CYBERSPORT : BRING ON DA CD-ROM, BRING IN DA NOISE.Byline: Tom Hoffarth Finally, a baseball card that'll work in the spokes of your bike and in the CD-ROM tray See tray drive. of your home computer. And in both cases, they'll make enough noise to drive you nuts. Since the beginning of the year, Donruss (www.donruss.com) has tried to revive the somewhat stagnant sports-card collecting business with what it calls the first-ever CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). trading card. The Donruss vXp 1.0 is actually in the shape of a traditional rectangular card, but it fits into the round CD-ROM tray (from top to bottom, with space on the sides). That in itself could be its downfall. The card, which is Windows and MacIntosh compatible, creates a humming noise in computers faster than 8x - which is probably what most have if they purchased a computer in the past year. If your computer isn't that fast, then it's a slow wait jumping around from area to area on the card. The Donruss folks don't seem to know what causes the noise. Those on the other line at the technical help number were just as puzzled when quizzed about it. There is a note in very small type on the package that admits to the humming, but any kid who saves his allowance to buy the thing probably will overlook that minor (but very tangible) detail. The vXp (that stands for ``visual experience'') actually arrives about a year after the first CD-ROM card, Cybrcard, by Data Systems and Software, Inc. (www.cybrcard.com), which made use of full-motion video Video transmission that changes the image 30 frames per second (30 fps). Motion pictures are run at 24 fps, which is the minimum frequency required to eliminate the perception of moving frames and make the images appear visually fluid to the eye. , press archives, analysis and a trivia game for a dozen baseball and football players. Donruss takes that and adds a few wrinkles like a ``cardography'' (the player's career in Donruss cards over the years). The package also comes with a special pack of 10 traditional Donruss cards. Compared to the Cybrcard series, the vXp Donruss set offers only half as many players (Mike Piazza Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics. He began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played for the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres , Ken Griffey Ken Griffey may refer to:
But then again, how noisy could that be? CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO no caption (Donruss trading card featuring Ken Griffey Jr.) |
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