Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!well!farren From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV misleading???!? Air Mouse and things. Message-ID: <25320@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 9 Jun 91 08:41:30 GMT References: <1991Jun4.204135.17497@cs.wayne.edu> <1991Jun5.002829.22492@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Jun6.005113.7848@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Jun6.081240.5858@ncsu.edu> Distribution: na Lines: 34 kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: >Huh? Whether they show up or not for Christmas, and in quantity or not, >has nothing to do with being shown at CES. How provincial of you :-). No, it's you who are provincial, I'm afraid. You really don't understand how consumer electronics marketing works. If it doesn't show at CES, the distributors and buyers WILL NOT BUY IT. CES is THE place where they make the buying decisions for the next few months, and Christmas season buying is definitely one of those decisions. >In any case, a dozen different CD-I players were already shown in Japan >last fall, as you know if you've been keeping up. So when can I buy my FM-TOWNS? Availability in Japan has NOTHING to do with availability in the rest of the world, the U.S. included. >I would suspect that >companies such as JVC, Magnavox, Matsushita, Sony, Panasonic, Philips, >Pioneer, RCA, Sanyo, Sharp, Sylvania, and Yamaha can pump out units >whenever they're ready to. You would be wrong. Well, maybe you'd be right, but the chances are much greater that they will be able to pump out units a month or two after they've got a proven market. >Same _non-point_, you mean. "If it hasn't been seen, it must not exist". >Ever heard of movies still in editing rooms? ;-) Yep, and movies that are still in editing rooms are generally not seen for months unless they've already been announced. CD-I, except for Magnavox, does not fall into this category. -- Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.us