Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV-Real Stuff! Message-ID: <1991Apr12.065004.19162@ncsu.edu> Date: 12 Apr 91 06:50:04 GMT References: Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 19 In roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) writes: > CDTV cannot be compared to a computer, even though it is an A500 underneath. > It cannot be compared to a Nintendo, even though you can throw a Disc in it > and play a game. CDTV has its own category (CD-I being its only competitor, > although CD-I is being marketed badly as a computer device). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You are probably thinking of Intel's DVI as the "computer device", Roger. CD-I is from Sony and Philips, who also gave us CDROMs and CD audio discs. From the start (first public announcement in Feb, 1986), CD-I was intended for home consumer use as an interactive TV player, with little or no emphasis on the computer inside. CDTV copied ALL of CD-I's concepts, from the idea of being an A/V component, right down to the IR controller, personal RAM card, and expandability. Unfortunately it didn't also copy the video technology or disc standard. The remainder of your message is bang on! kev