Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!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) Subject: Re: CDTV.. Message-ID: <1991Jun2.082638.17780@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University References: <5414@network.ucsd.edu> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1991 08:26:38 GMT In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: >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. > > Let me give you a clue. "Swindle" is a relative term, everyone here is out to make a profit. Radio Shack has its new multimedia PCs which start at over two thousand dollars (well over, if I remember right) for a 286 based system with a CD-ROM drive attached. Where's the software? Beats me too. CDTV, although in its infancy, already has a substantial amount of software, and, as with any new system, has software that does not use it to its potential. I think that $750 (a reasonable street price for CDTV) is a great price for what you are getting, if it is something you want to get in the first place. If you don't want what CDTV is, then obviously you aren't going to like the price. CDTV is a plug-and-play system that hooks up to your TV and stereo right in your living room and gives you a nice neat new electronic toy to impress your neighbors with. Will CDTV take off? I don't know. But you've now made two rather harsh statements (i.e. swindle) that just aren't appropriate. If the price is too high, don't buy it. People buy overpriced things every day. BTW, another perspective is that the CDTV is $250 more than an A500, which seems VERY reasonable to me. And if all you want is a CD add-on to your current Amiga, I believe Xetec sells what you are looking for. -- 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