Even so, if CED had been released soon after being conceived, in the mid-60s (that bears repeating – a video disc format in the mid sixties) it would have been a decade before its time, and might have ...

According to Tom Howe, CED expert and collector, the idea to put moving pictures on a vinyl disc was actually first floated in the 1950s, although work on the unusual system didn’t begin until 1964.

The 10 Video Formats HD DVD Will Meet in Heaven: ... And they sort of worked like records, too-SelectaVision players read the video information off of the grooved CED discs using a stylus.