CompuServe Messages

Ahh..you were speaking of audio, for which I have little use, and less knowledge. It wouldn't surprise me that DAT doesn't sell well in tha audio market, though. This little exchange makes me wonder if you are looking at PhotoCD in the same light; as a consumer photo product to replace the old standby photo album. If so, then I think you may be missing a major point about it. PhotoCD, assuming the service is available to put pictures on a CD, can be looked at as a VERY cost effective way to get pictures into your computer. Consider that with the appropriate drive, one may use it for CDROM, audio, and PhotoCD applications, effectively reducing the cost of the device by splitting its usefulness. Compare the cost of a high end colour scanner to a partial cost of a CDROM drive, and even including the cost to have the pictures written to the PhotoCD, you can see that for any but the most deamnding users, the PhotoCD option is a winner. -larry