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From: nkb@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Norman K Bucknor)
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Subject: Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"? (long)
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Date: 11 Apr 91 16:37:02 GMT
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At the price point indicated, I don't think CDTV is going to be that
successful. Most consumer electronics products don't generally take off until
they drop below the $500 mark (e.g. VCRs, CD players etc.) and CDTV could
wind up having the same fate as the laserdisc player-a great technology that
nobody bought because there were cheaper, albeit inferior, alternatives.
Ditto CD-I unless they can make them cheap enough (which maybe the Japanese
can). I would think most such products would likely end up in
schools as a cheaper alternative to interactive laserdisc systems.