Will CD-i play Sony Electronic Book (Data Discman) titles?
Sony sold a portable playback device in 1991 called Data Discman. It accepted 8 cm CDs in a cartridge, which contained information in the form of text and very simple graphics. The application to show this information on the built-in black and white LCD screen was build in the player. These so-called Electronic Books were used for travel guides, dictionaries and other kinds of information that can be used on the road. When Sony first announced Electronic Book, they promised to make the system CD-i compatible in the near future. For this, a CD-i application would be included on the discs. But some years later, Sony officially announced to Philips that this was not going to happen. This announcement was never made available to general public. Hence, an Electronic Book disc cannot be played on a CD-i player. 5.13 Will CD-i play Super Video-CD? Super Video-CD is an extension to the Video-CD specification, set up by the original Video-CD licensees (Philips, Sony, JVC and Matsushita) in 1999
