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CD-I/DVI questions (was Re: DVI questions)

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From: Kevin Darling
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 1991 03:22
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nick@abblund.se writes:
>CD-I is doomed to failure because you can't digitize your own videos
>like you can with DVI. That's the only difference between CD-I and DVI.

Ummm.  Assuming you're talking from the user's point of view:

CD-I is meant as a consumer mass-market item.  People can't
record their own audio CD's, either... but that doesn't stop them
from buying tons of them and their players :-)

Either situation could also change in the future, of course.
  
best - kevin <76703.4227@compuserve.com>
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From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
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Subject: CD-I/DVI questions  (was Re: DVI questions)
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