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From: ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CDTV..
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Date: 31 May 91 22:26:18 GMT
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   Somebody recently mentioned that CDTV will be a "flop" because you can
buy a CD player and an Amiga seperate for much less. First, my dealer sells
CDTV for $739 (or about that) at normal price. The Ed discount is even
lower. CDTV just came out and soon will be selling in places like Video
Concepts. Do you really think it will still be selling at $800 by this fall?
This is Commodore we are talking about. I'm willing to bet that you can get
it for $650 normal price by this fall. Secondly, buying seperate items means
nothing here. I can also buy an IBM computer and a 67 Mustang seperately,
but the IBM computer will still be a dog. :) Same goes for CDTV. This is
a consumer player for interactive multimedia, not an Amiga and a CD player
that can't be used for much.

 My biggest bitch with CDTV being a success is advertising. When is Commodore
going to start the big push for this machine? I want the software out now
and the advertising out yesterday. Spin you wheels for too long on this one
and CD-I eats the market. Study old Nintendo ads, pay the Apple Ad Agency,
just do whatever it takes to sell this machine.

   Tom

--
       Why purchase a MAC when an Amiga with the same CPU will run 99% of all
    __ MAC software..and FASTER at that?! The same can be said of the IBM and
 __/// Atari computers, and I can run those in a window. IBM's greatest sales 
 \XX/  tool is ignorance on the consumer's part. Only the Amiga! DEVO Anyone?