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===Other manufacturers=== [[File:Sony IVO.png|thumb|upright|Sony CD-i Intelligent Discman IVO]] In addition to Philips, several manufacturers produced CD-i players some of which were still on sale years after Philips itself abandoned the format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icdia.co.uk/players/nonphilips.html|title=The New International CD-i Association|access-date=September 26, 2018|archive-date=August 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804191026/http://www.icdia.co.uk/players/nonphilips.html|url-status=live}}</ref> These included: * [[Bang & Olufsen]], which produced the BeoCenter AV5, a high-end television with a built-in CD-i player, available from 1997 to 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BeoCenter AV5 |url=https://beo.zone/en/beocenter-av5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211031/https://beo.zone/en/beocenter-av5/ |archive-date=2021-10-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *Digital Video Systems *[[Grundig]] *[[GoldStar]] (later [[LG Electronics]]), which released the GDI-700, a professional CD-i player featuring a Motorola 68341 processor, offering faster performance than Philips models.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The LG GDI-700 CD-i player was a little bit faster compared to Philips CD-i players |url=https://cdii.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-lg-gdi-700-cd-i-player-was-little.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211031/https://cdii.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-lg-gdi-700-cd-i-player-was-little.html |archive-date=2021-10-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref> GoldStar also produced portable units, including a compact version without an LCD screen. *International Interactive Media (I2m), which released a CD-i [[Conventional PCI|PCI]] expansion card in 1995 for use with [[IBM PC compatible|486 and Pentium PCs]] as well as [[68k]]- and [[PowerPC]]-based Macintosh computers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1995 |title=CD-i Magazine - Issue 12 (1995-06)(Haymarket Publishing)(GB) |url=https://archive.org/details/CD-i_Magazine_Issue_12_1995-06_Haymarket_Publishing_GB/page/n7}}</ref> *[[Kyocera]] which manufactured the portable Pro 1000S model. *Manna Space, a Japanese travel agency that released branded CD-i players based on the Magnavox or GoldStar versions of the Philips CDI 450, in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manna Space CD-i – the Video Game Kraken |url=http://videogamekraken.com/manna-space-cd-i |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211031/http://videogamekraken.com/manna-space-cd-i |archive-date=2021-10-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[Maspro Denkoh]], which released a GPS car navigation system with an integrated CD-i player in Japan in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=マスプロ電工の歩み|企業情報 |url=https://www.maspro.co.jp/corp_info/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129223708/http://www.maspro.co.jp/corp_info/history |archive-date=2016-01-29}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[Memorex]] *[[Nippon Broadcasting System]] (NBS) *Saab Electric *[[Sony]] which released two CD-i models under the "Intelligent Discman" brand. These were portable players intended for professional use, and were released between 1990 and 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sony Portable CD-i Player - the intelligent discman |url=https://smallmart.nl/artikelen/vintage-computers/68-sony-portable-cd-i-player-the-intelligent-discman |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211031/https://smallmart.nl/artikelen/vintage-computers/68-sony-portable-cd-i-player-the-intelligent-discman |archive-date=2021-10-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[Vobis|Vobis Highscreen]] Before the commercial debut of the CD-i format, several other companies expressed interest in producing players or developed prototypes that were never released. These included [[Panasonic]] (originally a major backer of the format), [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]], [[JVC]], [[Toshiba]], [[Epson]], [[Ricoh]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]], and [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]].<ref name="icdia.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=The New International CD-i Association |url=http://www.icdia.co.uk/faq/cdifaq4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211031/http://www.icdia.co.uk/faq/cdifaq4.html |archive-date=2021-10-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="New Computer Express 086" /> Additionally, [[Sanyo]] displayed a prototype portable CD-i player in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cdii.blogspot.com/2019/10/more-cd-i-player-prototypes-by-sony-and.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211031/https://cdii.blogspot.com/2019/10/more-cd-i-player-prototypes-by-sony-and.html |url-status=live |archive-date=2021-10-31 |title=More CD-i player prototypes by Sony and Sanyo posted in classic science & photography magazines between 1990–1992}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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