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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Re: Whence CDTV?  New video chips from Intel
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Date: 9 Nov 90 15:45:30 GMT
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In article <5522@crash.cts.com>, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes...
^In-Reply-To: message from thad@cup.portal.com
^ 
^ 
^I don't really know what this has to do with CDTV, since you're talking about
^two different technologies here.  CDTV is CD based, and has full-motion video
^off of a disk (I know only half screen, but C= has said they're working on
^full screen...CDI still doesn't really have it either).  The DVI is a chipset
^that reads compressed video off of your HD, WORM, etc.
^ 
^BTW, have any of you ever seen a DVI screen?  The companies running FMVideo
^off their hard disks for the Amiga had a nicer picture.  But then I guess
^"it's not how a walzing bear waltzes, but that it waltzes at all."
^ 
^Sean

Somewhat germane to this discussion:

I caught the tail end of a George Washington University course on multimedia. 
There was a demo of a very impressive MM package that runs on a couple of
platforms (in this particular instance a PS2).  Having only cought a little bit
of the class (broadcast on cable for some odd reason) I didn't catch the name
or the company.  Anyone know?  I uses the std laser disk rather than CDI stuff
(given the length of the presentation this is not surprising).

They did cover the term DVI but didn't show any.

^ 
^  RealWorld: Sean Cunningham    competition // | animation, presentation,


NT

PS Anyone have comments on schools with solid MM programs?

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