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Subject: Re: CDTV misleading???!?
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In article <THOMAS.91Jun5081932@capitol.capitol.com>, thomas@capitol.capitol.com (Mark Thomas) writes:

>  1. CD-I is expandable. There are provisions for keyboard, mouse, SCSI port,
> parallel and serial ports, floppy drives... Just because Magnavox is not
> using these capabilities doesn't mean they don't exist. There are at least
> three other manufacturers that are going to have players by Christmas. One
> of these is rumored to have a MIDI interface. 


So does CDTV. And it is right on the back of the machine.

> 
>  2. By Christmas CD-I will probably have 50 titles out. I think you'll find
> they will be of consistantly high quality both in content and image quality.
> Don't judge CD-I by what you see in the demo booths, there's a lot of discs
> that haven't been seen yet.
> 

So will CDTV.

>  3. One advantage CD-I has over CDTV IMHO is that all CD-I titles are
> designed specifically for NTSC/PAL TV displays, a trait that seems to be
> missing from CDTV. The CDTV I've seen (admittedly limited) suffer from some
> poor design choices. If you see a CD-I title you'll notice most of the on
> screen buttons/controls are quite large and inside the SMPTE TV safe area.
> Some of the CDTV stuff I've seen has tiny buttons scattered all over the
> screen. This is fine on a monitor, but the average joe consumer that hooks
> up a CDTV player to his $299 TV is going to be hard pressed to use some
> titles. 


I have seen CDTV on a TV.  Looks just fine to me.


>  4. Remember that CDTV vs CD-I is Commodore vs Philips, Sony, Masushita and
> others. Who do you think will win a pissing contest :-)
> 

It depends on who Commodore liscensces their CDTV to.   Both sides are still
recruting.... time will tell.

CDTV is also now, not the down the road.

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