CDTV
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| Commodore Amiga CDTV | |
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| Manufacturer | Commodore |
| Type | Home multimedia entertainment / Video game console / Personal computer |
| Generation | 16-bit era |
| First available | March 1991 |
| CPU | Motorola 68000 |
| Media | CD-ROM |
The CDTV (for Commodore Dynamic Total Vision) was one of the first computers to come with a CD-ROM drive as standard. The CDTV was made by Commodore International and launched in March 1991. Designed and marketed as a set-top box to go along with your VCR and be used as a CD-player and games console, it was created as a direct competitor to CD-i, with neither having any real commercial success.
The CDTV was essentially an Amiga 500, replacing the floppy drive with a single-speed CD-ROM drive. But unlike its progenitor, CDTV was intended as a media appliance rather than a personal computer. As such, its housing had dimensions and styling compatible with most stereo components, and came only with an infrared remote control. Similarly, it was initially sold without keyboard and mouse (which could be added separately). Commodore chose Amiga enthusiast magazines as its chief advertising channel, but the Amiga community on the whole avoided the CDTV in the expectation of an add-on CD-ROM drive for the Amiga, which eventually came in the form of the A570.
The CDTV used the already-obsolete AmigaOS 1.3, rather than the much more advanced 2.0, and was eventually replaced by the Amiga CD32.
[edit] Specifications
- CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.16 MHz 7.09 MHz (PAL)
- Memory: 1 MiB Chip RAM.
- Chipset: Original Chip Set. (OCS)
- OS: AmigaOS 1.3 + CDTV module.
- Debuted: March 1991 (At CES, Las Vegas)
- Launch price: £499 (CDTV, Joypad & 2 titles)
[edit] Versions
- CDTV: CDTV unit & joypad.
- Pro pack: keyboard, mouse & diskdrive, along with Almathera CDPD Public Domain software compilation on CD-ROM
[edit] Primary Market Competitors in the high-end A/V space
(multi-purpose audio/video systems)
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| MOS Technology 6502-based (8-bit) | MOS/CBM KIM-1 • PET/CBM • CBM-II (aka B/P series) • VIC-20/VC-20 • C64 • SX-64 • C16 & 116 • Plus/4 • C128 |
| Motorola 68000-based (16-bit/32-bit) | Amiga 1000 • Amiga 500 • Amiga 2000 • Amiga 2500 • Amiga 1500 • Amiga CDTV • Amiga 3000 • Amiga 3000UX • Amiga 3000T • Amiga 500+ • Amiga 600 • Amiga 1200 • Amiga 4000 • Amiga 4000T |
