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PHILIPS  CD-I  VIDEO  SYSTEMS

 
CD-I CONSUMER AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYERS 

 
ACCESSORIES
POINTING DEVICES
 
LIST OF ALL CDI MODELS

 
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CD-I 205


CD-I 210


CD-I 220

 
CD-i was jointly developed by Philips Electronics NV and Sony Corporation in the  mid  80s.
Together, both companies defined CD-i's  basic  specifications  in  what  is  know  as  the
Green Book. They decided to  use  the  well-tested OS-9  operating  system  from  Microware
Systems Corporation, which was designed for  embedded,  real-time  applications. 
Microware was also heavily involved in the CD-i design process.  Eventually,  Philips  took
the biggest part in the development process, being responsible for at least 90%  of  CD-i's
development. 

CD-I 350

CD-I 370

 
The basic CD-i specification allows a CD-i player to display full screen animations in  128
colors over a 16.7 million color background, or play partial screen moving video in a lower
framerate in 16.7 million colors, both with accompanying sound. However, these capabilities
are extended when a Digital Video cartridge is placed in the  player.  In  this  case,  the
player is able to display full-screen, full moving 30 fps video in 16.7 million colors  ac-
cording to the MPEG-1 standard. Although Digital Video is not a part of CD-i's basic speci-
fication, it is generally considered to be a "must-have" extension to a CD-i  player  since
it adds an enormous audiovisual performance boost to the system. 

 


CD-I 450


CD-I 470


    CD-I 490

 
A Base Case CD-i player should be able to  decode  standard  PCM  audio  as  specified  for
CD-Audio, as well as a dedicated audio coding scheme called ADPCM, or Adaptive Delta  Pulse
Code Modulation. A CD-i player equiped with a Digital  Video  cartridge  is  also  able  to
decode MPEG-1 layer I and II audio. 

CD-i can display both main planes in either normal, double or high  resolution,  which  are
384x280, 768x280 and 768x560 respectively. CD-i highest resolution (768x560), used for  QHY
images, is the highest resolution that can be made visible on a  normal  TV  set,  so  CD-i
takes TV-technology to its edges.


 


CD-I 740

 
Note that there are no system performance differences between the various players. Although
there are various models of CD-i players, every CD-i disc will perform exactly the same  in
terms of system speed or audio and video quality on every CD-i system. 

 
PROFESSIONAL CD-I PLAYERS FOR AUTHORING & DEVELOPMENT

 


CD-I 180/181

CD-I 615

CD-I 660

 
SOME CD-I INFO ON THIS SITE WAS TAKEN FROM THE NEW INTERNATIONAL CD-I ASSOCIATION


 
L I N K S

Console Passion
Le Monde du CD-I
Philipscdi
PMPRO CD-i Techical Support
The Black Moon Project (Games)
The New International CD-i Associaton
The Video Game Critics
The World of OS-9 Tools (CDI Format)

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