Though the CDTV was based entirely on Amiga hardware, it was marketed strictly as a CDTV, with the Amiga name omitted from product branding.Ĭommodore announced the CDTV at the summer 1990 Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, promising to release it before the end of the year with 100 software titles.
The expected market for multimedia appliances did not materialize, and neither machine met with any real commercial success. As such, it targeted the same market as the Philips CD-i. Commodore marketed the machine as an all-in-one multimedia appliance. With the optional keyboard, mouse, and floppy disk drive, it gained the functionality of the regular Amiga. The CDTV is essentially a Commodore Amiga 500 home computer with a CD-ROM drive and remote control.
