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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MicroTV for your MacII ($395)
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Date: 16 Aug 89 03:08:28 GMT
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phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:

>It is amazing how the minute you add the word 'computer' to a discussion, 
>$400 becomes 'low price'!!

>How much would YOU pay for a 3" B&W television that is not a computer
>television.  I mean, I have seen Sony Watchmans for $59 with 3" screens

>REALITY CHECK!!!


You can grab frames off the Watchmans? Tell us how, please!

Actually, Phil, you're right; for the functionality it is a bit pricey.
Still, it is a GREAT hack and anyway, you should have seen the vendors
of $4000 frame grabbers pulling their hair out in frustration at 
MacWorld Expo! 

Apple, I'm told, expressed much more than just a passing curiosity at
the technology. It's not great yet (Aw heck, yes it is...  if you
want/need it) but the implications, especially regarding cost vs.
production scale, are very far reaching.

  --scott

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Scott Truesdell