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- WEST CHESTER, Penn., March 16, 1992 -- Commodore today announced its
- introduction of two new CDTV packages, CDTV Library and CDTV Early,
- created specifically for the education market but also available to
- consumers for a limited time. Commodore is offering these specially priced
- packages, which include a choice selection of CDTV's interactive education
- and reference multimedia titles bundled with the CDTV Interactive
- Multimedia player, to consumers through June 30, 1992 at authorized
- Commodore Amiga dealers nationwide.
-
- The CDTV Library bundle is packaged as a reference set allowing consumers
- to create their own home library. CDTV Library includes a CDTV Interactive
- Multimedia player, one disc caddy 2-pack to protect the titles while in
- use, and a reference set featuring the American Heritage Dictionary, the
- World Vista Atlas and the American Vista Atlas titles. The American
- Heritage Dictionary presents 180,000 entries, 3,000 color illustrations,
- and an automated word pronouncer and speller. The World Vista Atlas is the
- first multimedia world atlas, incorporating detailed Rand McNally maps,
- thousands of photographic images, ethnic music provided from the
- Smithsonian Institution's Folkway Collection and spoken examples of more
- than 60 foreign languages with English translation. The suggested retail
- price for the CDTV Library bundle is $869.00, representing an almost 50
- percent savings from the total suggested retail price of all the
- components individually priced.
-
- The CDTV Early bundle features a CDTV Interactive Multimedia Player and 13
- premier CDTV educational software titles designed for early learning
- activities, specifically for children three years and older. Bi-lingual
- software titles included in the CDTV Early package are The Tale of Peter
- Rabbit, Scary Poems for Rotten Kids, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny,
- Cinderella (The Original Fairy Tale), Mud Puddle and Heather Hits Her
- First Home Run. These software titles can be read complete with sound
- effects, or the child can read the story and receive help with
- pronunciation and meanings of words in both English and Spanish.
-
- Other software titles in the CDTV Early set include The Paper Bag Princess,
- Thomas' Snowsuit, Moving Gives Me A Stomach Ache, Long Hard Day At The
- Ranch, My Paint [a classroom tested paint program] and Snoopy: The Case of
- the Missing Blanket. The CDTV Early set also contains a disc caddy 2-pack.
- The suggested retail price for the CDTV Early package is $1,129.00.
- Purchased separately, the components of the package have a suggested
- retail price of $2,000.
-
- "With CDTV Library and CDTV Early packages, we're offering families an
- affordable way to enjoy a world of information and educational fun," said
- David Archambault, director of business marketing for Commodore.
-
- "Because of the CDTV multimedia player's versatility and unique interactive
- capabilities, the CDTV Library and CDTV Early offer comprehensive packages
- to meet a variety of educational and consumer needs," said Archambault.
- "Utilizing proven Amiga technology and some of the best interactive
- educational applications available, CDTV Interactive Multimedia offers
- vivid colors, exciting graphics, sound and animation in one component.
- With CDTV, education is entertaining and entertainment is educational --
- in other words, CDTV brings information alive," said Archambault.
-
- In addition to these special bundle packages, Commodore also offers a full
- line of CDTV accessory products including keyboard, mouse, Genlock sound
- digitizer, joystick and printer, further enhancing CDTV's value as an
- educational tool.
-
- CDTV, Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, represents a major advance in
- technology and capability over any other commercially available format,
- combining audio, video, graphics and computer interactivity into a single
- Compact Disc-based system. The CDTV player and a full library of over 80
- CDTV applications are available in more than 20 markets in North America,
- Europe and Asia.
-
- Commodore, through its worldwide operations, is one of the world's leading
- producers of computer-based consumer and business products.
-
- Commodore Business Systems
- 1200 Wilson Dr, West Chester, PA 19380
- 215-431-9100
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