RCA initially developed SelectaVision for home video in 1964, but bungled its marketing and distribution for nearly two decades until VHS had rendered it beside the point. Although it contained its content on a disc-shaped object, it was not what we think of as a laser disc that utilizes a beam of light. It was essentially akin to a record player that used a needle to read the info and transmit it to a TV screen. From 1979. before content became invisible: