Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!ditka!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV.. Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 23:52:44 GMT References: Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 43 In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: > > >You might also want to keep in mind this: CDTV isnt popular. And if CDTV >still has its "everybody shut up about it" marketing strategy, it WILL flop. >Lets be serious, now.. > >$800 is a bit steep for the equivalent of a CD player, VCR and game machine. >For that much money, I could just as easilly go get an Amiga, with a cheap VCR >and CD to boot. > >From what I saw of CDTV, it didnt really "shock and impress" me... It has the >feel of more or less just an amusing toy for the rich. One that I would do >without, and would NOT recommend. > > > >(lets all bitch out Arc since he values his own opinion!) >Arctangent, and remember. Theres ALWAYS room for Jell-O. >Napervile (Yes, VILE.. VIle, disgusting, and chock-full-o-yuppies..) Illinoize CDTV will fly if the software written for it really takes advantage of it. If a game with 10,000 HAM pictures in it becomes attractive to consumers, CDTV will be the only platform (in the near future) to be able to do it. If you want to play CDs (music), CDTV is expensive and less impressive (only 4x oversampling) than cheaper models. It doesn't have the power of a VCR (full frame animation) nor does the VCR have the power of CDTV (interactivity). CDTV does have the power of a game machine... I agree, it's pricy right now, but I paid $2250 for an A1000 with 512K of RAM, two floppy drives, and a monitor back in 1985. Today, the same machine can be had for $300. The Amiga itself didn't sell (wasn't popular) for a long time after its introduction either. Based upon the past record, CDTV will cost $100 by 1997, and somewhere along the way it will be cheap enough to afford. I'm not saying that it will succeed, because (like everything else CBM has made for the Amiga line) 3rd party support is the key. -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************