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From: sjorr@nsq.uucp (Stephen Orr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CDTV News
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Date: 26 Jun 91 04:40:36 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.132410.29459@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>   I agree that Commodore should make the device standard.  By making
>it optional, Commodore is guaranteeing that there will never be any CDTV
>titles available to support it.  Since all CD-I titles will support 
>15/24-bit video, making the card standard would narrow the color 
>capability differences between the CD-I and CDTV.

I believe that you are wrong.  The DCTV is famous for it's ability to 'trick'
iff, making the standard very easy to implement.  If there is some software
way to ask 'Is there a DCTV available? and if so use these pictures instead
of those.' Then it would not be a difficult thing to add DCTV support.  I
am already thinking along these lines for the CDTV stuff I'm almost finished,
and that's based on rumours of a possible device.  The ability to show off
to far superior colour of DCTV is enough of a draw to forceme to concider it.

Besides, the CD-ROM is awful big, and I need something to fill it up with :)

					Stephen Orr
					SandIsoft