How RCA Changed the World - The History of RCA | Polara YT

From the creation of NBC and the first mass-produced television set, to the launch of the first communications satellite, the invention of the TFT LCD display, and the creation of the 16x9 TV set, RCA set new standards for the American media industry, and changed the world. Learn about the history of RCA in this Narrated History Video.

Proper subtitles are available in this video.

Chapters (Key moments):
00:00 Intro
00:42 Marconi Wireless (1894 - 1919)
02:51 Early RCA years (1919 - 1929)
04:40 Formation of RCA Victor (1929)
06:53 RCA brings colour (1953)
09:48 Invention of TFT LCD display (1968)
11:14 RCA Colortrak (1976)
13:23 Later years (1986 - present)
15:18 RCA today
16:16 Outro

[itswagon]

I still feel honored to have worked for RCA and will never forget and celebrate RCA History.

[PaulHeffner]

That's a nice overview of RCA, I wish they had touched upon their computer development through the 60's until they sold it off in '72.

[TheOnlyRealMeo]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video. As an employee of RCA and then in its operations under GE and Thomson for almost 30 years I worked most of that time in the Equipment Engineering group, and then for a few more as a contractor assisting at some foreign operations for them. I am especially pleased that you highlighted the contributions of so many of my predecessors and peers and the many inventions and innovations that derived from RCA, many of which have been significant and many of which are still in use today. I am proud to have contributed a few patents and such as a member of that very large creative group. Thank you for presenting this in such a clear and interesting way, and I think that perhaps I can speak also for so many others that I mentioned to thank you on their behalf as well.
Carl Farmer, E.E. Retired

[thomasparisi]

Great video, you hit all the highlights

[gns]

I remember when GE took RCA over in the mid ‘80s. It was sad to see the company that gave us so much broken up. First they gave us radio, and then television, and then, of course 45 RPM records and rock and roll in the form of Elvis Presley. Although GE was formed by Thomas Edison, they didn’t seem to have the technological foresight and inventiveness RCA had, at least where entertainment was concerned. GE was always more concerned with jet engines, home appliances, and such. I don’t think there will ever be a company as interesting and special like RCA was.

[littlefacemitt_i]

Holy crap, this deserves more views! Keep up the good work my guy

[Harald-Dahle-Sladek]

Excellent presentation with an optimistic beat to it. Thanks from Oslo.

[CauserHostCH]

thank you so much for all the knowledge here. RCA really contributed a lot.

[geralderdek]

I came across a picture taken at RCAs semi conductor plant in Bridgewater n.j. in the mid 60s. I was really pleased and surprised to see my mother working at a microscope inspecting transistors. It was an archives photo. I remember when she got a bad acid burn on her left hand once and sure enough, there was a white bandage on her left hand in the photo!

[veiledzorba]

They should have NEVER lost the "Lightening Bolt" logo...

[weegeemike]

I think its horribly sad that RCA wound up in the hands of foreign ownership, at least in regards to their electronics division. It would be one thing if GE kept it as an independent subsidiary, but GE isn't even really GE anymore, as they are more of a holding company conglomerate than they are a manufacturer of goods, as GE appliances and electronics are manufactured by an outside foreign company and simply branded as GE. RCA was the king of television for most of its existence. It would have been interesting to see what kind of new revolutionary products they would have invented if they stayed independent...Sadly, we'll never know. Great video.

[williamoverly]

My father worked for RCA starting during World War Ii and into the 1960s. As a result, our family was one of the first in our neighborhood to have television. I remember when, as a kid, he took me to see an early prototype of commercial color television. Great memories!

[PoliticalCineaste]

Good video. One minor quibble. The first videodisc system to come on the market was Laserdisc in 1978. The Selectavision disc system came out in 1981, but was not as high resolution as the Laserdisc system. Selectavision was first demonstrated in the early 1970s and might have had a following if it were released at that time. With an almost ten-year delay, it was already an outdated design. Selectavision's failure is one of the reasons RCA was nearly bankrupt by 1984.

[ethanstayer]

I’m very new to the history of rca but u feel as though I learned a lot! I became interested because I’m using an old rca color tv from 1995 I watched as a kid for an art project in college! Crazy to think how much they’ve changed the world.

[jameshopper]

I remember a lttle of this. Thanks. Wow! We've come a long way!

[Channelofficial]

We had one alot like that ColorTrac 2000. Was a later model but very close

[henrybrandt]

Thanks for the nice overview of the company's history. If you ever do a sequel or an edit of this I think in addition to PaulHeffner's excellent suggestion to include their computer products, you might also spend some time on Sarnoff Labs and the semiconductor business unit (which was the first to commercialize CMOS digital ICs). One more thing - RCA provided NASA with communications equipment on board the Apollo missions as well as crucial defense systems such as AGEIS and BMEWS.

[edturentine]

Please show the stereo division please

[ljjackson]

Next do SERCO: The biggest company you never heard of yet runs the world.

[ImpetuouslyInsane]

Why does this sound like this was made with AI voice and script generation?