Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CDTV - hope yet! Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 90 22:57:33 GMT References: <1990Jun22.034017.7806@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1990Jun22.170902.7410@csmil.umich.edu> <1990Jun22.192746.16666@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1990Jun27.140342.13104@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 26 The person that invented the TV had visions of it being able to revolutionize education. It could bring education to the most remote places and enable one teacher replace hundreds. Of course, TV is now used to drain most people's brains. (with notable exceptions, of course) Maybe CDTV will be able to provide this dream. An electronic encyclopedia is just the beginning. Just how often do you use that encyc. you bought? Car Repair, home improvement, etc. could really use this kind of thing. Imagine "This Old House", "Julia Childs", "The Frugal Gormet", etc all making a series of CDs? On the college educational market, I could see these replacing the many, many CD-ROM players in college/university libraries. Rather than a $1500 PC + $600 CD-ROM they could get a $1000 (or less) CDTV machine and have a better index/encyc/etc. than they did before. It would be really nice to see that happening. ...and if C-A carries over the technology in printer.device the libraries could use just about any printer! Just more thoughts... I can't wait to see this thing! -Tom -- tlimonce@drew.edu Tom Limoncelli tlimonce@drew.uucp +1 201 408 5389 tlimonce@drew.Bitnet limonce@pilot.njin.net