#Is CD-I a dying format?
22-Oct-92 01:26:48
Sb: #29115-#Is CD-I a dying format?
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: Nick Arnett 75300,1324
Nick,
Re: 'VIS was designed as a TV-based system from the ground up'
Is VIS designed for NTSC, PAL and SECAM programming and output? Weren't
its video modes derived from VGA? Isn't it true that ported titles have to
be adjusted for the severe TV overscan and lower res? Was VIS designed by
a company with broad experience in digital TV chips? Woof 🙂
Re: 'Surely you won't still claim that there's more happening in CD-I
titles than MPC titles?'
Eh? I've never claimed such a thing. What I will claim is that CD-I
titles are authored explicitly for a TV/living room environment (and ported
VIS titles are NOT). I will also say that while VIS may be a short term
magnet for MPC developers, I do NOT believe that a situation allowing quick
computer ports automatically translates to good quality mass consumer
multimedia titles. For example, CDTV had a far, far better software base
(oriented for TV) than MPC does, and yet in the main, its titles pale
beside CD-I titles.
kevin