Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!mips!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdchg!laidbak!amiganet!arctngnt From: arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV.. Message-ID: Date: 31 May 91 00:36:13 GMT References: <1991May29.191646.15898@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems Lines: 38 >In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowi >e 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.. > I'm not going to flame you for the rest of your article. >You are entitled to your opinion, and it isn't really far off >base. What I will flame you for is your first sentence. There is >NO way you could know that. Certainly if somehow you did have a >reliable source, you wouldn't be able to tell us. > Usenet is NOT the audience for CDTV. It is for consumers >of high-tech appliances. VCRs weren't cheap when they first came >out either. Also, CDTV is still in the process of being SHIPPED. >CBM has already said that, once CDTV is available in quantity >nationwide, there will be ads. Apparently Britain already has >ads. > Time will only tell. > -- Ethan > You flamed me anyways. Think about it, Ethan. No one is going to spend $800 on a CD player, a VCR and an Amiga in one box. I could run out and get a CD player, a VCR, AND an Amiga, and have a more impressive and capable array of hardware, then wouldI get with a CDTV.. And for LESS MONEY. And like I said, if everyone is going to remain hugh-hugh about it, CDTV will be a sure flop. Dont walk around lying to yourself. I dont give very good odd's for CDTV's survival. So again, flame me for my opinions. Or, read it over, and find the logic in it. And if you DO write back, remember to always make room for Jell-O. Arctangent (Naperville, IL. USA)