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Re: New Developments in Multimedia

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From: Ricardo Hernandez | 802-36-4453
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:30
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In article <1992Oct12.171209.3739@walter.bellcore.com>, jxr@thumper.bellcore.com (Jonathan Rosenberg) writes:
|> > I am doing a research on new developments in multimedia in 
|> > relation to home entertainment equipments (TV, VCR, Stereo and Camcorder)
|> > and PC's.  Does anyone know what's HOT in the market right now?
|> 
|> > Are any of the companies in the industry developing anything
|> > new for multimedia.  Please e-mail me asap if you have any info.
|> 
|> Well, the obvious candidates are:
|> 
|> 	. Philips (Sony, others) manufacturing & selling a line of CD-I systems
|> 	. Commodore CDTV
|> 	. Tandy's new VIS (Video Information System)
|> 
|> All of these are consumer devices that to use a standard TV as the
|> display & are based on CD-ROMs (I'm not 100% sure of CDTV, but I think
|> this is correct).

   Yes, CDTV is CD-ROM based.  Has Midi ports and can be expanded into a
full blown Amiga computer (A500).

|> 
|> Personally, I find the VIS to be the most interesting/promising.
|> 
|> >	Thanks in advance. 
|> 
|> JR

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