CDTV - is it worth getting one?

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Hi, all,
Newbee question, but I am looking at the CDTV and I think it was rather a cool concept. But is it worth really hunting one down and playing with it or is it just a "rarity" for the collection? I know there were some units released here in Canada, but is it really worth the time (and money) to track one down?

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This all stems from the fact, if I can find one here in Canada. I really don't want to end up with a PAL system from the UK so I will just concentrate on finding one locally. The CD32 is much easier to get here- believe it or not, but without the expansions- like the sx etc, it makes it pretty much just a novelty in my eyes. The "Pro" system of the CDTV gives you pretty much everything for a full system.

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I just recently got the last piece to complete my CDTV, a black CDTV keyboard, thank you Ray from Hawaii.

My black mouse is not an original CDTV mouse, it is the Amiga Technologies mouse that I am not real fond of as I don't think it works as well as it should, and certainly not as well as a Wizard 3 button 560dpi, or AlfaData optical mouse.  I also have an "Air Mouse" for the Amiga that I could try with the CDTV that is black.  It works via infrared, but has its own infrared receiver so it can work with any Amiga.

A member here programmed for me an updated version of the two special CDTV ROMs that I believe contain the CD-ROM controller code as well as some other things, so I now have the latest version.

So, all in all, I am quite happy with my CDTV, but I think I will try to upgrade it a bit further with the installation of an AdIDE hard drive controller, DKB MegaChip 2mb RAM expansion, and a Kickstart ROM switch from an unknown manufacturer with either the 1.3 & 2.05 ROMs, or 1.3 & 3.1 ROMs.

That should make it a very versatile Amiga gamer except for AGA games, which will have to be played on my A1200, A4000 or CD32.  I don't know about options to use regular joysticks on the CDTV.  That would be the only other thing I might be interested in doing to it, or I may just leave it like it is now and enjoy it for what it is.  I have other Amigas that can fulfill the hard drive and multiple Kickstart ROM options.

So obviously my vote would be for any Amiga enthusiast to get a CDTV.  The wireless infrared remote controllers are unique to this model Amiga and kind of cool.[/quote]

Sounds like a sweet system indeed. Looks like the only things you are missing are the original Commodore scsi Adapter, Hard drive and Black Monitor, but those are not really needed with an Adide adapter. I just think it would look so cool set up, If I got one, I might experiment some way of replacing the CD with A DVD though, I know, I am Dreaming, but upgrading to a DVD (and being able to View it) would really put some life back into it.

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No, I though of just having DVD movie playback, and bringing the CDTV up to date on the original Idea of it, the access to the data disks, would be a nice side benifate though.