Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!tegra!glen From: glen@tegra.com (Glen Osterhout) Subject: Re: Pete Gabrial's Xplora? Message-ID: Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA References: <2p80aj$cta@cyberspace.com> <1994Apr23.003102.3329@news.vanderbilt.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 22:05:07 GMT Lines: 26 In article <1994Apr23.003102.3329@news.vanderbilt.edu> grishaps@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Paul Grisham) writes: >In article <2p80aj$cta@cyberspace.com> tduffin@cyberspace.com (Todd Duffin) writes: >>I am very interested thin this "multimedia" cd rom simply by >>the title and the artist. Has anyone seen or used this product >>on the PC side. Is it worth $49.00. And most importantly: >>what the hell is it??? A game, a screen saver...a bunch of music. >> >>Anyway any help would be helpful. I'm tired of buying $50.00 >>CD's that are "Multi media" and have text and a picture. AS >>Much as I hate to say it, the only descent "Multi media" titles >>I have bought have all been by Microsoft (and they are heads >>above thier compatition, i.e. encarta vs. comptons). >> > As far as I know, Xplora is a disc comprised of whatever Peter Gabriel >wanted to put on it: music videos, music, artwork. It includes all (?) the >videos from US, a complete discography, and an introduction to world music. >It has gotten outstanding reviews as an informational/entertainment >extravaganza. I heard an interview on NPR the other day about this; in order to fit all the video and graphics on it they had to use low fidelity (8 bit) sound. So don't consider it a replacement for the music CD.