Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!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: <1991Jun22.072812.1103@ncsu.edu> Date: 22 Jun 91 07:28:12 GMT References: <7284@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jun20.192430.8126@ncsu.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 52 rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) writes: > Hum, how about a video magazine on disc?? Something like Popular Science or Agreed! I've said many times that something like PS or National Geographic would be great with a disc addendum. With more and more magazine authoring being done on computers, it may not be that hard to make a monthly disc soon. > Trivia type games would really be popular I would imagine > with the capacity of these units!! Terrific idea! > How about baseball card type discs, where they got profiles of the years > baseball players with the years rock music on it??? Or maybe a small audio > blurb from each player?? And all their stats!! Usually I hate the idea of stats on discs (especially ones which are to be accessed using only a joystick!)... but a baseball card disc sounds like the exception to prove the rule. Click on a team, timeline, etc. Love it! > Chrysler or Commodore could send out the stockholders reports on disc.... > Wouldn't that be something! Not only can you show them pretty pictures, but > put Bob Lutz or James Dionne's voices on the disc, talking and talking, about > how they are in the tank or rolling over the market...Maybe that one isn't so > good... GRIN. Yah, and think of the possibilities of a disgruntled programmer slipping in an "interesting" sideshow onto the disc. > A travel disc, where you can go and look up every major city in the world Yes. I think armchair traveling will be a big market. > THE PHONE BOOK ON CD-ROM! Imagine all the TREE's they will save!!! ;-) Mildy disagree here... a mini phone/terminal would be better. And again, remember the joystick controller might make a paper directory look easier :-). > And of course, I would like to see educational disks, such as them "Do it > yourself" books... That Time-Life Photography disc mentioned, is akin to that. It's supposed to let you set up your shot and settings, "snap" a picture and then right away view what the "developed" film would be like. BTW, the Army was working on a CD-I disc a few years back, with complete info on battlefield wounds... so that a MASH-type surgeon could immediately look up and view the correct procedures on his field player. All great ideas! But I still think someone is going to make a _killing_ by having monthly Playboy/girl interactive discs... . best - kevin