Decade Video

Decade Video was the brainchild of Eddie Maris, a businessman who had previously started a small record label, Yellowjacket Records, the year prior. While achieving modest success with high-quality prints of public domain films, Decade's biggest success would turn out to be the "How To Use Computers" series of videos. Capitalizing on the nascent home computer market, the videos became a hit with new computer users unsure where to turn. Eventually, the success of the series overshadowed Decade's main business of distributing films, leading Maris to spin off the series onto the newly-formed Decade Special Products (later Radar Man Video) label in 1983. Shortly afterward, Maris made the bizarre decision to expand Decade's holdings into fast food restaurants and musical instruments. While this turned a profit, it came at the cost of declining fortunes in other areas of Maris' business. Ultimately, in 1996, Decade would shift its focus exclusively to the fast food and musical instrument sectors; resulting in Radar Man becoming an independent company, Yellowjacket's assets being sold to Warner Music Group, and Decade Video dissolving completely.

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