2024: Sid (With a house full of dead CDis and Worthless CDi software: Do you want to buy a CDi, we have Sticky Bear Reading...how about the hit movie, Four Weddings and a Funeral, the animated adventure Space Ace. I'll even change the timekeeper battery for free. PLEASE SOMEONE BUY THEM!!! Ed: Serves you right bro.
Imagine if we still had to use those erasable computer things today. I'm so glad to be watching this UA-cam video on my CD-I, feeling safe in the knowledge that I have no write access.
Cdi was basically doing what the xbox and Playstation are doing today i.e. a console that did everything problem was the technology wasn't there and it was never intended to be a game system at all
I remember seeing these infomercials, and had to have one ASAP. Same with the Panasonic 3DO...I thought I was getting the 'generation' in gaming. Thankfully, my decision making has gotten better over the years. This does bring back memories though.
@@NintendoDude888 CD-I was ahead of it's time, even though the games for it weren't great. The PS4 and Xbox One does a lot of the things the CD-I claimed it could do, so I guess you could say the CD-I was the precursor to the game consoles of today.
Let’s evaluate the scene where Timmy formats the computer’s hard drive. First of all, he uses the command run d:/game to get to the formatting disk GUI. A, that’s not a dos command, you CD into a directory and just type the executable’s name, and B, you can’t format a disk that easily. Usually you’d use the format command or FDISK, which can’t be accessed unless you use special commands. Second, it goes from a DOS prompt to a windows 3.1 style popup, which doesn’t happen. Third, it’s just really unrealistic and made me cringe knowing tons about DOS. It should be a meme.
If my Dad found out I erased his disk using a Windows 3.11 dialog box that somehow appeared in DOS he would have beat my a55 so hard there’d have been bone in my stools.
I think the blank expressions on the faces of the actors in this infomercial (one of which is Barry Watson: Matt Camden on 7th Heaven) kinda tells me that even they knew this machine was garbage.
They were lost marketing this thing. Philips used to be a pretty revolutionary company, but ugh this horrendous marketing. It's funny that they're still marketing the first titles that were released on the CD-I from 1991, four years later in 1995. They were terribly dated by then.
I just have to know how that kid could have accidentally typed format C:, or how that mom could not have known to check the game's manual at least to see what to type. Every DOS game I owned said what command you needed to type at the prompt from a fresh boot in there. And on another note, what hard disk makes floppy drive noises while being accessed?
@@Wflash00 a GUI software to format disks. That’s a thing. It’s called DBAN. But you have to boot into it and I don’t think it existed in the 90s. Oh, there’s one built into DOS. It’s called FDISK. But I think fdisk has a special command to work, so it really doesn’t make sense.
Did anyone else notice that the randomly compiled URL for this CD-i infomercial just happens to end in 3DO !?! The 3DO was the only console which the CD-i directly competed against! That's just karma for it to still be in the 3DO's shadows!
Earl: Problem at 211 Pine Street...seems the kid took out the family computer Sid: Wait 211 Pine Street....THAT'S MY HOUSE!!!! (after showing off CDi) Sid: As for breaking the computer, I've got a special punishment in mind for you Timmy (pulls out Hotel Mario and the Zelda CDi Trilogy) START PLAYING
Sid: No no no no no, Timmy. (takes away the three-button controller) You gotta play those games using THIS (hands Timmy the awkward paddle controller). Remember, Timmy: BAD BOYS GET THE PADDLE!
Dad: Hey what happened to my Sega Genesis? Kid: Uh Dwayne broke it and the repair guy said CDi was better? Dad: you know I would probably go easier on you if you told me it was already broken when you guys got home, or that the house is haunted by a poltergeist and this was just a warning. But for buying a CDi....yeah you're grounded until you turn 90
+snakes3425 That dad has gone to the GoAnimate school of discipline. To be fair, I love the Sega Genesis so much, so if I ever had kids, I'd probably do the same if they did that to my Sega.
At 9:10 Chaos Controls footage of the twin towers is bad enough and don't hold up well but with that rating at the bottom it really doesn't hold up today, watching July 4th 2020...
