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From: sdp@omssw1.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 60 min. of digital video on a CD
Message-ID: <232@omssw1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 12:29:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 12:29:33 1987
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References: <4286@videovax.Tek.COM>
Reply-To: sdp@omssw1.UUCP (Scott Peterson)
Organization: Intel. Hillsboro, Oregon
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In article <4286@videovax.Tek.COM> bill@videovax.Tek.COM (William K. McFadden) writes:
>In this week's _TV_DIGEST_, there is an article about a new system unveiled
>at last week's CD ROM conference in Seattle which makes possible 60-72 minutes
>of NTSC or PAL quality digital video (with digital audio) on a CD.
> ...
>The heart of the system is two VLSI
>chips developed by a third company (the article mentions who, but I don't have
>it in front of me, and can't remember).

From this, I'm guessing that when this emerges as a product, it will be a
complete player, not an accessory for a standard CD player.

If that's the case, then why limit the size to that of a CD?  There's not
enough space for your average movie.  I must be missing something here.

-- 

Scott Peterson, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, ...!tektronix!ogcvax!omssw1!sdp