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- From: cyclone@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Why I bought a CD-I yesterday and what Commodore needs to do about
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.221228.14146@netcom.com>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 22:12:28 GMT
- References: <Steven_Hurdle.00s1@amusers.UUCP>
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- Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP (Steven Hurdle) writes:
-
- > BTW, did you notice that Magnavox (the company who was to be the first
- >distributor of a CD-I machine) has abandoned CD-I and is now involved with
- >VIS (which forced Phillips to market the first machine themselves).
-
- Sorry - this mis-information. Magnavox is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
- Philips - CD-I was originally going to be marketed in the US under the
- Magnavox label, but in the last few years Philips has been in the process of
- broadening user recoginition of the Philips name (which had been previously
- known mostly for mid-to-high-end stereo equipment), so they decided to market
- the CD-I player as 'Philips' rather than 'Magnavox'. I don't believe Magnavox
- is involved with VIS at all - I suspect you are confusing it with 'Memorex',
- the brand name Radio Shack is using for many consumer electronics products
- (and a name under which Radio Shack did market a CD-I player, identical to the
- Philips player, last year), including the VIS player. My guess is Tandy saw
- an opportunity to be a founding licensee and major manufacturer in the VIS
- market, whereas they were only a sub-licensee in the CD-I market. I don't
- think the VIS has enough hardware in it to compete with CD-I and CDTV in
- software quality, however, and that may make the difference in which (if any)
- consumers buy.
-
- >Also, now that CD-I is being marketed in some places as a game machine, and
- >other places simply as a Photo-CD delivery device, don't you feel it's
- >reasonable to think that the rate at which new "serious" titles, such as
- >you listed as being your favourites, might be slow in coming from now on?
-
- There are still dozens of titles in progress - I don't think the rate will
- slow down for some time. Future sales will dictate future development, there
- are lots of companies watching the market very closely, ready to jump in when
- they perceive the possibility of making a profit...
-
- Bill
-