CompuServe Messages

Ack! <laughing> Betty, I think you've just caused me to think that CD-I will win out after all! ;-). You're talking about stuff which any old computer can do (and already does!). If CDTV developers create databases, they're dead meat. There's already tons of those, anyway. Lemme see: a full catalog of GM parts for $995. Or the GNP of farming communities from 1929 to the present: only $11,000 on CDROM. Ugh. Okay, maybe they can beat the prices <grin>. Sure, most are around $100-300, but they're _static_ data. Obviously _you_ need a CDROM drive for your Amiga. You're going to manipulate and search its collected data. All well and good… BUT! Remember, the majority of home buyers want something _neat_ to use on the player. It's an _entertainment_ device to them. Even interactive encyclopedias should be fun to casually flip through. These consumers won't have printers, or keyboards, or disk drives… they'll have a standalone player which had better have pizazz in its available discs! <hopping from foot to foot in excitement> Don't you guys get it? This is something new, something BEYOND dry computer applications. Check out that article "Interactive Construction Kit" in the June Amigaworld… those pictures there come the closest to what I mean. Throw in some sound and you're close to what most early discs will be like. best – Kev