General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC DISK, CASING PARTS/ PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.5 cm

Width

32.4 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Embassy

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

EARLY 1980'S

Canada

EXAMPLES OF ONE TYPE OF AUDIO/VIDEO MEDIUM USED BY CANADIANS FOR HOME VIEWING OF RENTED OR PURCHASED MOVIES, SIGNIFICANT NEW TREND OF PERIOD. THESE EXAMPLES WERE OWNED BY PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CARLETON PLACE, ONT. & WERE LOANED TO LIBRARY USERS WITH RENTED VIDEODISK PLAYER.

Function

STORAGE & PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR AUDIO & VIDEO IMAGES, UPON WHICH FILMS WERE RECORDED FOR PLAYBACK ON VIDEODISK PLAYER & TELEVISON RECEIVER. THESE EXAMPLES CONTAIN FEATURE FILMS & WERE LOANED BY PUBLIC LIBRARY TO ITS USERS.

Technical

RCA VIDEODISK PLAYERS EMPLOYED VARIABLE CAPACITANCE PICK-UP TO TRACK GROOVES IN VIDEODISK. VIDEODISK TECHNOLOGY WAS INTENDED AS RIVAL TO VIDEOCASSETTE PLAYERS, BUT WAS COMMERCIAL FAILURE. RCA SPENT APPROXIMATELY $580 MILLION DEVELOPING THIS TECHNOLOGY WHICH FAILED IN MARKETPLACE; IT WAS INTRODUCED AT SAME TIME THAT BOTH VHS & BETA VIDEOCASSETTE PLAYERS WERE NEW ON MARKET & PHILIPS LASERVISION WAS BEING INTRODUCED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MULTICOLOURED LETTERING IDENTIFYING CONTENTS, COPYRIGHT ETC. (SEE IMAGES)

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

BLUE CASINGS, VARIOUSLY COLOURED LABELS, MULTICOLOURED IMAGES.

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC & DRAWN IMAGES ON LABELS