(Fwd) Webtv

[Deanna P. Denk]

I am wondering (and not just to Andrew) . . .

Have you *seen* WebTV? Have you tried to navigate the Web using the
WebTV remote? Have you tried getting to a specific URL even when a
keyboard is supplied (it is not standard)? Have you looked at any Web
pages you've created to see how WebTV interprets them?

If so, then I'd like to know what you think of it.

As WebTV is now, you couldn't give me one. 

Perhaps with improvements I'll change my mind. And who knows how the
nonPC-using public will respond to WebTV? They would not have the same
expectations for WebTV that I do or the same reasons for using WebTV.
(What do I know -- I don't even have cable!)

-- 
Deanna P. Denk
Internet Trainer/Consultant
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Andrew Wohrley, Science & Technology Referen wrote:
> 
> I think WebTV is a great idea.  What has happened is that the entry
> fee to the Internet has been reduced to a level of 1/4 the cost of a
> bare bones new computer, or to put it differently it costs as much as
> a high-end VCR.  I have not looked at the specs for these machines,
> but I was told that email is included along with a 33k modem at $400.
> It sounds like a winner to me.  I just hope that the competitive
> pressure drops the cost of PCs and accelerates the introduction of
> NetPCs.
> 
> All of this is MHO, of course.
> 
> I have now checked out the website for Webtv at:
> http://www.webtv.net/
> 
> The only problem that I can see with Webtv is what happens when it
> becomes wildly popular and people are dialing in and the lines are
> busy?  I haven't seen an answer to how much bandwidth capacity Webtv
> has.
> 
> I apologize for not having a lot of details about WebTV, but I do
> like the concept.
> 
> Andrew Wohrley
> Science & Technology Department
> Auburn University Libraries
> http://www.auburn.edu/~wohrlaj
> wohrlaj at lib.auburn.edu