It will show CDs in Workbench, but only CD-ROMs. Not audio CDs. No extra drivers needed. They’re all inside the CDTV OS ROMs , so yes, Amiga magic after all 😉
Any title with CDXL was amazing! Sherlock Holmes was a personal fav. Full motion video segments embedded in a game was totally revolutionary at the time.
Had one of these CDTV systems back in 1993 after swapping my A500 for it. Had the keyboard, mouse, the Black floppy drive and the remote. Back then it was very limited on what you could do. Had a few CD titles with it, such as Sherlock Holmes consulting detective. Now a days you can get ROM upgrades, SCSI add-one etc..
I have been spinning CDs for CD32 and CDTV on my Amiga 1200 with 030 with hard disc and CD player since 1994, then with the PPC/060 BVision 3D CD/DVD burner since 1999. And then from 2009 on SAM440 motherboard for AmigaOS4 the best😎 Unfortunately I have never had CDTV or CD32 .
I’ve got a Commodore TV but unfortunately it has no CD and it can’t even pickup TV channels anymore. However, it does look great with my C64 though! And before any one asks, it’s a Commodore branded TV not a 1701 or 1802 monitor for example.
The keyboard is fundamentally the same as the A2000/3000/4000 (basically an A500 keyboard in a case)...except a different pinout. You need to swap the pins round or use an adaptor and they'll work.
There is more than one version of Smash Hits by Hendrix. This is true for both vinyl and cd releases. Although the American release is by far the most common.. Hendrix had already cut two albums and Smash Hits was produced to promote his multi country tour. The legendary Netherlands release of Smash Hits on Polydore Records cuts two songs from the American release and substitutes two other songs. It's vynil and has no bonus tracks. That's still my favorite version of Smash Hits by far. The cover art is the same as The American release. But the Netherlands release has a different back cover. And the last time I checked the correct track list was not on the internet database that the WMP keys to when ripping a cd.
Yea as have been said CDROM works, I remember having FredFish CDs working just fine. No Amiga will read CDDA discs (CD Audio) without "drivers" - in 2.x land with datatypes there are datatypes for it. Pretty sure you can do this in 1.3 as well with a cdda device driver but my memory is kinda failing me here. A friend of mine got the CDTV with keyboard and mouse and I stole the keyboard for my A4000 - worked out of the box. I even swapped the case so I had the keys in black and the case in white, looked super slick
Oddly enough, the existence of that monitor as an option makes me think about picking up an Amiga again. Briefly. (There's lots of reasons why it's a bad idea. But Still.)
I feel like Commodore could've lasted a least a few more years if not for their countless failed attempts to turn their computers into game consoles or set-top boxes. They should have just targeted the kiosk space if they really wanted to make money. The CD32 is obviously what ultimately killed them, but none of these other products helped either. Most of them are considered some of the worst commercial failures in gaming and computers in general.
Was that "CD with graphics" a Commodore proprietary format or did they actually manage to make a interpretor for it? Nvm, I googled it, it's not a Commodore thing :) .. seems simple enough for a ECS system to view it though!
I was shocked I finally found one, working, for a "deal." I always wait. Passed on so many the last couple years. Now, this still was not cheap. Not like they were ten years ago. But if you are patient and always on the prowl, you can save some money at least. Over how much they normally seem to list for. That's how I've gotten most of my newer Amiga gear. Thankfully the bulk of my Amigas were gotten before the price insanity.
I remember getting computer catalogs with small not even quarter size pages of their models of computers . It was a hard transition time from 8 to 16 to 32. I really think the processor won it. There was no holding on after ibm and x86 started taking off. (not even talking about piracy) .
Its really such a shame the CDTV was released as the production version rather than the CDTV-CR. Then you have the utter failure of the marketing! As a "living room" A500 with a CD drive I think could have been decently successful.
It will show CDs in Workbench, but only CD-ROMs. Not audio CDs. No extra drivers needed. They’re all inside the CDTV OS ROMs , so yes, Amiga magic after all 😉
Oh really? That's great!! AMIGA MAGIC!!!
Ha ha ha, I love the "No Effort November". Loving your videos from the UK
Thanks! :)
Best looking Amiga ever made. I'll die on that hill.
Any title with CDXL was amazing! Sherlock Holmes was a personal fav. Full motion video segments embedded in a game was totally revolutionary at the time.
Yes the CDXL format of video was impressive for then. Seems like it was overlooked.
