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From: monty@sagpd1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CDTV misleading???!? Air Mouse and things.
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.221713.29993@sagpd1>
Date: 14 Jun 91 22:17:13 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.204135.17497@cs.wayne.edu> <1991Jun5.002829.22492@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <THOMAS.91Jun5081932@capitol.capitol.com>
Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
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In article <THOMAS.91Jun5081932@capitol.capitol.com> thomas@capitol.capitol.com (Mark Thomas) writes:
> 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. 
>

START SOAP BOX MODE

    If it matters to anyone, CBM gave very specific guidelines in the
    CDTV Developers package that they sent out many, many months ago
    about icon/button sizes and text point sizes and the like. If third
    party developers do not follow the published guidelines what can
    CBM do (short of removing there developer status). They covered this
    problem in what I felt was a clear fashion. We all cry on this net
    about how commodore does not support us but seem to overlook the 
    fact that we (developers/users) have responsibilities also. CBM can
    publish specs until their blue in the face, but until we, the 3rd
    party developers and users, do our part, the Amiga will fall behind!

    CDTV was not and is not intended to be played through a monitor! It
    is designed to function with the every day TV, so, any of you developers
    that are ignoring this fact are just cutting everyones throat.

    To the people that still want CDTV to be a super A500, stop and look at
    the market the CDTV is aimed at... it ain't you joe!!!!! Now after they
    have these other types hooked on what CDTV can mean to their home, it's 
    time to have the A500/A2000/A3000 support for the CD technology. Isn't
    this what has been hinted about on the net -- CD-ROM drive addons for 
    the A500/A3000 tenativly announced ?

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    Monty Saine