CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[Gunner]

Okay guys....this has always baffled me. How come on many players when you go to eject the disc from the player the tv screen says "REJECT" instead of "EJECT"??? I am sure it is something so stupid and easy but it makes me laugh every time I see it. LOL....Anyone??

[dumbchemist]

That is a good question. You must be talking about the RCA players. My 3 Sears players have a button labeled RETURN on their front (as in return the stylus to rest position). My SJT200 player has a REJECT button as in "Reject the loaded CED".

My Hitachi remotes have a button labeled RETURN like the Sears players and my Sanyo remote has a button labeled UNLOAD.

I think it was up to the manufacturer as to what to label the button for removing the CED from their player.
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[Beetlescott]

I assume that was the "Powers that be" used the word so that if the discs loaded was a bad disc, for whatever reason, the player would "reject" such a disc. Now in hindsight, we know how well that worked, But I would say back then, just a hunch.
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[ketonic_dude]

If you look up the definition of Reject one of them is "to spew out" and I think that pretty adequately describes what the J/K players did when they got to the end of the disc.

[SelectaVision420]

to reject something i think is to not want it, and the player doesnt want the disc when its over haha!
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[Gunner]

Thanks guys! I think it is pretty funny when we look back at some of the different technology back then.