kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) (06/07/91)
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > It would be rather refreshing if the reason we didn't see >the CD-I programs was because they weren't totally finished. It >is also rare that companies show such standards when it costs >them free advertising. I agree that it probably cost them free advertising, but frankly I suspect they aren't worried about it. The CD-I wheel grinds slowly but exceedingly fine ;-). I would note that I was impressed at the press coverage CDTV managed to get... kudos to the CBM reps for being on the ball. > We'll have to wait and see what happens this Christmas. I >don't want to sound like a total rah-rah CDTV lover, but I want >to get rid of the opposite image as well. CDTV has hardly failed. I don't believe anyone said that CDTV had failed. That is almost always the conclusion reached one-sidedly by CDTV advocates when told of any new CD-I developments. Interesting. But yes, let's wait. I just wanted to counter the image that players/titles didn't exist. >My question is simply this: why would Panasonic, et al, not show >up at CES if they had a product to demonstrate? I can only repeat that being at CES has never been an obligation, as far as I can tell ;-). Perhaps their reps got drunk and missed their plane, or were too busy granting an exclusive to Popular Science. Got me! cheers - kevin