Broadband Alternatives to WebTV?

Posted by Cliff on Monday December 17, 2001 @08:47AM from the "come-into-my-parlor" dept.

tlon asks: "A friend recently approached me asking if there are any hardware alternatives to WebTV that allow for high speed internet access. For the unaware, WebTV is a dial-only solution, and does not allow for broadband. While there are several promising digital dish solutions cropping up, I've found none that leverage high speed cable networks. What set-top solutions are available for the computer illiterate consumer that allow access via a broadband network (aka Cablemodem). Perhaps some of these solutions leverage Linux on the back end?"

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Saw a story about this the other day by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-17 09:06 · Score: 1, Informative

Wired ran an article about this, while it was primarially centered around the failure of internet appliances such as the I-Opener, ePods, Audrey, Sony eVilla and Virgin Webplayer, it offered some good insight into the future of web devices and broadband.

A portable web tablet or accesing the web through HDTV never looked cooler, just a shame no one is making a profit doing it.