Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!capitol!capitol!thomas From: thomas@capitol.capitol.com (Mark Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDVT and CD-I Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 10:59:05 GMT References: <7284@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jun16.054007.10198@ncsu.edu> <7308@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: thomas@capitol.com (Mark Thomas) Organization: Capitol Disc Interactive Lines: 57 In-Reply-To: lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu's message of 17 Jun 91 06:59:54 GMT [ Hope I got the names right ] > | >In article > | >arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: > | >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. > | > | In article <1991Jun16.054007.10198@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: > | > | Okay, I'll bite. Got some disc title names? They both have Groliers, > | I think. Anything else? Other than Groliers, almost no one doing CD-I is doing CDTV. We certainly aren't. Neither is AIM, Fathom Pictures, Spinnaker Software, or the the people in Florida whose names I can't remember. Some titles that will be out this fall for CD-I, there are more, but we're not doing them:-) Children's Musical Theater Sesame Street Numbers Sesame Street Letters Treasures of the Smithsonian Time/Life Photography Rand-McNally US Atlas Stamps: Windows on the World > | Side issue: I noticed that most of the CDTV titles are $50 or more, retail. > | Anyone know what street prices are like? Thanks! > > lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) writes: > Depends on the store. Pricing from some has been knocked down $10 or > so around here. CD-I titles are supposed to retail in the $15-$50 range. > Phillips has been at it for quite sometime and there were > manufacturers promising CD-I "real soon now" way back when. If you really want an CD-I player we'll sell you one. Really. The industrial version has been in use for several months now. > I am not saying it doesn't have it's advantages, but it's biggest > disadvantage is that it isn't available now and CDTV is. As I have said before, only time will tell.... -- Mark A. Thomas Capitol Disc Interactive 202-625-0187/202-965-7800 2121 Wisconsin Ave. NW I speak for myself only Washington, D.C. 20007 Best: thomas@capitol.com OK: uunet!capitol!thomas -- Mark A. Thomas Capitol Disc Interactive 202-625-0187/202-965-7800 2121 Wisconsin Ave. NW I speak for myself only Washington, D.C. 20007 Best: thomas@capitol.com OK: uunet!capitol!thomas