ... |
Topic: Troubleshooting help needed with my RCA SFT 100 W |
lynx
Replies: 8
Views: 150700
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:14 am Subject: Troubleshooting help needed with my RCA SFT 100 W |
My CED player, RCA model SFT 100 W, has recently developed a problem that I need help with trying to repair. I don't believe it's a mechanical issue, but rather something electronic.
It's playing ... |
Topic: CED mentioned in RCA history |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 11466
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:54 am Subject: Re: CED mentioned in RCA history |
https://www.rca.com/us_en/our-legacy-266-us-en
It seems RCA is trying to make some sort of a come back in the consumer electronics marketplace.
Kirk Bayne
That web site has a nice time line of R ... |
Topic: STA-300 replica (Edit:Copying Schematic in KiCad: ~10% done) |
lynx
Replies: 8
Views: 69245
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:35 am Subject: Re: Is there Any Interest in STA-300 replicas? |
| Assuming I didnt make a mistake or get scammed on eBay, I should have the service manual for the STA-300 stereo audio adapter coming in the mail. Would anyone be interested in replicas (DIY or prebu ... |
Topic: Weird Sears Player Issue |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 14786
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:38 am Subject: Re: Weird Sears Player Issue |
Ive got a Sears 934.54780150 player that skips the movie, goes to the edge of the disc and resets. If I remove the stylus belt, it sorta works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1kXaGbQIUA
I'm assumin ... |
Topic: cleaning cartridges |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 18809
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:55 am Subject: Re: cleaning cartridges |
| does anyone know what the process was to clean a stylus/cartridge? I have some I need to get out of players and test in working players and just curious if cleaning is something anyone could do or did ... |
Topic: Servo Motor Continuously Running SGT-100W |
lynx
Replies: 4
Views: 15201
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:50 am Subject: Re: Servo Motor Continuously Running SGT-100W |
| Hey gang! I received a new to me sgt100w. It's in really nice shape but I'm stumped with a playback problem. I can't tell if it's mechanical or electrical though. The stylus tested ok with another uni ... |
Topic: Production Run Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 7
Views: 45672
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:57 am Subject: New discovery on disc production |
On Wednesday, I bought another collection of CEDs, so I am reviving this topic because I found an interesting master on a disc that I just bought.
I've been looking thru them, and pulling the discs ... |
Topic: 3 CED Jukebox discs on Internet Archive |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 12501
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:42 am Subject: Critique of "CED Juke Box" videos |
| Saturday is one of my days off from my job, so I spent yesterday watching these CED juke box videos. They were a lot of fun to watch, so thank you for sharing them. It was probably a good idea to po ... |
Topic: Spine Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 15
Views: 233546
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:55 am Subject: Thanks and a new observation |
| The fifth symbol is the letter "E" on every title, which I can't find any difference or variation on, so I can't tell what it represents, and I can't think of any word pertaining to CED that ... |
Topic: Off topic- anyone have the manual for an RCA VKT-650 VCR? |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 21551
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Forum: General Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:15 am Subject: Re: Off topic- anyone have the manual for an RCA VKT-650 VCR |
| I'm specifically looking for how it explains the "Hi Filter", which this VCR has instead of Dolby noise reduction for the linear audio tracks. I'm wondering how close it worked to the real t ... |
Topic: Featured CED "Lum Fong" for sale on E Bay |
lynx
Replies: 6
Views: 37281
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:18 am Subject: "Lum Fong" for sale again |
For any one interested, there is another Lum Fong disc on E Bay for $600.00 or best offer. Here is the link:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185960883865?hash=item2b4c21e699:g:zvsAAOSwEt9kc7ul |
Topic: Featured CED "Lum Fong" for sale on E Bay |
lynx
Replies: 6
Views: 37281
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:51 am Subject: Featured CED "Lum Fong" for sale on E Bay |
| While browsing E Bay last night, I found the early experimental RCA video disc called Lum Fong for sale, which is the featured CED for Winter 2002, and is named after a Chinese fictional character on ... |
Topic: Spine Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 15
Views: 233546
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:49 am Subject: New discovery regarding spine codes |
I promised that if I discovered something new regarding the spine numbers on the CED caddy labels that I would post it on here, which just happened.
I just went to a gentlemans house to buy a box ... |
Topic: The 42nd anniversary of CED! |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 13925
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:45 am Subject: The 42nd anniversary of CED! |
| Hello to all CED collectors! Today is the forty-second anniversary of RCAs official launch of the Selectavision CED video disc system to the public in the United States Of America, and every year o ... |
Topic: March 1981 CED newspaper world premiere ad |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 16070
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:56 am Subject: March 1981 CED newspaper world premiere ad |
I just found an original newspaper advertisement from March of 1981 for the debut of CED for sale on E Bay that I want to share. Here is the link for it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325542240136?chn= ... |
Topic: List of titles only available on CED |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 19161
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Forum: General Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:35 am Subject: List of titles only available on CED |
| For the last few months, I have been diligently researching which CED titles have only been released on CED and no other format ever, since there's no comprehensive list of them online anywhere, and i ... |
Topic: Obscure "Selectavision" name trivia |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 9541
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:39 am Subject: Obscure "Selectavision" name trivia |
Not long ago, I learned some little-known fun facts about RCA's "Selectavision" name that CED collectors may find interesting.
Besides CED, VHS VCRs, and video cameras, RCA also used the ... |
Topic: Movies you wished were released on CED |
lynx
Replies: 9
Views: 22475
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Forum: General Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:24 am Subject: Nonexistent CED titles that I would have liked |
Since there hasn't been very much activity on here for the last few weeks, this topic looks like a fun subject to get the forum going again.
It's always fun to think about "what could have ... |
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