CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

cedmagic · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:43 am Post subject: Michael Jackson on CED

Everyone is familiar with "Making Michael Jackson's Thriller" but he also performed a song with Roberta Flack on "Free to Be ... You and Me" which was originally a 1974 TV special.

And here's a picture (circa 1984) of Michael Jackson dancing with Emmanuel Lewis, captured from a television newscast:

Of note is the SGT250 CED player on top of the TV in the background. I uploaded that picture back in 2003, and since then the complete video has appeared on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P6d3_8W0Qc

Does anyone recognize the model of two-piece VCR to the right of the CED player (try pausing at the 45 second mark)? I thought it might be an RCA VFP170, but the front panels don't look right:

http://www.cedmagic.com/museum/press/release-1981-02-12-1.html

--Tom Howe

7jlong · Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 187

Speaking of "Making Michael Jackson's Thriller", a bunch of copies have surfaced on eBay in light of recent events - just make sure to put LaserDisc in your search terms, as all the postings I've seen are all described as such despite being CEDs!

71chevyvan · Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 35

[quote="7jlong"]Speaking of "Making Michael Jackson's Thriller", as all the postings I've seen are all described as such despite being CEDs![/quote]

guess i'll have to try to make a dvd copy of mine for backup.

has anyone placed a value on the CED
version of thriller?
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7jlong · Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 187

I can't imagine that it is so uncommon - there must be piles of them; it was a pretty hot title at the time. I think we're going to have to see how collector-mania plays out in the wake of his death.

I saw one on my local Craigslist for $100, listed as a laserdisc.

I'm willing to bet there is a DVD of this in our near future, along with every other last bit of film Michael ever appeared on. I've even heard murmurs of Captain EO revivals.

Jesse Skeen · Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 532 Location: Sacramento, CA

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller was the all-time biggest selling home video title when it came out- I don't know what the breakdown between formats actually was, I assume the VHS tape sold the most.
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