Philips Magnavox MAT976A1 Webtv Plus
Time saving device..
You can spend your time integrating different components of a pc and troubleshooting it them when the crash or you can own and use a webtv (plus). The plus has the ability to capture photos from your video camera or from the television channel you are watching! See something on the local news and want to send it to your relative in another country , no problem!It has call waiting , and several mailboxes you can set up. I tried computers time and again and allways came home to webtv. My back would ache sitting at a computer and my eyes would strain. A television has a much quicker refresh rate than a computer monitor , so you can compute indefinetly. With a computer you have limits because of eye strain which has displaced carpal tunnel syndrome as the leading health woe related to computers..The sony model is  more responsive to input from the wireless keyboard. The sony models are more expensive for a reason. There is a slight delay between the keyboard and the receiver on the phillips. This can at times cause  unnessary retyping. We own both models and love them. I once tried to set up a computer to do all the things web tv can do and I could not do it. I could not read the print on the system from my couch they way I can with webtv ..One problem is webtv plus is very hard to find now because they are not making them anymore..If you can get one buy it .