Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!emory!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!m2.dseg.ti.com!ief!robertw From: robertw@ief.itg.ti.com (Robert Wallace ) Subject: Re: The 11th Hour ad Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 14:11:29 GMT References: <2qjivj$mmp@oak.oakland.edu> Organization: IEF Development, Texas Instruments Inc., Plano Texas. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 24 Jered Floyd (jjfloyd@vela.acs.oakland.edu) wrote: : For those of you who haven't seen the add for "The 11th Hour", here is : what the ad says. (Spacing close to ad layout.): [ text deleted ] : faster and smoother graphics, hogh quality, : full motion video without any additional hardware [ more deleted ] : So, more conflicting reports. This ad claims 3 things different from : what my other sources have said:L : 1) No additional hardware for full video. : Enjoy. Jered. Actually, it says "full motion video" which is a little like saying "Hi Fi audio" -- it looks good in print, but doesn't mean anything. I'm pretty sure your first source was correct about needing special hardware for full _screen_ video. Robert Wallace robertw@ief.itg.ti.com