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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CDTV - hope yet!
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Date: 10 Jul 90 07:16:10 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from david@twg.com

Speaking of CDTV, I have in my hands the July 2 issue of Electronic
Engineering TIMES...front page is a story on the PS/1's entitled "Welcome home
IBM?"  It describes the PS/1's and critics reactions to the new line, which is
comprised of four models with the cheapest at $999 for a 512K machine with
64shades of grey...no HD...no sound...no joystick controls.   Some of the
critics were optimistic about the new computers, others remember the PCjr, and
see the new line as more "peanuts".
 
What
's interesting, is that right below the article's extension onto page 68 is an
article titled "Commodore goes after the fun crowd with multimedia
system"...you guessed it, it's about CDTV.  Some critics see CDTV as the
product of choice for the market IBM is trying to attract.  The article states
that CDTV will BEAT both Philips and Sony's CD-I systems by a full YEAR!
 
Commodore's directer of international marketing sums up the focus of CDTV, and
points towards the reason why the PS/1's (which resemble Mod.25's and 30's)
won't be as affective as CDTV.  David Rosen states,"Our focus groups tell us
that people who do not already own or use a computer know that they should
have one, but they have a profound resistence to them and don't want to use
one."  He goes on to say, "We feel that people want a full-function computer,
which CDTV can become, but they don't want to face the keyboard."
 
I've forgotten which show our educational sales director spoke to us about at
our user group meeting, but he said you couldn't fit more people into the
Commodore booth it was so crowded.  C= had roughly THIRTY representatives at
the show and it wasn't enough at times to show people CDTV.  What was even
more interesting was the fact that the Apple reps from the booth across the
hall would sneak over to look at the CDTV players.  One attendent placed an
order for 12 units and said she would really need more...and the suckers
aren't even available yet.  Just like with the 3000, you can bet that if you
don't get one of the initial releases, you'd better be prepared to wait!
 
Right now Commodore isn't shipping enough A3000s to keep up with the demand,
and from what our rep told us, they've even kept the warehouse open on
weekends for shipments.  We've been waiting on two units for stock for about a
month now.  And we still can't get any A10 speakers, even for our educational
orders!  I haven't received my price for an A3000 yet, but I'm already getting
ready to wait for several weeks for its delivery...it's going to be painful.
 
Sean
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