Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!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: <1991Jun20.214842.11965@ncsu.edu> Date: 20 Jun 91 21:48:42 GMT References: <7284@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jun16.054007.10198@ncsu.edu> <7308@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 33 thomas@capitol.capitol.com (Mark Thomas) writes: > 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. (?) Actually, I don't think Groliers was from a CD-I type either. At least he didn't seem to be. Groliers was already on Mac CDROM, I believe, which indicates that the CDTV port was more likely done by a Mac/PC CDROM house (like some of the other CDTV titles were). Correct me if wrong, of course. I've certainly not done an exhaustive survey, but I've not run across any CD-I developers who plan to do CDTV titles. On the other hand, I've found a half-dozen CDTV authors who say they plan to look into CD-I. In their own words: "It'll be where the money is at". > Some titles that will be out this fall for CD-I, there are more, > but we're not doing them:-) [are...] > [list deleted] You also left out future titles :-) For example, I just read this news item the other day: "Philips Consumer Electronics has announced College Search, a CD-I designed to help high school students choose a college or university. The title is being developed jointly by American College Testing and Capitol Disc Interactive. The disc will contain comprehensive multimedia information about 1,800 four-year colleges and universities." Capitol Disc - y'all, right? If so, _please_ be sure to include what the women are like on each campus! :-) :-) kevin PS: which brings up another Q. Hot sex did more to sell VCRs at first than anything else. Anyone know of planned CDTV/CD-I interactive sex discs??