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From: darrell@comspec.uucp (Darrell Grainger)
Subject: Re: CDTV impression and marketing (NOT!)
Organization: Comspec Communications Inc  Toronto Ontario
Date: Wed, 29 May 91 17:14:37 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May29.171437.5765@comspec.uucp>
Keywords: cdtv marketing
References: <xplh51n@rpi.edu>
Sender: darrell@comspec (Darrell Grainger) 

In article <xplh51n@rpi.edu> aelric@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (John S Schroder) writes:
>  What I defintily did NOT like was the way you inserted a CD into the CDTV
>unit.  First you must insert the CD into a small plastic case that looks
>alot like a normal CD case.  You have to then insert that case into the
>player.  Now at the rate I change CD and tapes this would never do for a
>serious music listener.  Meaning it's really a weird way of doing it.  Why
>not just your typical eject box system that most CD's have?  As I am
>also looking for a CD player I would not buy CDTV currently because of this 
>'feature'.

 The reasoning behind the 'caddy' for holding your CD on the CDTV is quite
sensible. With an audio CD you can allow for a bit or two being dropped. Most
CD players will fill in the gaps and the human ear will never be able to tell
that a bit or two was lost. With CD-ROMs the computer WILL notice a lost bit
or two. It will not be able to average things out as easily. Commodore 
recommends that you buy a caddy for each of your CD-ROMs. Some of the CD-ROMs
are being shipped with a caddy. Once you put a CD-ROM in the caddy you should
leave it in there... the less handling of the actual CD the less chance of
damaging it.

>-- 
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