Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!outbound!roger_earl From: roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) Message-ID: Organization: Outbound Communications Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: CDTV & CD-I The Whole Picture Date: 23 Apr 91 11:45:03 PDT I'm very tired of CDTV vs CD-I being compared as a VHS vs Beta sort of thing. I don't think the arguement is as comparable as it seems. As I said before, both systems have advantages and drawbacks. CD rental places are not about to pop up all over the place anytime soon. It was video tape rentals that killed Beta, not home user sales. Interactive CDs will be a purchase war, not rental. And the 'Hollywood Professionals' crock is really bogus. Both CDTV and CD-I are claiming a lot of support from hollywood, we'll just have to wait and see for the titles to come out. Kevin, you are backtracking on your own arguements, earlier you tried to point out that 'bottled' footage from movies did not make good interactive TV. __________ | ______ | ________ | | | | | ______ | 'But that isn't a fair | | | | || || comparison. People | |______| | ||______|| like the Etch-A-Sketch.' | | | o o | | _ _ _ _ _| |________| (|__________|\ | ________)_ Roger Earl [^] | | roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca [_] |__________|