Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!tellab5!laidbak!amiganet!arctngnt From: arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV.. Message-ID: Date: 1 Jun 91 21:01:54 GMT References: <5414@network.ucsd.edu> Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems Lines: 29 Simon Lee: You brought up how infact CDTV can be duplicated by an Amiga, VCR and CD player...For less than $800. But the public isnt as smart, so they get swindled? Hmm. Theres seems to be a clash of ethics here. If I was in charge of the whole CDTV project, I wouldnt like the fact that the consumer is being swindled. But as for now, ill give CDTV a thumbs down. Sorry, hate to be such a party pooper, but EVERYONE has to get their heads out of the clouds and look at the facts eventually. I do like one thing, however... CDTV can be hooked up to any Amiga and be used as a CD-ROM drive. Thats what the guy whos running my local dealership is doing.. Hes using DCTV (Digitial Creations 24-bit digitizer/framebuffer) to digitize stillframes from CDTV... So hes got megz upon megz of stuff at his disposal with it, since theyre all in standard file format. Neato. And might I add that both CDTV and DCTV both deliver nice output. :) Arctangent