video disc player (CED) problems

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Ever wonder why the CED system bombed, but DVD was successful?

Back then, VHS was too entrenched to overcome either one of the earlier disc types. Even though the CED system was introduce to the marketplace at a suggested retail price fully one-third below that of the laser system, as quoted from page 273 of chapter 11 in ‘The Complete Handbook of Home Video Systems’ (Reston, an imprint of Prentice-Hall) in 1981: “With the concurrent explosion in small computer sales and continual strong retail movement in VHS-type video cassette recorders, long-range predictions for the acceptance of a non-recording video disc medium remain unanswered.”