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Hi folks, I'm a Mac Plus user who's really excited about the prospect of CDTV. The idea of integrating the graphic and sound capabilited of the Amiga with an entertainment system seems like a natural to me. (In fact, I'm drooling with anticipation!) Anyway, some comments about the CDTV vs CD-I debate… I really haven't heard anything about CD-I, so my comments below are based upon what I think is likely rather than actual knowledge. I would appreciate it if someone in the know corrected any misapprehensions that I might have. It seems to me that Amiga is able to produce its CD machine with a (relatively) minimal adaptation of its very powerful and proven hardware. On the other hand CD-I floats in the nebulous future of ISDN and flat screen TVs in my mind, and considering how little I've heard about it, I don't think that it would ready nearly as soon as the CDTV. Moreover I have to wonder if it could match Amiga's graphic and sound capabilities, especially at Amiga's price. The CDTV has the advantage of the large base of existing applications that can be readily modified to work on the CDTV. And perhaps more importantly, its got a large base of developers who are familiar with the machine. The fact that CDTV will be convertable to a full fledged personal computer simply through adding a few peripherals is also an advantage and I doubt that this would be possible with CD-I. Given Commodore's willingness to work for compatibility (witness the the design of the newer series, which are BUILT with IBM slots), I expect that they would also make CD-I compatibility available for CDTV if that became an established standard. –Pat