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The "Capacitance [Electronic] Disc" system, invented by RCA; also known as 'SelectaVision' and 'video records.'

RCA was trying to edge out the pre-existing VHS and LaserDisc formats, but ultimately failed [in the long run].  The format lasted from 1981 until 1986, and about 1700 titles were released on CED.

Movies came in large plastic caddies, which you inserted, as a whole, into a CED player, which disengaged the disc from the caddy when you pulled it back out (so [you wouldn't] touch the disc with your bare hands, which could cause disc damage.)  A stylus picked up the audio/video data from the disc, which spun at 450 RPM.

To remove the videodisc, you simply push the caddy back into the player, and the disc re-engages itself in the caddy.

Like a CLV laserdisc, CEDs have one hour of content on each side... but you must remove and re-insert the disc upside-down, to continue playing (like with the early laserdisc players.)

If a film ran over two hours by a [significant] amount of time, it was released on a set of two CEDs.  Otherwise, time compression was used to fit the movie onto one disc.

The estimated life of a CED videodisc is 500 playings.  Not too bad.

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