"Steve B" wrote:
webtv? I strive to grasp the concept, but am missing something. I
know
that we all have limited ISP's, bandwidths, dialups, and all the other

things that are dictated mostly by where we live, and not by our
computer
literacy.

Yet, I really do not understand webtv. Before I make a judgement on
this, I
would like to hear some lucid descriptions of what it is, when it is
used,
and what sort of people use it.

With the exception of ONE person in the last ten years, every webtv
poster I
have read seemed to be a totally uninformed out of touch individual
that one
would picture living at the end of a windy dirt road without running
water
or indoor plumbing.

I know that at times, we all have to take the connection available,
and want
to grok this. I understand that portion. I do not, however, grok
that
99.9% of webtv posters impress me as having a shallow gene pool.

TIA

Steve




Not hard to understand. Simple interface, totally
Impervious to malware and virus attacks, great for couch potatoes who
watch a lot of TV since 1 key push flips TV screen into web browser and
back while retaining TV audio or not; great way to spend time during
commercials. Cheap and super dependable printer support with a few cheap
but decent printers from HP, others.

Also dirt cheap compared to computer purchase when sold 10-15 yrs ago
($129 versus thousands)

Good concept which could benefit a vast number of emailers / web users
today, particularly seniors,

Surprised another PROM-based Internet appliance has not surfaced. Needed
more now than ever given cyberthreats, aging population, etc.

Smarty