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"Compact Disc Interactive: A Designer's Overview" was first printed in 1987...
CD-i member Retrostuff shared an interesting book last driday on #cdifriday - "Introducing CD-i" by Addison Wesley, a book that was printed in 1992 and gives an introduction of the CD-i standard. This...
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Even without a built-in HDMI mod your CD-i player can output a clean HDMI...
Thanks to this Retrotink box you can easily upgrade the video output signal of your CD-i player to a clean HDMI signal and with that connect it without trouble to your modern LCD TV. CD-i member Jeroen...
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Philips Media also had the "UEFA Champions League" license to publish...
With the UEFA Champions League 2020 final tonight in Portugal, it's nice to look back at some early UEFA Champions League titles that were published by Philips Media. Philips Media was one of the...
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The CD-i Preservation Project at Redump.org is building up the ultimate CD-i...
The website Redump.org has a CD-i preservation project active and they are looking for more contributions. CD-i member Dizzzy Dubs asks us: "Hey, figured I'd send out a flare in case anyone with a big...
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The highest resolution of the Philips CD-i video output is 768x560 pixels,...
In the CD-i FAQ, we can read the following about the resolution of CD-i: "What is the screen resolution of a CD-i player?CD-i can display both main planes in either normal, double or high resolution,...
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Reader Question: "What’s (in your opinion) the best customer version when it...
If you want to buy a CD-i player you are obviously wondering which one is the way to go. There are many types of CD-i players. As we wrote earlier about it, we would Which one would you buy? Adrian...
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Here is a prototype CD-i disc of "Si Balla", an Italian CD-i title that does...
Here is another rare unreleased CD-i prototype: "Si Balla" was a 'Let's Dance' title on CD-i, As the catalogue number starts with '815', we know this was an Italian CD-i title. CD-i member Crash...
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Our CD-i exhibition in the Home Computer Museum even reached the local newspaper
Thanks to the HomeComputerMuseu, Jorg Kennis' his CD-i collection even reached the local newspaper! We have the biggest CD-i collection here that you can experience and enjoy, many thanks to Bart van...
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Big Hand Productions was planning a detective Digital Video CD-i game called...
Here is another exclusive find on CD-i, while it was presented on a CD-i demo disc in 1994, it was lost in eternity until the disc popped up in the collection of CD-i member Steep Haywire. This disc...
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A secret CD-i package that has not been opened for 25 years, sent by the...
That might be interesting for us in the CD-i Community. Today an unopened parcel popped up thanks to CD-i member Jacob Davis. This package was sent by Frank Muniz, who was the Senior Director of...
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Dutch CD-i account managers actually had Discworld CD-i in their presentation...
Here's a remarkable piece of information. You know we at Interactive Dreams are hunting down Discworld on CD-i for many years and we are still confident a lost CD-i protodisc exists somewhere. I...
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Rare CD-i Records #21: Electronic Sound & Pictures 1992 ShowReel CD-i
Rare CD-i Records #21: Electronic Sound & Pictures 1992 ShowReel CD-iWhen you count all compatible CD-i discs, including all video-cd's, CD-i bridge titles and CD-i Rainbow formats, there are...
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Philips prototyped a fully functioning CD-i remote specifically to control...
Earlier this year we showed you the CD-i remote of the Bang & Olufsen BeoVision AV5 TV/CD-i combination. We were surprised to find out that this remote was actually a fully functioning CD-i...
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Here's another 24 page original 1993-94 Philips Media CD-Interactive titles...
In this article you'll find another rare and original CD-i catalogue. It seems like every local department of Philips Media designed and released its own catalogue, as we find so many different ones of...
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Randy Polk was 'Dr. Death' in the Mystic Midway CD-i games and he shares some...
The classic shooter 'Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces' was developed in 1991/1992 by Philips POV in USA. The host in the game was Dr Death, played by Randy Polk. Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces was...
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You can buy a new Sega Mega Drive to Philips CD-i adapter (Sega2CDi) right...
CD-i member Lauraiss has just started to sell the final batch of Sega2CDi (Sega mega Drive to Philips CD-i) adapter which allows you to connect a Sega Mega Drive gamepad (including wireless versions...
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Philips advertised with true 'Philips CD-i' banners in the Champions League...
It's #cdiday so let's check what CD-i member Omegalfa hinted to us: there's a Philips CD-i banner in the Champions League final matches in 1995-1996 - we took a few pictures from the archives! Who...
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What did it take to become an 'Official CD-i Partner' - and did Philips only...
Philips did not promote CD-i alone, it had several partners and retailers helping to market the CD-i brand. Salesmen travelling around showcasing the possibilities of CD-i were official CD-i partners,...
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Philips CD-i: There probably never was a platform with this many title...
Recently another demo CD-i disc surfaced thanks to our CD-i community. It was a copy of the Fun Tower disc, as you can back in the reference list here. The Fun Tower CD-i disc was made for use in the...
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The basic specifications of a CD-i Player: What was the speed, the memory...
Let's review back some basic specifications of the CD-i platform. The CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive, created by Philips, Sony and Matsushita, was the first multimedia CD player in the world. It was...
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