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I actually did dare to look it up, and discovered that the first public demonstration of the CDTV was on 2 June 1990, at CES. At the time, it had been under development for around 18 months, or since late 1988.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.amiga/KsZfxQCglNg/L5HBrQhJULEJ

In fact, development was still going on even after that demonstration.
In a letter from Commodore posted to the CompuServe Amiga forum in August 1990, the CDTV was described as still being "currently in development." The letter went on to clarify that, in spite of speculation regarding the as-yet-unreleased platform, Commodore was as committed as ever to entertainment software as well as education.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.amiga/btfLfeVcPbM/DkUuE9UvSQIJ

wait you know i am amigaman ,and are jealous wish it where someone else.So you lie about everything. TS!!! . you guys bs dont know the real date you gust screw up here now you say 1990 for the cdtv ..wait wiki and the others say 1991 ..dav even says 1990 .wrong idiots is 1986 really aga was out in 1990 Mass Brothers sold cdtv in 1988.Look it up if you dare -all version where out by commodore in 1987., Oh I have a screen grab of all you morons making fooltards of yourselves.
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My first Amiga, and probably the most beautiful.

The CD firmware was on 2 separate chips, and you needed to remove them if you wanted to use the 2.x ROM (so no more beautiful CD interface with those ROMs, but you could put them back in place when going back to 1.3), and doing so try not to break a "leg" of a chip...

LOL, I remember those CD-I infomercials that used to run all night. And it still failed!

A small correction - the Philips CD-i was released just a few months after the CDTV and was a complete failure, despite Philips pushing it like crazy.

I think is the most beautiful of commodores

I love my CD TV. My parents got it when I was pretty young, I think they bought it used. They want me to sell it on ebay, and think it is an accident that I keep forgetting my digital camera. Hee hee.

can anyone tell me,were i can buy some games or other software to the amiga cdtv?
thanks for help!

I have got a problems with CDTV. When I turn it on and want to play a game I see only blue window.

I can play music CDs, but cannot play any game because of the blue window.

Thanks for help.