snoopygirl

For anyone having an RCA Blu-Ray player with a screen saver feature: do they still use the Nipper and Chipper images?

I first saw that on my vintage dvd player, and as a dog fan it was such a cool surprise. I was wondering if they still use them?

Mr. Salty

I can't answer your question, but I wouldn't buy an RCA Blu-ray player if I were you. There are much better options.

Alan Smithee

Is it called a SelectaVision Blu-Ray player?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DowGYteer_o

snoopygirl

Agreed. I just ran across the RCA units while researching what's out there now, and wondered if they still used the dogs or if they've moved to something more generic.

Dad bought one of these long ago (I think they were actually manufactured here in town) and I still have my Peanuts CED disks, just for the "what in the heck are those" factor in my Snoopy collection.

Alan Smithee

Yes, those were made in Indianapolis- RCA used to make most of their stuff there. I'm a big collector of the format, I have every movie put out on it!

Spiky

RCA doesn't really exist anymore, and that is from long before bluray, or even DVD. The name is licensed out to various companies from time to time. In terms of specific features like the screensaver, you'd have to find out who really made whatever model. There may be no convergence whatsoever.

snoopygirl

As long as its RCA branded, there's the chance it'll have some Nipper artwork (at least in the US... I know that varies with other countries depending on who has rights to that logo). Thomson (now...Technicolor, I think) bought the trademarks outright after licensing them for quite awhile, but I'm not sure how much they still use them. When I was looking at blu-ray specs I just happened to notice that one of the features listed on an RCA model was a screensaver, which made me wonder if they still used the dog logo. I guess the next time I'm near a bigbox store I'll pop in and wander down their electronic aisle.

Spottedfeather

My first dvd player was an RCA. It's screensaver was pretty simple. It showed a red RCA logo for a few seconds. Then, it would disappear then reappear somewhere else.