Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!truesdel From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MicroTV for your MacII ($395) Message-ID: <21070@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 16 Aug 89 03:08:28 GMT References: <4008@shlump.nac.dec.com> Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Lines: 27 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 -- Scott Truesdell