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===Hardware specifications=== [[File:Philips-CDi-220-Motherboard-1.jpg|thumb|The motherboard of a CD-i 220]] [[File:CDi Mouse Picture 2.jpg|thumb|The CD-i Mouse, most commonly used for professional software]] [[File:CD-i Remote 3 Philips.jpg|thumb|CD-i "Commander" remote control, with an opened sliding cover that reveals buttons for playing audio CDs]] [[File:Philips-CDi-Roller-Controller.jpg|thumb|The CD-i "Roller" controller, specially designed for kids]] {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} {| |'''CPU''' *16/32-bit [[Philips 68070|68070]] [[Complex instruction set computer|CISC]] Chip<ref name="GAMEPLAN">{{cite book |last=Forster |first=Winnie |title=The Encyclopedia of Game Machines: Consoles, Handhelds and Home Computers 1972-2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-TROAAACAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=Gameplan |isbn=978-3-00-015359-4 |page=208 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502201733/https://books.google.com/books?id=j-TROAAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> *Clock Speed of 15.5 MHz<ref name="gamepro"/><ref name="NGen12"/> |} {| |'''Display and video''' *Graphics Chip: [[NXP Semiconductors|Philips semiconductors]] SCC66470 VSC (Video- and Systems Controller), later MCD 212<ref name="GAMEPLAN"/> *Resolution: 256x224p to 512x480<ref name="NGen12"/> *Colors: [[Color depth#True color (16-bit)|16.7 million (24-bit true color)]] with 32,768 (16-bit [[High color]]) simultaneous on screen *[[MPEG-1]] Cartridge Plug-In for [[VideoCD]] and Digital Video<ref name="NGen12"/> *Output encoding in [[NTSC]] or [[PAL]] *[[SCART]], [[RCA connector]] (Cinch-AV) and/or [[S-Video]] output (certain models) |} {| |'''Audio''' *Sound Chip: MCD 221<ref name="GAMEPLAN"/> *[[ADPCM]] 8-bit sound<ref name="NGen12"/><ref>{{cite web |title=10. Optical Storage Media |url=http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/content/teaching/lectures/sub/mms/mmsSS05/10_CD-DVD.pdf |website=www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de |publisher=Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen –Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4 Kommunikation und verteilte Systeme |page=24 |language=en |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170300/http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/content/teaching/lectures/sub/mms/mmsSS05/10_CD-DVD.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *16-bit [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] sound (up to 44.1 kHz sampling rate) *[[RCA connector]]s (Cinch-AV) and electrical digital output ([[S/PDIF]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://i.imgur.com/Xnq3rje.png |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050040/http://i.imgur.com/Xnq3rje.png |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=January 2021}} (certain models) |} {| |'''Operating System''' *CD-RTOS (based on [[Microware]]'s [[OS-9]]) |} {| |'''Other''' * 128 KB of main RAM<ref name="GAMEPLAN"/> *Single speed CD-ROM drive<ref name="NGen12"/> *[[RF modulator]] (certain models) |} {| |'''CD-i accessories''' *CD-i mouse *CD-I KeyControl (keyboard) *Roller controller *CD-i trackball *I/O port splitter *Touchpad controller ([[Gravis PC GamePad]]) *Gamepad controller *IR wireless controller *RAM expansion and Video-CD ([[MPEG-1]]) support with DV Cart * [[Peacekeeper Revolver]] |} {{colend}}
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