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Capacitance Electronic Disc
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The Capacitance Electronic Disc is an analog video disc playback system developed by Radio Corporation of America, in which video and audio could be played back on a TV set using a special stylus and
Exposed CED disc
Exposed CED disc
200× light micrograph of a CED copy of True Grit (1969), showing that in this special case the closing credits of the film are directly visible on the
200× light micrograph of a CED copy of True Grit (1969), showing that in this special case the closing credits of the film are directly visible on the disc itself. Because adjacent tracks on a CED encode the same line in the video signal across different frames, and because the closing credits scroll vertically at a constant rate, the signal produces a coherent image on the disc medium.
RCA Corporation
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RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987. Initially, RCA was a patent trust owned by a partnership of Gener
Capacitance Electronic Disc
…The Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) is an analog video disc playback system developed by Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in which video and audio could be played back on a TV set using a special stylus and high-density groove system similar to phonograph records…
RCA's former headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 1933–1987
RCA's former headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 1933–1987
Alexanderson 200-kW motor alternator transmitter installed at the U.S. Navy's New Brunswick, New Jersey station
Alexanderson 200-kW motor alternator transmitter installed at the U.S. Navy's New Brunswick, New Jersey station
Illustration of how a fully built RCA Radio Central facility at Rocky Point, Long Island, New York would have appeared. Only two of the twelve "antenn
Illustration of how a fully built RCA Radio Central facility at Rocky Point, Long Island, New York would have appeared. Only two of the twelve "antenna spokes" were actually built.
RCA Satcom K1 geostationary communications satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986
RCA Satcom K1 geostationary communications satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986