Sid (seeing my home theater set up): Oh my god it looks like I just arrived in time. You definitely need CDi Me: Uh I'm not interested in CDi. Sid: Not interested buddy look at that set up. 13 Video Game Consoles, a Computer, and wow two VCRs Me: Uh yeah and fyi I don't have two VCRs I have a DVD/VCR combo and a blu-ray player, and look I didn't call you to buy that piece of crap you call CDi Sid: Oh come on CDi is not crap. I mean with CDi you could replace all of this with just one unit. CDi plays music, interactive media, games, and movies. Me: Yeah so do my computer, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, DS and Smart Phone. Hell even my TV does that Sid: Oh but can any of those play the great titles found on CDi like Bearnstein Bears On their own and the Crayon Factory Me: Uh you do know I'm 32 right? Sid: Oh uh how about Palm Springs Golf Me: I hate golf Sid: Tough crowd well I see you're a huge video game fan how about Space Ace Me: Excuse me I wasn't even alive when that came out? Sid: Oh well did you know Nintendo gave CDi exclusive rights to put out Nintendo Games on CDi Me: Yeah and I would rather slit my wrists before playing them. Look are you going to fix my internet or not?
That's probably because the writer of Burn Cycle and the writer of the role playing game that Cyberpunk 2077 is based off of were both inspired by the same 1980's Cyberpunk fiction like Hardwired and Neuromancer.
lol Thanks for uploading this. I saw a clip of this on another video and went "wait, isnt that the guy who was on 7th heaven?" xD So I searched for this video. Didn't know they made a full infomercial for the thing. =)
At least ed replaced the fucking system. Like Sid gave them a cdi which straight up didn’t fix the teenagers problem. They wanted there hardware replaced not given a item that can do some of the things there hardware can do.
Those actors are going to have to stand before Jesus one day and explain their participation in this video and I don't think anything they say is going to keep them from being sent to burn in the fiery pits of Hell and Eternal Damnation for ever and ever.
1:50 "So, you hit a pothole on the information superhighway, huh? Well allow me to replace your machine with one that has zero ability to connect to the internet"
I may have been 1 in 1995 (born in 1994), but even I know--there's no way that'd be like, how to solve those problems. Those parents would have been pissed the f _ _ _ off, and I mean f _ _ _ ing pissed! Ahhh being a 90's kid is just as blessing being artistic and autistic! ^_^ It'd be like smashing a 4k camcorder accidentally or encrypting a MacBook. That CD-i dude musta' been like, "Hey! I just welcomed myself in your house, like I'm home and now I fixed your electronic problems with this CD-i!"
That CDI guy is getting awfully comfortable. Looks like Timmy might be getting a new daddy
They're really freakin proud of "4 weddings and a funeral"
... 3 men and a baby 😝😆 ... that's where that got that from ...
Now introducing a home console that ONLY plays the movie 4 weddings and a funeral.
I wonder if they had any other movies at the time.
"When are you gonna grow up and sell something people will use?"
Poor choices of words for a CDi salesman.
2024: Sid (With a house full of dead CDis and Worthless CDi software: Do you want to buy a CDi, we have Sticky Bear Reading...how about the hit movie, Four Weddings and a Funeral, the animated adventure Space Ace. I'll even change the timekeeper battery for free. PLEASE SOMEONE BUY THEM!!!
Ed: Serves you right bro.
anyone else casually watching the whole video?
"And when you gonna grow up and sell somethin' people use?" is the most ironic line in the CD-i's life.
He just leaves the cdi and all those games. Like "you'll get a bill for $3,000 in a week."
My guess is he gave it to them for free. You know, so they can show their friends and spread the word.
@@jeremyriley1238 Nah, dude, he got paid... If you know what I mean. That's a nice MILF there.
ya know what. even cd-i was a failure, but the cd-i repair man is a cool guy.
Imagine if we still had to use those erasable computer things today. I'm so glad to be watching this UA-cam video on my CD-I, feeling safe in the knowledge that I have no write access.
At least you can watch 3 weddings and a funeral. You know, that timeless classic.
I don't wanna be in this AU
I spat out my coffee reading this comment. That's hilarious :D
These actors really thought this was gonna be the ticket.
"After the CDI failed, Sid went on to sell the Virtual Boy, the N-Gage and the Ouya."
@Th3Gam3925 and the Tiger Gamecom.
Don’t forget the HyperScan.
And Stadia.
I’d leap for the N-Gage.
imagine if cd-i was the predominant console in our reality, and sony and nintendo never happened.
what a scary thought.
Johnny Mnemonic would be our future, and it would be GREAT!
But we would never have had Hotel Mario if Nintendo hadn't fallen out with Sony
Cdi was basically doing what the xbox and Playstation are doing today i.e. a console that did everything problem was the technology wasn't there and it was never intended to be a game system at all
It wasn't a gaming console though. It was a pre-internet media center.
