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Topic: Drive belt & O ring kits for sale |
lynx
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Views: 859
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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: 872
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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 m ... |
Topic: CED Prototypes Robin Hood & Gene Littler added to collec |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 1643
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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: 6
Views: 2372
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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 stylus’s 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 eithe ... |
Topic: Troubleshooting help needed with my RCA SFT 100 W |
lynx
Replies: 6
Views: 2372
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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 play ... |
Topic: CED mentioned in RCA history |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 1788
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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 ... |
Topic: STA-300 replica(photo of board and case needed to design it) |
lynx
Replies: 4
Views: 2054
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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 didn’t 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 prebui ... |
Topic: Weird Sears Player Issue |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 1855
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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 assum ... |
Topic: cleaning cartridges |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 6486
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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: 3
Views: 1991
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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: 8283
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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 d ... |
Topic: 3 CED Jukebox discs on Internet Archive |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 2698
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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: 13268
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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: 9866
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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: 7488
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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: 7488
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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: 13268
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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 gentleman’s house to buy a ... |
Topic: The 42nd anniversary of CED! |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 5826
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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 RCA’s official launch of the Selectavision CED video disc system to the public in the United States Of America, and every year on ... |
Topic: March 1981 CED newspaper world premiere ad |
lynx
Replies: 1
Views: 5789
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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? ... |
Topic: List of titles only available on CED |
lynx
Replies: 2
Views: 6355
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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: 5950
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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 ... |
Topic: Movies you wished were released on CED |
lynx
Replies: 9
Views: 13052
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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 ... |
Topic: Production Run Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 7
Views: 8283
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:42 am Subject: Additional information about CED production run codes |
Hello Mr. Gibson. My name is Kyle, and I chose the word "lynx" as my pseudonym here on the CED Magic forum because I'm a "cat person", just like Tom. I really like the new cedatu ... |
Topic: Greetings! |
lynx
Replies: 12
Views: 11777
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Forum: General Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:39 am Subject: My personal history with CED |
I watched a lot of movies to celebrate! It’s uncanny that so many yong people have interest in the format! I remember a dozen years ago, the only active people on here was Jesse Skeen and Dean Takas ... |
Topic: Production Run Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 7
Views: 8283
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:15 pm Subject: Production run information on discs I own |
This message is now one month old, and I've been meaning to share my findings about the numbers & letters stamped on the inner centre of CEDs. I figure that now is as good a time as any to share ... |
Topic: Greetings! |
lynx
Replies: 12
Views: 11777
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:16 am Subject: Special anniversary post? |
The SGT 200/250 were the first stereo models. I plan on making a special post next month!
Beetlescott, since the 40th anniversary of you owning CEDs & players has since come and gone, did ... |
Topic: Spine Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 15
Views: 13268
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:09 am Subject: Conclusion of spine label information |
I finally got some time to read thru this topic again, and I just want to finish with some final remarks about the spine labels.
I feel lucky that I own The French Connection on CED, and that I ... |
Topic: Columbia Pictures Studios |
lynx
Replies: 3
Views: 6547
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:18 am Subject: RCA press releases about working with Columbia Pictures |
There are some old RCA press release here on cedmagic.com about how RCA got started working with Columbia Pictures, which also reference Coca-Cola:
http://www.cedmagic.com/museum/press/release- ... |
Topic: What happened to cedatum.com? |
lynx
Replies: 9
Views: 11801
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:04 am Subject: Peculiar new web site at the cedatum.com domain |
I just checked the cedatum.com web site, and all it shows now is just a picture of a bird and a terse message about a first post to edit or delete. Does any one know what is going on with the site? |
Topic: Spine Numbers |
lynx
Replies: 15
Views: 13268
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:15 am Subject: More variant observations |
While trying to surmise what the numbers & letters could mean, I tried my best to be accurate & factual, but I had a hunch that I could have made a mistake or overlooked something, which actua ... |
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