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CD-i FAQ 2000 Edition Revised February 21, 2001
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PC CD-ROM (the CD-i Sesamestreet titles produced in 1991 have recently been ported to PC
format in The Netherlands and are now promoted as a unique new way of entertaining and
teaching children!).
If you want to have a device that does it all, then just leave the CD-i player in your living room (or
make sure you get one!). It can always be used as an Audio-CD player, a Photo-CD player or a
Video-CD player. And it plays all of your existing CD-i titles as well!
11.9 What good alternatives are there for CD-i in the professional field?
CD-i became very popular in the professional area. It was widely used in a wide variety of
appliations, most notably for training and point-of-sale and point-of-information. CD-i is a cheap
device, requiring no special training on how to use it, no setup or difficult installation procedures,
and it delivers very acceptible, TV-like video and sound.
Unfortunately, no one-on-one replacement for CD-i exists today. PCs are used now and then, but
companies are experiencing difficulaties in getting the machines up, and most importantly: to
keep them runnig after the mailfunction of one of the million components in a PC, or after
someone has changed some of the settings, of after an incompatibility issue has occured, or...
The trend is vastly moving towards DVD-Video, but this system does not support the interactive
features offered by CD-i. Some companies offer professional DVD-Video players with enhanced
interactive and storage capabilities.