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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: CDTV on CNN
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Date: 5 Jun 91 15:39:21 GMT
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In article <stevek.5046@amiglynx.UUCP> stevek@amiglynx.UUCP (Steve K) writes:
>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?
>
	Was the "energetic Commodore rep" a [grand] motherly
woman telling lots of anecdotes? 8-)

	As to the prices, the $900 is CDTV (well, actually $999
list price). The $1,400 is CD-I, list price.

>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?
>
	What segment was it on? Science and Technology Today?
	-- Ethan

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