Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!njin!fdurt1!wisdom!tronsbox!amiglynx!stevek From: stevek@amiglynx.UUCP (Steve K) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV on CNN Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 21:24:30 GMT References: <1991Jun5.153921.14085@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: Amiga-Lynx Bbs Multi-Node 201-368-0463 NJ,USA Lines: 34 >In article 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 [...] >> > Was the "energetic Commodore rep" a [grand] motherly >woman telling lots of anecdotes? 8-) No, it was a black & grey bearded man in a brown suit, slightly hefty, mabey in his mid 50s? > As to the prices, the $900 is CDTV (well, actually $999 >list price). The $1,400 is CD-I, list price. Yeah, thats probably right - but the reporter made it seem like the CDTV units were between thoes prices... > What segment was it on? Science and Technology Today? > -- Ethan No, a news segment - it may have been the CES show, not completly sure... As for the software I mentioned with the computer using a camera on a person as a joystick (help me describe this thing!) I believe there was something on it in the most recent AmigaWorld on pg. 12 of Overscan (I just lent my copy of AW to a friend so I can't let you know what it says) - check it out. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - || Steve Krulewitz - - High School Junior Seeking || || Fair Lawn, NJ - LIFE is a $1.25 paperback - CS College-Inquire Within || -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-