Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV.. Message-ID: <1991May31.221230.9352@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 31 May 91 22:12:30 GMT References: <1991May29.191646.15898@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 55 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: >>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. > >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. 8-) >Arctangent (Naperville, IL. USA) You are not listening to me. You are entitled to your (reasonable) opinion on the fate of CDTV. However, you stated explicitly "CDTV isn't popular" when there is NO WAY that you have any information to back that up. You can't know. No one knows but Irving Gould and his Board of Directors. I agree that there is a chance that CDTV won't take off. That risk is always there when a new product comes to market. I am not flaming you for that opinion. However, one thing you are overlooking is that, for $800, you can get a cheap CD and VCR, as well as an A500. But they won't relate to each other. CDTV combines the CD and computer into an integrated unit. Also, as IBM and Apple prove every day, people are stupid and can be convinced to overlook price. -- Ethan Now the world has gone to bed, Now I lay me down to sleep, Darkness won't engulf my head, Try to count electric sheep, I can see by infrared, Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night. How I hate the night. -- Marvin