Why didn't the CDTV have any connection to the Amiga? CBM marketing clearly didn't want the consumer to be distracted by the connection. At the point CDTV was released the Amiga had been around for some time and was losing market to both the Mac and PC. CBM wanted the CDTV to go directly against the machine Phillips released. Their marketing, however, was to go to the high end electronics market. In the western US, the main source, initially, was Macy's.
I spent a day with Jim Dionne at the Macy's in downtown San Francisco. Jim and the other CBM upper management had distributed themselves around the San Francisco bay area Macy's stores to demo CDTV and talk to consumers. It was sorta strange to see the head of Commodore hawkin the machine to what were mainly disinterested customers. Sad, but I got my picture and story for AmigaWorld!
Bob
