RCA/MSN TV 2 Internet and Media Player
Update: No longer a good solution for my disabled brother
Update  (10/17/2007): I'm sorry to say that the MSN-TV only worked well for about a year.  Once the modem died (burned out), we were never able to connect with the replacement modem(s). I would now give it a rating of 2 stars (Amazon won't let me edit the current rating).    Problems:  couldn't connect with the new modem.  After multiple calls to the technical help call centers, including 3-way calls with Verizon and MSN, we were finally connected to a knowledgeable MSN technician who told us that certain modems weren't compatible with MSN-TV, like the one we had just bought.  It wouldn't work with a Westell modem with a router (no, they didn't have a list of modems that would work with it).    Even with the new, supposedly compatible modem, we still couldn't connect to the MSN-TV server.  Although we spent several hundred dollars on on-site technical help, and downloaded a software update using dial-up (3+ hours), we never did figure out the source of the problem.  The MSN technicians didn't know enough about how it worked, and no one at Verizon DSL had ever heard of it.      So after spending several hundred dollars on on-site technical help, I gave my iMac to my brother, and within minutes we were on the internet.  It's not as easy for him to use but at least he can get a connection!  --------------------------------------  Previous (favorable) review:    MSN TV is working well for my brother, who is has vision problems, limited use of his left hand, and a short attention span because of a traumatic brain injury.  I got him MSN-TV a few months ago. It was pretty easy to set up, once we got all the problems with the DSL line sorted out.  Here are the reasons that we like it:     -There are only a few steps involved to get online.  -TV screen is bigger than most affordable monitors, and easier to read.    -MSN-TV isn't susceptible to viruses, because there is no computer involved (although it is possible to pass them on in an attachment).  -It takes up virtually nospace.  -There's not much that can be messed up, unlike a PC (we had a lot of problems with the PC--too complex, too hard to read the screen, viruses, etc.)      Things that we don't like about MSN TV:  -it does sometimes get jammed, and there's no reset button (I unplugged it to reset it).  -The keyboard just died for no apparent reason.      IMHO it's a good solution for a person who just wants to e-mail and do some web-surfing, but doesn't need, or want, a computer.