WebTV the combination of Internet and television

WebTV is one of the most recently developed internet technologies. If you do not have a computer, but you like watching television very much, WebTV brings the internet directly onto your screen. Via a receiver or a special terminal, you will have the possibility to use the remote control in order to switch from the internet to your favorite television channel.

This combination of television and internet has started in September 1996 when WebTV Networks has offered the first terminal to internet users. These WebTV terminals for the internet use technologies, which already exist in telephony and television in order to allow the user, commute between television and internet. Even if at the beginning there were many skeptical people, the combination proved to be a remarkable success.

To continue with, WebTV configuration is simple. You must have either a terminal for WebTV telephone, Internet Terminal, either a receiver WebTV called Plus Receiver, as well as a monthly subscription for Network Services WebTV. WebTV Networks offers two levels of services: the network WebTV (which needs WebTV as internet terminal) or WebTV as plus Network, which uses WebTV as plus receiver. You can choose the first option if you only want to complete the facilities of your television set, with the internet access facility. If you want to integrate the internet completely as well as television, you can choose WebTV plus.

There are many people thinking that WebTV is a challenging concept, for both television and internet.