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European retail store 'Vobis' sold an OEM version of the CD-i 450, branded...
European computer store 'Vobis' sold its own OEM version of the CD-i 450 player by Philips, which you can see here. As with their other own branded computers, this CD-i player was branded 'Highscreen'....
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Quick fix your CD-i's timekeeper chip in a nutshell
First of all you will need the following: Soldering iron(not very hot), Screw driver, Exagon screw driver, Solder, Solder Sucker, Pliers(small) and maybe a wire cutter. Step 0: Order a new timekeeper...
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One of the final USA Video CD's was 'Reservoir Dogs', printed in 1995, again...
A few weeks back, we showed you 'Terminator 2' on VCD, questioning its genuinity as it was different from other Philips Video CD's. Normally Philips had a few design rules when releasing CD-i titles in...
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Philips CD-i players offer two types of player shells. What is the difference...
CD-i players offer a menu that allows you access to the settings, the memory screen, to play audio cd's and to actually start a CD-i (by playing or by opening/closing the tray). There were generally...
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The video series "The CD-i Experience" by Daniel Hyatt and Adam Shockz today...
Over several years, CD-i members Daniel Hyatt and Adam Shockz together made a unique video series about CD-i games together. The series is called "The CD-i Experience" and today they launched the third...
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A CD-i player with integrated DVC like the CD-i 550 still has a DVC which can...
Philips and Magnavox put various CD-i players on the market with 'integrated digital video cartridge'. For example, Philips released the CD-i player 450, but also the CD-i 550 player. On the CD-i 550,...
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British electronics company Amstrad (ZX Spectrum, Sinclair PC200) also...
Amstrad was a British electronics company, founded in 1968 and in name visible on the market until 2010, although in 2007 it was taken over by Sky UK. Amstrad was well known from its low priced HiFi...
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The MVGS4 mini console supports CD-i and works with Raspberry Pi, RetroPie...
Playing CD-i titles via RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi, it seems like a future project, but it is really possible. The MVGS4 mini console even takes this one step further: They created a homemade PCB to...
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What is the difference between a Goldstar GDI 750 CD-i player and a Goldstar...
Goldstar released a licensed model of the Philips CD-i 450 with a slightly different top cover design. They released a GDI 750 and a GDI 1000, both of them look exactly the same. What would be the...
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This Japanese Manna Space CD-i player was packaged in a standard Philips CD-i...
We don't see often a Japanese CD-i player and even less one that still has the original packaging. From these pictures it seems the Japanese Manna Space CD-i player was packaged in a Philips box, which...
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Fathom Pictures' Escape from Cybercity can be completed in 5 minutes, if you...
Escape from Cybercity is a loved CD-i game by Fathom Pictures, who also created Palm Springs Open and Power Hitter on CD-i. Together with Toei Animation, they adapted the manga 'Galaxy Express 999'...
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The Japanese Manna Space CD-i 550 was a licensed version of the Magnavox CD-i...
Thanks to CD-i members 'Gluon Van' and 'Pepper Boy' we now have a close look at the Manna Space CD-i player. Manna Space was a Japanese company who licensed the Philips CD-i 450 model and released it...
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More unboxing CD-i stuff at the Home Computer Museum in Helmond
The growing CD-i archive at the Home Computer Museum in Helmond, The Netherlands is already bigger than is was earlier this year: If you plan a visit to the region of Eindhoven, be sure to plan a stop...
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If you bought a Philips CD-i 450 player, you received a 22ER9019 CD-i Wired...
When you bought a CD-i 450 player by Philips in the Ninetees, you would generally get a 22ER9019 wired controller with it. It was a cheap version of the wireless thumbstick that you would get with a...
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Panasonic presented the PCMCIA CD-player including CD-i and Video-CD support...
So many companies had plans in the early ninetees to release CD-i players: It's hard to believe how it came to be that only Philips was the main player that still supported CD-i until the end! Yamaha,...
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ISG Productions was inspired by the F1 Marlboro team and specifically Ayrton...
At least it looks a lot like the same! Unfortunately, CD-i developer ISG Productions did not get any official license to use the real teams of the F1 teams on the cover, and it was not possible to use...
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When you're CD-i player sais "Your disc may be dirty" it doesn't mean this is...
Paul Clarke made an interesting remark about the general "your disc is dirty" message your CD-i player might give when actually the timekeeper is dead or the disc has stopped spinning: "Could be...
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The full CD-i collection of 'The New International CD-i Association'...
We are proud to announce that our CD-i Group, including Interactive Dreams, The Black Moon Project and The New International CD-i Association (ICDIA), now has a physical place to experience our CD-i...
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The publisher of CD-i Magazine in The Netherlands was 'HUB' and they also...
CD-i member Jaco van Schie shared scans of two HUB exclusive releases. HUB stands for 'Haarlems Uitgeef Bedrijf' and it was a Dutch publisher responsible for the Dutch CD-i Magazine. Their growing...
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We're getting closer to a fully working generic power supply adapter for the...
More CD-i homebrew on Interactive Dreams! It's time for more updates about the alternative power source (including USB) for your CD-i 450 (when the original power brick starts to fail). It is, whether...
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