CD-ROM players are beginning to show up in a variety of consumer products.

Instead, she bought him some computer games for the family's new CD-ROM player.

"I have never had anyone say to me that they didn't buy a CD-ROM player because of these problems," he said.

Eighty percent of our CD-ROM players are over 18.

Analysts said the machines would offer an optional built-in CD-ROM player.

Nintendo has yet to begin selling its CD-ROM player.

But not everyone has a CD-ROM player, with the associated high-quality video and audio devices.

The CD-ROM player now clips to the belt, and the goggles have been reduced in weight.

Also expected is a hand-held CD-Rom player developed by Apple and Toshiba.

Until recently, the small consumer market for CD-ROM players consisted of machines connected to personal computers, costing about $2,000.

An outboard CD-ROM player, at extra cost, will be virtually mandatory for installing programs.

Such CD-ROM players might also be used for education, as in a video encyclopedia, or for games and other forms of entertainment.

About two million American households with personal computers are equipped with CD-ROM players.

But no CD or CD-ROM player can decipher the information on it.

Some, it turns out, can be solved only by buying new hardware, like sound cards, memory, a CD-ROM player or a hard drive.

Worldwide shipments of CD-ROM players are expected to exceed 2.3 million units this year, more than triple the number shipped two years ago.

The main reason is that manufacturers already making CD-ROM players have a clear interest in fostering consumer loyalty to their players and software.

Seven multimedia models, equipped with CD-ROM players, are included in the PS/1 family.

Magazine officials estimate that three million to five million CD-ROM players will be in American homes by the end of the year.

"But we wanted a powerful one that would last for years, with a CD-ROM player for the reference books, especially the encyclopedia.

If you don't have a CD-ROM player yet, this is the kind of application that will persuade you to think about upgrading.

Other manufacturers offer similar machines at significantly lower prices, and prices for portable CD-ROM players have plummeted.

No CD-ROM player.

The Aptiva's CD-ROM player is slightly faster than the others, which is no big deal.

Whether "Backstage" CD-ROM players have a career onstage depends on whether they can find it.