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Title: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: RNSpeed on July 22, 2017, 03:49:01 PM
I was looking at the Aug/Sep 1991 Turboplay magazine and on the Summer CES 1991 article it mentions the Nec Interactive Display Add-on for the Turbografx.  Even mentions that NEC had a demo on their booth.  Is there any info on what was this addon?
Heres the article that mentions it

(http://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOPLAY/TP-08-12.jpg)
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: Punch on July 22, 2017, 04:06:39 PM
Screw the MPEG-2 like addon, what about Arena 3000? I'd buy that for a dollar.

Speaking seriously, there's a image of a prototype unit and that's it, I can't find it though. Nice to see that they were in the forefront of a compression technology for HDTV in 1991, and they had a VCD like thing almost ready and planned for their console.
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on July 22, 2017, 04:10:46 PM
Areana 3000 along with Cyborg 297, not to mention my favorite mystery game(not listed here), Riftwar Saga!
Title: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: esteban on July 22, 2017, 05:09:13 PM
I was looking at the Aug/Sep 1991 Turboplay magazine and on the Summer CES 1991 article it mentions the Nec Interactive Display Add-on for the Turbografx.  Even mentions that NEC had a demo on their booth.  Is there any info on what was this addon?
Heres the article that mentions it

(http://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOPLAY/TP-08-12.jpg)


I believe there is a brief view of NID on display in CES video that has been linked to multiple times over the years. 

https://youtu.be/0BMnZYyz74Y

NID = GOTO 01:10

If you go back 11-14 years, you'll find old threads with me asking questions about what NEC did with the NID tech....

What is hilarious is that I know I took screenshots of some dude wearing a TG-16 JACKET in the video, but I can't find any stills of the NID demo/display! My priorities are all screwed up!

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19607.msg420722#msg420722

STATUS: *pending*
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: esteban on July 23, 2017, 03:40:47 AM
I am on phone, so images are not as compressed as I would prefer.

But, it's more fun with photos (lazy bastards won't watch the video!)....

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/screenshot/NID_0.png)

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/screenshot/NID_1.png)

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/screenshot/NID_2.png)

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/screenshot/NID_3.png)

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/screenshot/NID_4.png)

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/screenshot/NID_5.png)
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: RNSpeed on July 23, 2017, 03:46:42 AM
I was looking at the Aug/Sep 1991 Turboplay magazine and on the Summer CES 1991 article it mentions the Nec Interactive Display Add-on for the Turbografx.  Even mentions that NEC had a demo on their booth.  Is there any info on what was this addon?
Heres the article that mentions it

(http://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOPLAY/TP-08-12.jpg)


I believe there is a brief view of NID on display in CES video that has been linked to multiple times over the years. 

https://youtu.be/0BMnZYyz74Y

NID = GOTO 01:10

If you go back 11-14 years, you'll find old threads with me asking questions about what NEC did with the NID tech....

What is hilarious is that I know I took screenshots of some dude wearing a TG-16 JACKET in the video, but I can't find any stills of the NID demo/display! My priorities are all screwed up!

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19607.msg420722#msg420722

STATUS: *pending*


Awesome thanks for sharing Esteban.
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: esteban on July 23, 2017, 04:06:03 AM
Awesome thanks for sharing Esteban.

No problem.

:)

Click on the images for the "full size" (app on phone vs laptop handle images differently).
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: mitsuman on July 23, 2017, 07:17:52 AM
I really really REALLY want that Bonk costume.
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: esteban on July 23, 2017, 09:38:25 AM
I really really REALLY want that Bonk costume.

I am on my phone and getting ready to leave Boston.

Otherwise, you KNOW I would be scouring the underground cosplay scene in Cambridge for DAT BONQUE.

DAT HEADBUTT, tho...

Damn. 
Title: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: esteban on July 23, 2017, 11:40:18 AM
Let us not forget about the NNID unit as well.

(http://screwthispc.com/random/nnid.png)



DAT NID, tho...

DAT NNID. Damn.
Title: Re: Nec New Interactive Display Technology CES 1991
Post by: Necromancer on July 24, 2017, 04:48:19 AM
Instead of an add-on, they turned it into the PC-FX.  :mrgreen:

Or maybe HuVideo.  20,000 frames and 60 minutes is only 5.5 fps (figure 33 minutes at 10fps), and I assume that's the max amount of frames, leaving no room for code, game graphics, or audio.  Cut down the window size to save space, leaving room for tunes and the actual game, and that doesn't sound all that different than what's in Gulliver Boy.

Or perhaps the answer is both.  The specs don't sound all that impressive, not enough to warrant the cost of a presumably pricey add on anyway, so maybe they developed HuVideo to get as close as they could with existing hardware and let the rest wait for the better capabilities of the PC-FX.