<s>
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
(	O
from	O
Commodore	O
Dynamic	O
Total	O
Vision	O
,	O
later	O
treated	O
as	O
a	O
backronym	O
for	O
Compact	O
Disc	O
Television	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
home	O
multimedia	O
entertainment	O
and	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
–	O
convertible	O
into	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
by	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
optional	O
peripherals	B-Device
–	O
developed	O
by	O
Commodore	O
International	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
April	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
500	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
with	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
and	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
optional	O
keyboard	O
,	O
mouse	O
,	O
and	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
it	O
gained	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
regular	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
targeted	O
the	O
same	O
market	O
as	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
was	O
based	O
entirely	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
hardware	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
marketed	O
strictly	O
as	O
a	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
name	O
omitted	O
from	O
product	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
announced	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
at	O
the	O
summer	O
1990	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
in	O
Chicago	O
,	O
promising	O
to	O
release	O
it	O
before	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
with	O
100	O
software	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
advertised	O
at	O
£499	O
for	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
unit	O
,	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
and	O
two	O
software	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
chose	O
Amiga-enthusiast	O
magazines	O
as	O
its	O
chief	O
advertising	O
channel	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
community	O
on	O
the	O
whole	O
avoided	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
in	O
the	O
expectation	O
of	O
an	O
add-on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
came	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
A570	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
further	O
hurt	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
as	O
an	O
A570-equipped	O
A500	O
was	O
electronically	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
a	O
CDTV	B-Device
and	O
,	O
consequently	O
,	O
could	O
run	O
CDTV	B-Device
software	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
was	O
very	O
little	O
motivation	O
for	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
owner	O
to	O
buy	O
a	O
CDTV	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Nolan	O
Bushnell	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
chief	O
endorsers	O
of	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
argued	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
high	O
price	O
alone	O
was	O
enough	O
to	O
explain	O
its	O
market	O
failure	O
:	O
"	O
...	O
it	O
's	O
very	O
difficult	O
to	O
sell	O
significant	O
numbers	O
of	O
anything	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
was	O
supplied	O
with	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
1.3	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
and	O
user-friendly	O
2.0	O
release	O
that	O
was	O
launched	O
at	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
the	O
CDXL	O
motion	O
video	O
format	O
was	O
primarily	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
consumer	O
systems	O
to	O
allow	O
video	O
playback	O
directly	O
from	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1994	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
described	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
as	O
a	O
"	O
fiasco	O
"	O
for	O
Commodore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
company	O
later	O
developed	O
an	O
improved	O
and	O
cost-reduced	O
CDTV-II	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
discontinued	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
in	O
1993	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
which	O
again	O
was	O
substantially	O
based	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
hardware	O
(	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
the	O
newer	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
)	O
but	O
explicitly	O
targeted	O
the	O
games	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
an	O
unofficial	O
free	O
ROM	B-Device
update	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
CDTV	B-Device
(	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
brings	O
compatibility	O
with	O
68030	O
accelerator	O
boards	O
and	O
32-bit	O
Fast	B-Device
RAM	I-Device
,	O
allows	O
non-CDTV	O
titles	O
to	O
boot	O
,	O
fixes	O
bugs	O
and	O
restores	O
several	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
lost	O
in	O
the	O
2.7	O
and	O
2.30	O
ROMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
copyright	O
reasons	O
the	O
custom	O
ROM	B-Device
is	O
distributed	O
in	O
patch	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
media	O
appliance	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
mainstream	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
its	O
housing	O
had	O
dimensions	O
and	O
styling	O
that	O
were	O
fairly	O
comparable	O
to	O
most	O
household	O
stereo	O
system	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
came	O
with	O
an	O
infrared	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
as	O
earlier	O
Amiga	B-Device
systems	O
,	O
but	O
featured	O
a	O
single-speed	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
and	O
no	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
as	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
many	O
Amiga	B-Device
peripherals	B-Device
from	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
official	O
CDTV	B-Device
peripherals	B-Device
and	O
upgrades	O
included	O
:	O
</s>
