http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Good-for-the-basic-user-21035631 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:47:52 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:47:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Good-for-the-basic-user-21035883 said by bear73:

this was tried with WebTV a few years back. You could surf hte web from your TV and just have to buy a propriatary STB and keyboard/mouse combo. just another attempt to revitalize an old idea
Yes there are no new computing ideas in general. However, things move from being failed experiments to being wildly successful when it's their time.

The big differences between WebTV and now are:

1) the large uptake on broadband

2) the use of "standard" desktops rather than a unique platform that requires developers to add support for it]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Good-for-the-basic-user-21035883 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:26:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Good-for-the-basic-user-21035710 --
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