Its interesting that the mum calls the computer "dads cd-rom". Her girl brain just gets so confused!
I remember seeing these infomercials, and had to have one ASAP. Same with the Panasonic 3DO...I thought I was getting the 'generation' in gaming. Thankfully, my decision making has gotten better over the years. This does bring back memories though.
As someone who begged ny parents for a Wii U, I feel this.
Or maybe you stumbled across AVGN's video and your illusion got anihilated.
I remember watching this late at night on tv use to drool over it. It looked awesome for its time
@@NintendoDude888 CD-I was ahead of it's time, even though the games for it weren't great. The PS4 and Xbox One does a lot of the things the CD-I claimed it could do, so I guess you could say the CD-I was the precursor to the game consoles of today.
Apparently 4 weddings and a funeral was the only movie available
I have Top Gun and White Christmas for my CD-I
How in god's name did they expect this thing to sell at $500? Even the rich kid in our neighborhood didn't get one of these.
This is the superior infomercial to the meaning of life one.
Let’s evaluate the scene where Timmy formats the computer’s hard drive. First of all, he uses the command run d:/game to get to the formatting disk GUI. A, that’s not a dos command, you CD into a directory and just type the executable’s name, and B, you can’t format a disk that easily. Usually you’d use the format command or FDISK, which can’t be accessed unless you use special commands. Second, it goes from a DOS prompt to a windows 3.1 style popup, which doesn’t happen. Third, it’s just really unrealistic and made me cringe knowing tons about DOS. It should be a meme.
I don't appreciate your lack of respect for TImmy's mad PC skills
@@EpiCamacho An I don't appreciate you absolute disregard over this Fridge Logic moment.
He used deltree lol
If my Dad found out I erased his disk using a Windows 3.11 dialog box that somehow appeared in DOS he would have beat my a55 so hard there’d have been bone in my stools.
Sounds like a laugh.
Typical boomer behavior.
You can tell from the artifact that appears soon after 13:14 that this was actually shot on film. Someone's gotta do a 4K restoration.
It's the Instinct!
I think the blank expressions on the faces of the actors in this infomercial (one of which is Barry Watson: Matt Camden on 7th Heaven) kinda tells me that even they knew this machine was garbage.
Thankyou so much I was about to embarrass myself by posting this on Timothy Olyphants social media
@@bencheshire He does kinda look like him here.😁
A blockbuster movie and 90s singers covering The Beatles. Sign me up!
If only infomercials nowadays were as good and entertainment as this one. Probably woulda sold me on a CDI back in the day.
I just realized they used the Super Metroid escape music during burn cycle.
They were lost marketing this thing. Philips used to be a pretty revolutionary company, but ugh this horrendous marketing. It's funny that they're still marketing the first titles that were released on the CD-I from 1991, four years later in 1995. They were terribly dated by then.
"YOU LIKE BEARS TIMMY?"
He likes bears because they destroy, just like how he likes formatting computers because it destroys.
Too bad this system didn’t make it. I’d really like to watch 4 weddings and a funeral.
A GUI made especially for DOS, to erase the C drive lol!!!!!!!!
I just have to know how that kid could have accidentally typed format C:, or how that mom could not have known to check the game's manual at least to see what to type. Every DOS game I owned said what command you needed to type at the prompt from a fresh boot in there. And on another note, what hard disk makes floppy drive noises while being accessed?
@@Wflash00 a GUI software to format disks. That’s a thing. It’s called DBAN. But you have to boot into it and I don’t think it existed in the 90s. Oh, there’s one built into DOS. It’s called FDISK. But I think fdisk has a special command to work, so it really doesn’t make sense.
I remember this CD-i infomercial from 1995. It gives me great memories. 👍
14:06 Self-Destruct alarm from Super Metroid...
23:39 there it is again!
11:50 pretty sure that "game machine" is a telephone answering machine. You can even see the tape on the floor.
LOL You're right. They just stuck the word "GAME MACHINE" on it but left the tape on the floor... bizarre
I've been looking for this online for over a decade. I haven't seen this since 4th grade.
Were you impressed back then? Did you desperately want a CDi?
I definitely did when I saw this on TV. I think it was 1am or something and I remember thinking Burn Cycle was going to be amazing, lol
I remember the Voyeur ad caught my attention. Lol
Did anyone else notice that the randomly compiled URL for this CD-i infomercial just happens to end in 3DO !?! The 3DO was the only console which the CD-i directly competed against! That's just karma for it to still be in the 3DO's shadows!
