The Commodore CDTV (from "Commodore Dynamic Total Vision") was a multimedia platform made by Commodore International that was launched in March 1991. On a technological level it was essentially a Commodore Amiga home computer in a smaller case, with a single-speed CD-ROM drive as standard, although Commodore marketed the machine as an all-in-one home multimedia appliance rather than a computer. As such, it targeted the same market as the Philips CD-i. Unfortunately for both Commodore and Philips, the expected market for multimedia appliances did not materialise, and neither machine met with any real commercial success. Though the CDTV was based