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From: orovner@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Oleg Rovner)
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Subject: Re: Want CDTV info. (here it is!)
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Date: 12 Feb 91 03:18:19 GMT
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father, forgive Mark Barret, for he knows not what he says... (;-)

Beta v VHS: uhhh, the reason VHS succeeded was because the VHS
machines were the first out with the full length format. By the
time Beta tapes with the full 2hrs worth had rolled out, it was too
late... Of course Sony's refusal to license out the technology did
not help either...

CBM licensing out Amiga technology: I believe motherboards are
available as OEM items,  and although their pricing does not
encourage Amiga clones, that could change. 

Third party support for CDTV: one of the recent issues of Computer
Gaming World (the most recent I've read, I think it was the one with
Powermonger review in it) mentioned several companies putting out
games for the machine, and we all know that Joe Consumer plays
gamesand not Lotus at home :-). 


CDTV is headed for the homes of yuppies worldwide. For just a few
dollars more than a GOOD CD player (not really, more like ~$400
more), one can have the ultimate in entertainment. What would have
been nice is the option to play Laser Disks, but I guess you
cannot have everything, and CD+G should be satisfactory :-)

OR

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