Lol
Oh, thank you for uploading this. I've been looking for this infomercial for so long.
Thank you! I have been searching for this since 2005. Well done good sir!
Compton's interactive encyclopedia LMAO
Earl: Problem at 211 Pine Street...seems the kid took out the family computer
Sid: Wait 211 Pine Street....THAT'S MY HOUSE!!!!
(after showing off CDi)
Sid: As for breaking the computer, I've got a special punishment in mind for you Timmy (pulls out Hotel Mario and the Zelda CDi Trilogy) START PLAYING
Sid: No no no no no, Timmy. (takes away the three-button controller) You gotta play those games using THIS (hands Timmy the awkward paddle controller). Remember, Timmy: BAD BOYS GET THE PADDLE!
Ok all that sounds great. But can I watch 4 Weddings and a Funeral on it?
Wowza! A Berenstain bears game that teaches table manners on the cd-i...
I missed out.
(3:59)
Shadow: Chaos... C...Control...?
Sonic: Looks like some company stole your power catchphrase.
Shadow: Hmph. That's none of your concern.
Thumbs up for the Packard Bell Multimedia PC guest appearance.
I can almost hear Crow and Tom Servo's comments
Might buy one of these I just need to know it definitely has 4 Weddings and a Funeral on it?
Timmy is in his 30s now
And a recovering meth addict. Sid running off with his mum really got to him.
Austin J oh shit! your profile picture caught me off guard for a second there. Is that Fred Herbert?
Timmy never made it past 11. He “accidentally” erased his dad’s computer again and dad buried the body under the house.
CD-i a game platform you can throw on the floor and it won't break like those other consoles.
Dad: Hey what happened to my Sega Genesis?
Kid: Uh Dwayne broke it and the repair guy said CDi was better?
Dad: you know I would probably go easier on you if you told me it was already broken when you guys got home, or that the house is haunted by a poltergeist and this was just a warning. But for buying a CDi....yeah you're grounded until you turn 90
I looked closely and it just a thing that says “game machine”
+snakes3425 That dad has gone to the GoAnimate school of discipline. To be fair, I love the Sega Genesis so much, so if I ever had kids, I'd probably do the same if they did that to my Sega.
I love the cd-I and sega channel informational
Ahhh, back in the day when you could illegally enter a random house and play the CD-i.
Isn't he the Sony guy from the Star Fox 64 promo video?
Holy Crap it was Berenstain Bears in this commercial. I guess this was shot in a different Earth.
Mandela Effect theory confirmed.
No way it’s Barry haha. Awesome dude. I used to be good friends with him. One of the nicest guys around
OMG YES. I've been searching for this forever!
04:04 lmao the kid knew it was a shitty console
At 9:10 Chaos Controls footage of the twin towers is bad enough and don't hold up well but with that rating at the bottom it really doesn't hold up today, watching July 4th 2020...
RIP, Alex Trebek🙏
This is brilliant. Thanks for the video
Snatching the controller from the kid WOULD NOT HAPPEN in a commercial today.
True that, especially with the topic of bullying being as hot as it is nowadays.
Sid (seeing my home theater set up): Oh my god it looks like I just arrived in time. You definitely need CDi
Me: Uh I'm not interested in CDi.
Sid: Not interested buddy look at that set up. 13 Video Game Consoles, a Computer, and wow two VCRs
Me: Uh yeah and fyi I don't have two VCRs I have a DVD/VCR combo and a blu-ray player, and look I didn't call you to buy that piece of crap you call CDi
Sid: Oh come on CDi is not crap. I mean with CDi you could replace all of this with just one unit. CDi plays music, interactive media, games, and movies.
Me: Yeah so do my computer, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, DS and Smart Phone. Hell even my TV does that
Sid: Oh but can any of those play the great titles found on CDi like Bearnstein Bears On their own and the Crayon Factory
Me: Uh you do know I'm 32 right?
Sid: Oh uh how about Palm Springs Golf
Me: I hate golf
Sid: Tough crowd well I see you're a huge video game fan how about Space Ace
Me: Excuse me I wasn't even alive when that came out?
Sid: Oh well did you know Nintendo gave CDi exclusive rights to put out Nintendo Games on CDi
Me: Yeah and I would rather slit my wrists before playing them. Look are you going to fix my internet or not?
true... and whats funny is at the time i got a 3DO instead of a PS1. oops
The irony is that the PS4 and Xbox One are essentially offering what the CDi was...only with better game libraries
@@snakes3425 Price tag was what killed it. Guarantee 99.999999% parents thought this was a toy.
