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From: Robert.Rhodes@f420.n110.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Robert Rhodes)
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Subject: CDTV
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Date: 23 Aug 90 22:50:28 GMT
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    That's probably a bit optimistic. As  several attendees later
remarked,
the very word 'educational' is usually the kiss of death for any mass
market
electronic product. While I don't quibble with the machine's profound
edu-
cational value, I agree with many others that touting CDTV as the next
step
in home entertainment systems is the most logical way to push the
machine.

    By the time CDTV units hit the shelves in the Fall, Commodore claims
more
than 100 sofrware titles, ranging from encyclopedias to cookbooks to
what are
bound to be extraordinary games, will be available, with 200 available by
Christmas. The machine can also read standard Sony/Philips format CD-ROM 
disks and play audio CDs (at 8 times oversampling) and CD+G disks,
another
strong selling point. 
    Software developers, and game publishers in particular, are excited
by 
the fact that CDTV will virtually eliminate software piracy. There just
isn't
any practical way to copy the CDs. While the final price has yet to be
set,
Commodore says it will be under $1000. The general reaction at CES was
that
]if Commodore somehow manages to avoid its customary practice of shooting
itself in its collective foot, CDTV has the potential to become as
widespread
as the C64. Apple pushed the Mac as "the computer for the rest of us",
but I
think CDTV fits the description much better. CDTV could be the computer
for 
the rest of the world. 



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