RCA Victor Selectavision Glorified Phonograph Thing

[PeanutTheRabbit]

So, I guess this would be the final and absolute peak of the phonograph evolutionary phase, I picked this up yesterday, and like any good phonograph, it needed some grease and it was good to go.

Pretty rare to find these in any condition, so when I saw this one at the local antique store I just had to pick it up. It plays 60 minutes of a movie, per side (A and B just like a normal record) and it uses a diamond tip stylus/needle to play a grooved capacitive electric vinyl disc. Very odd, and very neat tech. (Apologies if this is in the wrong area).

[edisonclassm]

I have a bunch of discs for this if your interested pm me

[JerryVan]

I have a bunch of discs for this if your interested pm me

Did you buy the 4 or 500 of them for $1 at the Stanton auction some years back?

[pianolist]

I never had one but a friend did. For the time they had a sharp, clear picture and lots of great movies. Some of the movies available didn’t come out in other formats for a very long time. Too bad the styluses wore out so fast. I went laser disc.

[edisonclassm]

No Jerry. I did not buy 4-500 of them at Stanton's a few years back.

[JerryVan]

No Jerry. I did not buy 4-500 of them at Stanton's a few years back.

I'm happy for you

[52089]

I was into these for a while, but the sheer weight of the disks got me out of the hobby. There is a collector group for these on Facebook and a dedicated website for parts, service, and tips. There are also multiple videos about these on YouTube.

[AmberolaAndy]

I made a video about my unit in 2021!

(Double-click the video above or click this link to go to the video on YouTube.)