Philips Magnavox MAT976A1 Webtv Plus
Caveat Emptor!
I am one of the very earliest of WebTv users and for years I talked people into buying what was a wonderful product and service.Unfortunately WebTv was purchased by Microsoft -- a company I like for its software products. One of Microsoft's largest competitors is the Java software language. WebTv's home units and probably their own mainframes cannot support your access to MANY websites. And the problem is growing worse every day as more and more web companies switch to Java.I can no longer bank by internet; I can not longer communicate with a Senator from my State; I frequently cannot shop at very popular internet web site stores.The folks at WebTv continue to avoid answering my rather straight forward questions. They will not make a pubic committment to increasing their capacity or allowing its users to buy boxes with the larger memory capacity that is required in today's world.And with their ever decreasing service WebTv had the gall to raise its monthly service charges.This could be a wonderful product. It is especially suited for older folks or people like me who have a disability and can't sit at a computer terminal.But until MSN (this week's name) WebTv start to tell the truth and then work to solve their huge problems, I suggest you purchase an inexpensive computer.Truly, it breaks my heart to write this because WebTv has provided me with access to worlds I wouldn't have seen without it.But the Company is behaving disgracefully and this has been the situation for at least a year.