Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!njin!fdurt1!wisdom!tronsbox!amiglynx!stevek From: stevek@amiglynx.UUCP (Steve K) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: CDTV on CNN Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 02:02:40 GMT Organization: Amiga-Lynx Bbs Multi-Node 201-368-0463 NJ,USA Lines: 27 Just a few minutes ago I was watching CNN and happened to see them covering some electronics fair (the details are VERY sketchy, mabey they will show it again later tonight) were they had a whole buch of new gizmoes, such MD (Mini-Disk), CD-I, and CDTV. They had something small on MD, mentioned CD-I for a half a second, then they covered CDTV. First there was a VERY energetic Commodore rep explaining that CDTV is a CD player that can function as a computer without all that computer stuff (someone please clean up this quote!). The softwarw I saw was: A picture of a CD with a rotating CDTV to the left of it (presumably the intro disk), a painting program, a card game, something with a large on screen keyboard, and something that looked like a program testing the aerodynamics of an aircraft. Also, they had a video camera hooked up to it and the mans silhouette was projected on the CDTV screen. The man moved around and painted on the screen with his hands, and later they had a row of bells set up on the screen and the man would play them with his hand. Pretty neat!! The only thing that I did not agree with is that the reporter quoted the price to be from $900-$1400!! Was this possibly including the fore mentioned video camera? I'll see if I can tape the blurb and write a more accurate description of it later... if anyone else saw it, could you please clean up my quotes and add/fill in the software titles? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - || Steve Krulewitz - - High School Junior Seeking|| || Fair Lawn, NJ - ^^Is This Correct??^^ - College... Inquire Within || -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-