#So, What's new(COMDEX)??
27-Nov-92 23:15:20
Sb: #31890-#So, What's new(COMDEX)??
Fm: Rich Bowers/OPA 71700,3404
To: Michael Knight 75470,724
FYI for you and Paul Kudlach:
CD-I requires a complete player, not just a specific kind of CDROM drive.
It is a closed system intended to be used independently in conjunction with
your tv, and uses its own format for recordin data on the CD. A source of
confusion may be that the CD-I player happens to be a variant of the XA
format, but this does not mean you can play a CD-I disc on a pc. You
can't.
The criteria for Photo-CD compatibility are 1) XA and 2) multi-session
compatibility. The good nes is that there are increasing numbers of drives
available with these characteristics. And some, like Toshiba, have upgrade
paths that enable modification for Photo-CD multi-session capability.
Hope this helps! Best — Rich Bowers