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#779

Author: new user
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:58

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I need information on the CD-based technologies
available for technical training purposes.

My company wants to produce an audio/video package
for customer training. The ideal system
would be driven by a CD-I, CD-ROM, or Videodisc type device
that could access various menus and sections via remote control
and display the images on a TV. The ability to display
in the WindowsNT environment would be a plus.

any information on related hardware or software would be helpful

Philip Headrick
(205)730-3249

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Re: Need training solution

#1138

Author: martens p
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:12

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In article <1992Nov13.165826.17303@b30.ingr.com> phil@philip.b30.ingr.com (new user) writes:
>
>
>I need information on the CD-based technologies
>available for technical training purposes.
>
>My company wants to produce an audio/video package
>for customer training. The ideal system
>would be driven by a CD-I, CD-ROM, or Videodisc type device
>that could access various menus and sections via remote control
>and display the images on a TV. The ability to display
>in the WindowsNT environment would be a plus.
>
>any information on related hardware or software would be helpful
>
>Philip Headrick

The consumer CD-I player displays on a TV and operates with wireless
remote joystick control (couch-proof) or a mouse or trackball.

A professional CD-I development machine can contain a network
connection, a hard disk, a floppy, a monitor (instead of TV), etc..
Since it is actuallly a fully equipped computer running a multitasking
OS, you can do remote logins and have information on your workstation.
I suppose that holds for NT as well, but I'm not yet familiar with it.
There is also a PC-based CD-I development system.  For more
information contact:

Philips PCEC
1 Philips Drive
PO box 14810
Knoxville, TN 37914-181
tel. 615-5214438

regards,

Peter Martens.

Re: Need training solution

#1149

Author: mpearce
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:11

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phil@philip.b30.ingr.com (new user) writes:

> My company wants to produce an audio/video package
> for customer training. The ideal system
> would be driven by a CD-I, CD-ROM, or Videodisc type device
> that could access various menus and sections via remote control
> and display the images on a TV. The ability to display
> in the WindowsNT environment would be a plus.

The video standard you pick will depend on two things; the quality
you need and your hardware constraints. If you are just talking about
"talking head" type video, then you can go with one of the software-
only playback standards (like MS's Video for Windows). If you need 
higher quality, say to show a technician fixing some equipment, then 
you need one of the digital video standards with hardware playback;
DVI, JPEG, MPEG, etc. For the highest quality (and cost) you will need
a Videodisc. You probably don't need external TV's to display the 
video; unless you are need to display fine detail an overlay onto a
256 color VGA display will do just fine.

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Mike Pearce, Knowledge/Interface/ToolBook Engineer
Galaxy Scientific Corp., Information Division, Atlanta GA
(404) 491-1100 or mpearce@galsci.uucp

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