P3D Re: Stereo World on ONE CD?

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

Dan writes:
>I do not believe there would be one CD with all the back issues,
>but rather a CD per year maybe with higher quality images,
>JPS versions, anaglyphs, etc... (NOTE: NOTHING IS SET ABOUT THIS
>AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT!)

That's good to hear (one year per CD) because I failed to
mention, the National Geographic CD text quality leaves alot to
be desired. Anyone contemplating purchasing it, better make sure
they can return it if they are not happy with it. I think what
Dan mentions about one CD per year is a great idea since it would
result in much better quality, assuming no OCR but rather text
as scanned images, as National Geographic did.

>So, how about a straw poll to gather info for the NSA about this:
>
>How many people out there would be interested in digital copies of past
>issues? Is tehre a market for these that would justify the effort to
>create them?

I'd love it. I'd buy either one year per CD or all the years crammed
into one.

>And, a straw poll for me:
>
>How many people might be interested in a future CD of several hundred of
>Bill Walton's best presented in multiple formats with a bunch of history
>about the views?

Sounds good to me, but then again I'm biased toward 3-D! 

>Comments?

Usually in these ventures, a good idea and technical expertise,
the marketing makes or breaks a product. Then again, often times
it just stereoscopic-blind luck!

Gabriel


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