Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!gatech!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDVT and CD-I Message-ID: <1991Jun16.054007.10198@ncsu.edu> Date: 16 Jun 91 05:40:07 GMT References: <7284@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 36 lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) writes: >In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: >| >| Again, this is the reason why CD-I will beat out CDTV in the home-based >| multimedia race.. CD-I is supported, CDTV is not. > >It IS? Show me a CD-I machine and the software for it. I don't see any >at my local Sears or Montgomery Wards. I have yet, in fact, seen ANY >CD-I machine outside of prototypes at trade shows. Uh. Most people haven't seen CDTV units in THEIR local stores, either :-) National CDTV availability isn't scheduled until what? September? Might be happenstance, but that could be a clever way of catching the fallout from CD-I advertising and coverage around that time. >Where do you think a lot of the early CDTV software has come from? It >was from CD-I developers who have as of yet to make any money on their >efforts. Okay, I'll bite. Got some disc title names? They both have Groliers, I think. Anything else? Side issue: I noticed that most of the CDTV titles are $50 or more, retail. Anyone know what street prices are like? Thanks! > Phillips has been promising CD-I for the last 6 years. SIX >YEARS. Almost as long as the Amiga has been on the market. Not quite. CD-I consumer intro was originally scheduled for late 1988. However, yes, it's rather interesting that CD-I graphics modes are still incredibly nicer... all these years later. kevin