Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!sss10 From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV misleading???!? Message-ID: <1991Jun12.042320.2281@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 12 Jun 91 04:23:20 GMT References: <1991Jun4.204135.17497@cs.wayne.edu> <1991Jun7.124219.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) Distribution: na Organization: we dont need no stinking organization Lines: 65 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article <1991Jun7.124219.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> kent@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes: >In article , thomas@capitol.capitol.com (Mark Thomas) writes: > >> 1. CD-I is expandable. There are provisions for keyboard, mouse, SCSI port, >> parallel and serial ports, floppy drives... Just because Magnavox is not >> using these capabilities doesn't mean they don't exist. There are at least >> three other manufacturers that are going to have players by Christmas. One >> of these is rumored to have a MIDI interface. I understand that magnovox's 1st CD-I unit will not be very expandable at all. but what the hell do I know :-) >So does CDTV. And it is right on the back of the machine. >> >> 2. By Christmas CD-I will probably have 50 titles out. I think you'll find >> they will be of consistantly high quality both in content and image quality. >> Don't judge CD-I by what you see in the demo booths, there's a lot of discs >> that haven't been seen yet. CDTV has 50 or close to 50 right now, as in June 12th 1991. By Xmas it should have more than double that figure . >So will CDTV. > >> 3. One advantage CD-I has over CDTV IMHO is that all CD-I titles are >> designed specifically for NTSC/PAL TV displays, a trait that seems to be >> missing from CDTV. The CDTV I've seen (admittedly limited) suffer from some >> poor design choices. If you see a CD-I title you'll notice most of the on >> screen buttons/controls are quite large and inside the SMPTE TV safe area. >> Some of the CDTV stuff I've seen has tiny buttons scattered all over the >> screen. This is fine on a monitor, but the average joe consumer that hooks >> up a CDTV player to his $299 TV is going to be hard pressed to use some >> titles. What do you mean "designed specifically for NTSC/PAL TV displays... missing from CDTV." ??? Its an amiga redone and while I wont say amigas are geared towards being connected to TV's but its done and looks nice. An amiga connected to a TV is not bad unless you are working out of WOrkbench, something CDTV wont do much of unless the person wants a computer and if they do, they'll probably get a monitor for it. > >I have seen CDTV on a TV. Looks just fine to me. > > >> 4. Remember that CDTV vs CD-I is Commodore vs Philips, Sony, Masushita and >> others. Who do you think will win a pissing contest :-) >> > >It depends on who Commodore liscensces their CDTV to. Both sides are still >recruting.... time will tell. > >CDTV is also now, not the down the road. > >-- > >Mike Kent - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC > 2400 NASA Rd One, Houston, TX 77058 (713) 483-3791 > KENT@vf.jsc.nasa.gov PiRho- Because its Co-Ed! Macintoshes should be accelerated at 32ft/sec^2 Gun Control means using both hands "Maybe You should be accelerated at 32'/sec^2 off a cliff onto some jagged rocks. Elitist smeghead" ianj@ijpc.UUCP in [L76131w164w@ijpc.UUCP]