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- OBJECT TYPE
- 12 IN./GROOVED CAPACITANCE
- DATE
- 1981–1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0183.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Richardson, Enos & Co.
- MODEL
- THE RIGHT STUFF (2 PARTS)
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- 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
- Richardson
- Country
- United States of America
- 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
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Richardson, Enos & Co., Videodisk, between 1981–1985, Artifact no. 1999.0183, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1999.0183.001/
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