POWER ON! Commodore Amiga CDTV - Unboxing, Overview and Testing

Uncle John let me borrow his CDTV to try out. It hasn't been powered on since 1996, so I take a look at it and see what it can do? The CDTV is a moderately rare machine from Commodore and sued an Amiga 500 at its core, so it's far more than just a regular CD player.
00:00 Intro
00:46 Unboxing
03:49 Overview
06:33 Internals
07:38 Set-up
08:28 Power on
09:20 Loading a Disc
10:36 Floppy Drive
12:01 Workbench
13:14 Zool
14:36 Connecting a Joystick
16:23 Pinball Fantasies
17:50 Pricing and Competition
19:39 Summary
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[@marioserrano5087]

That’s amazing 🤩 COMMODORE AMIGA ❤❤

[@bazza5699]

a mate of mine had one of these in the early 90s.. it was always fun trawling through the endless PD software you could get on CD back then.

[@V3ntilator]

I bought CDTV at launch and still have it. Also still have two CD32's including Elsat Promodule, Communicator 2 etc.

[@user-lh7du1bq1l]

Piękny 😊 miałem CDTV miłe wspomnienia super sprzęt.

[@Toaster05]

Shame the drive is non operable but as you say should be an easy fix. I remember I was working in a small independent game shop when they released the CDTV. I never really aspired to own one at the time but they are somewhere more desirable nowadays. Like yourself I really dig that 90's separates design. Great video, enjoyed that one.

[@NewRetroAdventures]

Thanks, hopefully I can get it repaired. There's a lot of oddball titles on the system that would be fun to check out.

[@daveoudejans9466]

Try the joy/mouse switch on your remote control pad...

[@NewRetroAdventures]

I’ll check it out, thanks!

[@gondorianslayer4250]

You might need to repair the system or your getting cd32 games mixed with cdtv games. They have websites that sell parts for the systems.

[@SwainyAtRetroAsylum]

It might just be the CD itself that is unreadable. Have you tried any other CD’s on it?

[@NewRetroAdventures]

Yeah I tried a bunch. I know I said the CD was scratched but it’s the same no matter what I tried. Everything I’ve read since suggests the CD motor isn’t getting enough power because the capacitors are duff.

[@LunarJim69]

It's not working as a CD32 because its not a CD32 lol.

[@NewRetroAdventures]

Yeah I kept mixing up CDTV and CD32 I think I covered it in the edit.

[@LunarJim69]

@@NewRetroAdventures Anyway, enjoyed your video.👍