27th February 2010, 6:20 PM
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It kind of looked like a game cartridge at first, Apparently the discs didn't have unlimited play and if you watched the same movie over again enough times it would start to degrade to the point that it would be unwatchable, RCA claimed that it would take 400-500 viewings before a disc was used up.
Only 100,000 were sold and the format was discontinued in 1984, Originally CED was supposed to be released in 1979 and if it had come out then it might have actually contended better against VHS/beta max.
It kind of looked like a game cartridge at first, Apparently the discs didn't have unlimited play and if you watched the same movie over again enough times it would start to degrade to the point that it would be unwatchable, RCA claimed that it would take 400-500 viewings before a disc was used up.
Only 100,000 were sold and the format was discontinued in 1984, Originally CED was supposed to be released in 1979 and if it had come out then it might have actually contended better against VHS/beta max.