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From: slc@hoptoad.uucp (Steve Costa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CDTV Improvements.
Message-ID: <17696@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 10 May 91 18:02:05 GMT
References: <1991May8.202349.17673@news.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: slc@hoptoad.UUCP (Steve Costa)
Organization: Presidio Software
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Against my better judgment, I reply to a Marc Barrett article.

In article <1991May8.202349.17673@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
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>... stuff omitted
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>   Commodore wants people to put their CDTV machines in their living
>rooms, along with their stereo systems and their VCRs.  It would seem
>to me that, if people are going to do this, they are going to want to
>easily connect their VCRs and CDTVs to their TV sets at the same time.
>They could go out and purchase a switcher, but they would then have
>to be constantly getting up and switching manually between their VCRs
>and CDTVs.  Since most people will inevitably end up using their VCR
>more than the CDTV, many people may end up just disconnecting the
>CDTV altogether and throwing it in the closet along with their C64s.
>

People who buy CDTV are likely to have audio/video receivers with
multiple video inputs. I don't think we're talking about people with
a 13" TV and a KMart VCR.

>... more stuff omitted
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