And the award goes to...
Looks like that AVGN video really, *really* , influenced your opinions.
Awesome van at the end of the video!
22:27
Will forever be one of the best out of context lines of ever.
who else has been looking for this since seeing it as a kid cus of the "bomb in your head" game?
Bill Barzini
That'll be no one. Lol
Burn Cycle's plot sounds like Cyberpunk 2077
That's probably because the writer of Burn Cycle and the writer of the role playing game that Cyberpunk 2077 is based off of were both inspired by the same 1980's Cyberpunk fiction like Hardwired and Neuromancer.
about time we see this!! Thank you!!
lol Thanks for uploading this. I saw a clip of this on another video and went "wait, isnt that the guy who was on 7th heaven?" xD So I searched for this video. Didn't know they made a full infomercial for the thing. =)
They just never address the elephant in the room... "How exactly did StickyBear get so sticky?"
A LOT of playtime during his privacy. 😜
This is so great. Thanks for this!
Didn't know they could go from a DOS prompt to a Windows pop up. At least they told you of a "Total Data Loss"
It’s cringe
True, but what does erase disk mean, Mom?
Looks like the same guys who produced the Starfox 64 promo VHS. :)
At least ed replaced the fucking system. Like Sid gave them a cdi which straight up didn’t fix the teenagers problem. They wanted there hardware replaced not given a item that can do some of the things there hardware can do.
These repair guys are faster than Geek Squad. You barely hang up the phone and the dude shows up at the door.
9:05 why tf did the monk explode? Lmao
Those actors are going to have to stand before Jesus one day and explain their participation in this video and I don't think anything they say is going to keep them from being sent to burn in the fiery pits of Hell and Eternal Damnation for ever and ever.
Calm down. It's just an advert. That haven't murdered anyone.
I just wonder what I would still be doing today if I had a cdi
Lol that dude barges into the house like he’s gonna attack that woman.
I have a part of the commercial/promo with the guy Phil who talks to "The Wall" about the CD-I ( on the comp )
Do you have the very beginning of it? The one on youtube has a few minutes cut out of the beginning, just like this one.
@@MrDemonsushii The one with the wall is essentially posted in full here at ua-cam.com/video/qR2fmw4k6_g/v-deo.html
1:50 "So, you hit a pothole on the information superhighway, huh? Well allow me to replace your machine with one that has zero ability to connect to the internet"
Berenstain, shit is still fucking me up
I may have been 1 in 1995 (born in 1994), but even I know--there's no way that'd be like, how to solve those problems. Those parents would have been pissed the f _ _ _ off, and I mean f _ _ _ ing pissed! Ahhh being a 90's kid is just as blessing being artistic and autistic! ^_^
It'd be like smashing a 4k camcorder accidentally or encrypting a MacBook.
That CD-i dude musta' been like, "Hey! I just welcomed myself in your house, like I'm home and now I fixed your electronic problems with this CD-i!"
22:27 Whenever I come back to my family house...
yes thats how pcs work
08:34 First president of the United States?!?!? Is this Jeopardy game the SNL Celebrity Edition?
My dad’s first and only console
Dad's probably gonna be more pissed that they replaced his Sega Genesis with a VHS tape rewinder with a label on it that says "Game Machine".
“What does erase disk mean” honey, you deleted the computer
“It means when Dad gets home you’re gonna get beat.”
@@bunkyd lol
guys my 'cd-rom computer' broke, what should i do?
Timmy can play Crayons, while mommy plays Voyeur. Hehe
Don’t let AVGN get his hands on it
Or him.
How am I supposed to pay any attention to their product they're selling when I'm distracted by the guy's haircut on the right?!
The girl in the last infomercial is cute, but now she's probably an old grandma.
I really want a CD-i game console with Girl's Club: The Fantasy Dating Game (which is also included)
4:03 It's supposed to be the Zelda CDi because i watched it from Vinesauce
"murder and betrayal"
for kids!
That's definitely p orn during the repetitive part
Now I gotta watch 4 weddings and funeral
is like the cd-i version of the cable guy
Crazy how he's in law and order and then Man of steel. This guy always had a receiding hairline. Lol
16:55 i'm sorry but did that monk just shatter and explode?
The Burn Cycle Buddha... "It's a bitch..."
Never had a VcR eat a tape like that. Not saying they couldnt, but it wasnt a common issue.
It's really creepy with the sound off.