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From: rivers@seismo.UUCP (Wilmer Rivers)
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Subject: Re: RCA abandons CED format
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Date: Tue, 10-Apr-84 17:30:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 10 17:30:29 1984
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I didn't see McNeil /Lehrer, but I did see some coverage of the story
by the morning business show on the ESPN cable channel. They featured
an interview with the head of Pioneer Video division, who reported that
they had finally made a profit starting in October 1983 and consider
the prospects for the future good if the video game and computer inter-
face capabilities of LV videodiscs catch on with the home video market.
I was glad to see that interview, since every other news item I have
seen on the story has failed to mentioned the LV format and has reported
that "videodiscs" (generically) are dead. I just hope this confusion
doesn't lead to exactly that happening. Pioneer will have to be more
agressive in getting their message across. Maybe it will improve when
Sony comes out with their home videodisc players in the LV format.