Had one of these CDTV systems back in 1993 after swapping my A500 for it. Had the keyboard, mouse, the Black floppy drive and the remote. Back then it was very limited on what you could do. Had a few CD titles with it, such as Sherlock Holmes consulting detective. Now a days you can get ROM upgrades, SCSI add-one etc..
Ooo you had all the goodies!
I have been spinning CDs for CD32 and CDTV on my Amiga 1200 with 030 with hard disc and CD player since 1994, then with the PPC/060 BVision 3D CD/DVD burner since 1999. And then from 2009 on SAM440 motherboard for AmigaOS4 the best😎
Unfortunately I have never had CDTV or CD32 .
I’ve got a Commodore TV but unfortunately it has no CD and it can’t even pickup TV channels anymore. However, it does look great with my C64 though! And before any one asks, it’s a Commodore branded TV not a 1701 or 1802 monitor for example.
Woah. Never knew about those.
The keyboard is fundamentally the same as the A2000/3000/4000 (basically an A500 keyboard in a case)...except a different pinout. You need to swap the pins round or use an adaptor and they'll work.
There is more than one version of Smash Hits by Hendrix. This is true for both vinyl and cd releases. Although the American release is by far the most common.. Hendrix had already cut two albums and Smash Hits was produced to promote his multi country tour. The legendary Netherlands release of Smash Hits on Polydore Records cuts two songs from the American release and substitutes two other songs. It's vynil and has no bonus tracks. That's still my favorite version of Smash Hits by far. The cover art is the same as The American release. But the Netherlands release has a different back cover. And the last time I checked the correct track list was not on the internet database that the WMP keys to when ripping a cd.
Great video. I really must drag mine out and have a play. The best version of the A500 ever.
One of my CDTV's has been modified for standard PS2 ports for keyboard and mouse.
Yeah seems like s good mod to get.
Yea as have been said CDROM works, I remember having FredFish CDs working just fine.
No Amiga will read CDDA discs (CD Audio) without "drivers" - in 2.x land with datatypes there are datatypes for it. Pretty sure you can do this in 1.3 as well with a cdda device driver but my memory is kinda failing me here.
A friend of mine got the CDTV with keyboard and mouse and I stole the keyboard for my A4000 - worked out of the box. I even swapped the case so I had the keys in black and the case in white, looked super slick
Audio cd's work fine, even without datatypes.
@@Krushernl Depends on what you want to do - play them or mount the CDDA to rip them for example
Very interesting, thank you very much and have a great day!
Thank you! You too!
Oddly enough, the existence of that monitor as an option makes me think about picking up an Amiga again.
Briefly.
(There's lots of reasons why it's a bad idea. But Still.)
DO IT! IT'S NEVER A BAD IDEA!! :)
I feel like Commodore could've lasted a least a few more years if not for their countless failed attempts to turn their computers into game consoles or set-top boxes. They should have just targeted the kiosk space if they really wanted to make money. The CD32 is obviously what ultimately killed them, but none of these other products helped either. Most of them are considered some of the worst commercial failures in gaming and computers in general.
Was that "CD with graphics" a Commodore proprietary format or did they actually manage to make a interpretor for it?
Nvm, I googled it, it's not a Commodore thing :) .. seems simple enough for a ECS system to view it though!
Yeah CD+G was a standard that the CDTV supported. :)
4000kb dont work you can buy an adaptor for it though
Ahhh ok, thank you!
Doesn’t the CDTV support Workbench 2?
If you have higher than 1.3 ROM installed. The CDTV has the original 1.3 ROM fitted.
@ thank you. It’s been a while and I never had a cdtv.
Based on included ROM.
Cool
The prices of these are ridiculous now. I suspect even 10 years ago they were as cheap as chips. Only the rich collectors can afford these npw 😢
I was shocked I finally found one, working, for a "deal." I always wait. Passed on so many the last couple years. Now, this still was not cheap. Not like they were ten years ago. But if you are patient and always on the prowl, you can save some money at least. Over how much they normally seem to list for. That's how I've gotten most of my newer Amiga gear. Thankfully the bulk of my Amigas were gotten before the price insanity.
commodore was really failing at this time. I really bet they knew everything they released was not going to stick.
I remember getting computer catalogs with small not even quarter size pages of their models of computers . It was a hard transition time from 8 to 16 to 32. I really think the processor won it. There was no holding on after ibm and x86 started taking off. (not even talking about piracy) .
Its really such a shame the CDTV was released as the production version rather than the CDTV-CR. Then you have the utter failure of the marketing!
As a "living room" A500 with a CD drive I think could have been decently successful.
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