Re: DVI questions

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From: David Walker
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1991 11:13

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>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.
>Otherwise, for all practical purposes, they're exactly the same, 
>resolution-wise, full-screen-wise, frames-per-second-wise, 
>storage-media-wise, and standards-wise.
>

What about cost-wise? CD-I is MUCH cheaper. It's marketed as a consumer
player and will therefore be affordable in the home.

david walker

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From: walker@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (David Walker)
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Subject: Re: DVI questions
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Date: 18 Feb 91 11:13:55 GMT
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