1.   The turbulent and volatile consumer market is dominated by games, few of which embody any real information content.

2.   Part of the failure of videodiscs, particularly in consumer markets, was due to the lack of standardisation among discs and players.

3.   Whatever may be done to turn CD-ROM into a vehicle for multimedia, it is never likely to appeal in volume to the consumer market.

4.   It is unclear whether any of the proponents of FMFFV have actually tested the theory that the consumer market really wants it.

5.   The consumer market excites boundless excitement in the multimedia industry and so far has merely been the source of disappointments.

6.   The consumer market is potentially very large.

7.   It is important that we do not altogether ignore videodiscs aimed at the consumer market.

8.   The first efforts to bring videodisc to the consumer market flopped badly.

9.   Industry figures suggest the following penetrations in the three major consumer electronics markets.

10.   There are a number of characteristics in these types of market that distinguish them from consumer markets.