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From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
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Subject: Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"? (long)
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Date: 15 Apr 91 11:14:14 GMT
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> What I'm suggesting is that technical superiority doesn't determine
> whether a product is a success. IBM proved that. On the other side
> of the spectrum, Beta video proved it also.
 
Political commentary:  I don't think anyone disagrees with that.
Still, a pity when it happens.  Am I the only one who bought Beta,
Saab front-wheel drive, and Amiga years back?   Okay, okay, so the
front-wheel drive _did_ finally make it big <g>.  The Amiga kinda has,
too... but both took too many years.

> Being good at graphics and games may be the catalyst that puts CDTV
> in the lead. CD-I and CDTV may be priced the same, but CDTV will have
> more software in the beginning, 

Announced title (available and pending) counts seem very similar for both.
If I understand you tho, you're guessing that many Amiga games will be quickly
copied onto discs for CDTV.  Hadn't heard that yet, but it does belatedly
remind me that Sony and Nintendo have signed a deal on cdrom game R&D.

> DCTV provides DYUV color the same as CD-I.

That's the first I'd heard that about DCTV. Please tell us more details!
In fact, I haven't yet seen a decent article up here about DCTV's guts.
Got a file or two you can post over in .graphics or .hardware?  (There
are some questions from others there too).  

thx - Kevin <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu> feeling better after fighting a cold ;-)