Commodore CDTV

ID: AMIGA-CDTV

RELEASED 1991

PRICE

DISCONTINUED 1993

UNITS SOLD ~57,000

I/O PORTS

SCSI (internal)Infrared RemoteMIDIS-Video

System Analysis

Commodore Dynamic Total Vision. A living room multimedia device disguised as a CD player. Essentially an A500 with a CD-ROM drive, but marketed as consumer electronics rather than a computer.

Processor

7.09 MHz

Motorola 68000

Same as A500. Could be expanded with a keyboard to become a full Amiga.

Audio Subsystem

4 Channels + CD Audio

Paula

Stereo output with CD-quality audio passthrough.

Memory

Chip RAM

1 MB Chip RAM

Expandable to 9 MB (with expansion)

Storage

540 MB

CD-ROM (1x Speed)

Graphics Architecture

ECS

Palette: 4096 colors

320x200
640x400

Hardware Tricks

▹ HAM-6 for photo-realistic images from CD

Did You Know?

? Came with an infrared remote control and was meant to sit under a TV like a VCR.
? Failed because it was too expensive as a CD player and marketed poorly as a computer.
? The CDTV expansion slot could accept a full A570 CD drive for existing A500 owners.