After some discussion and a little bartering with the seller I finally ordered the set about 10 days ago. So when I saw a basic set for sale on the CD-Interactive forum I couldn’t resist the temptation. As such, it contains the “original” hardware of the CD-i platform, which is interesting from both a historical and an emulation point of view.įor emulation purposes I have been trying to get hold of CD-i 180 ROMs for some years, there are several people that still have fully operational sets, but it hasn’t panned out yet.
Why am I interested in this dinosaur? It’s the first mass-produced CD-i player (granted, for relatively small masses), although there were presumably some earlier prototype players.
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Unfortunately, I do not have the CDI 182 Expansion module nor any user manuals Philips brochures for the set can be found here on the ICDIA website. The modules are normally stacked on top of each other and have mechanical interlocks so they can be moved as a unit. The full set consists of the CDI 180 CD-i Player module, the CDI 181 Multimedia Controller or MMC module and the CDI 182 Expansion module. I have added a picture of my set to the Hardware section of the CD-i Emulator website more fotos can be found here on the website (it’s the same player, as evidenced by the serial numbers). The CD-i 180 set is quite bulky, as could be expected for first-generation hardware. The newer CD-i 605 player provided a more modern development option but it did not become the “reference” player for quite some years after its introduction. The CD-i 180 is the original CD-i player, manufactured jointly by Philips and Sony/Matsushita, and for a score of years it was the development and “reference” player. There’s lots to tell about, so this will be a series of blog posts, this being the first installment. Over the last week I have been playing with the CD-i 180 player set.
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