P3D 3Discover Update

[Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Awhile back (Digest 3241, Fri, 12 Mar 1999 to be exact)
Michael Schmiedel wrote:

>I'm interested in current informations about the 3Discover system 
>from 3D Vision Internationale.

Me too! :-)

>Does 3D Vision have a web site ?

They were supposed to, but it never materialized. :-( The closest
to an official 3Discover site is the parent company web site
http://www.wrebbit.com
which has scant little (I think presently nothing) on the product!
There is another site
http://www.discover3d.com BUT this is a site under construction
by someone else not affliated with the 3Discover people and I don't
know what this site will contain.

>How many titles were ever made? (I possess 64 different cassettes) 

It's hard to say. It looks like you have almost all of them (minus 1)!
The reason I say it's hard to say is because including the general
released titles, they came out with limited versions for special
interest commercial groups. For example there was one for a Toyota
car show, one for perfume company, Grand Prix, Nickel's restuarant
cassette used it for their menu, and some others. 

I have 62 different titles (plus some versions in a white housing).
Since I haven't bought any new titles in over a year and after reading
your query, it spurred me to find out the latest list. The newest
list shows 63 titles. There are two titles missing from the current
list, which probably means they are discontinued (number 41 and 44,
see list below). Therefore it looks like there is (or was 65) different
titles, not including the special limited titles made for companies.

There are probably other variants of the same title cassette. The
color of the housing was mentioned and other variations might be in
the spacing between views (narrower in the recent ones) and more info
included in the cassette such as start/end of cassette message. Also
the recent ones are assembled offshore.

>Do they still produce new titles ?

Definitely! They list 3 new cassettes for the fall season (99) and
three others for later release. See the list below. 

   TITLE		ITEM #	    TITLE		ITEM #
   -------------------- -------     ------------------  -------		    	      
1  Grand Canyon 1	C11-101  36 Bruges      	C11-138
2  Grand Canyon 2	C11-102  37 Splendours Europe	C11-139
3  SW National Park 1	C11-103  38 Paris by Night	C11-141
4  SW National Park 2	C11-104  39 Beijing		C11-142
5  Las Vegas 1		C11-105  40 Hong Kong 1		C11-143
6  San Francisco 1	C11-106  41 Marguerite Volant	C11-143
7  San Francisco 2	C11-107  42 Hong Kong 2		C11-144
8  Yosemite 1		C11-108  43 Bangkok 1		C11-145
9  San Diego 1		C11-109  44 Carmen Campagne 1	C11-145
10 San Diego 2		C11-110  45 Canada 1		C11-146
11 Los Angeles 1	C11-111  46 Toronto 1		C11-147
12 Los Angeles 2	C11-112  47 Vancouver 1		C11-148
13 Everglades Nat.Park	C11-113  48 Victoria 1		C11-149
14 Washington 1		C11-114  49 Yellowstone N.Park	C11-150
15 Washington 2		C11-115  50 St.Joseph's Oratory	C11-151
16 New York 1		C11-116  51 Perce		C11-152
17 New York 2		C11-117  52 Iles De Madeleine	C11-153
18 Boston 1		C11-118  53 Bangkok 2		C11-154
19 Great America 1	C11-119  54 Gr.Wall of Badaling	C11-155
20 Niagra Falls		C11-120  55 Ottawa		C11-158
21 Canadian Rockies 1	C11-121  56 Celine Dion		C13-001
22 Canadian Rockies 2	C11-122  57 Mystere-Cirq.Soleil C13-005
23 Paris 1		C11-123  58 Sugar Cabin		C13-007
24 Paris 2		C11-124  59 Everglades Birds 1	C15-132
25 London 1		C11-125  60 Everglades Birds 2	C15-133
26 Rome 1		C11-126  61 Insects 1		C15-501
27 Rome 2		C11-127  62 Insects 2		C15-502
28 Venice 1		C11-128  63 Insects 3		C15-503
29 Venice 2		C11-129  64 N.Amercian Wildlife	C15-504
30 Florence 1		C11-130  65 Animal Kingdom	C15-505
31 Prov. of Quebec 1	C11-131  66 California Dreamin	Future
32 Quebec City 1	C11-134  67 Carmel/Monterey	Future
33 St.Anne de Beaupre	C11-135  68 Birds of Prey	Future
34 Chute Montmorency	C11-136  69 Tropical Fish	Future
35 Montreal 1		C11-137  70 The Comet		Future

Gabriel









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