WebTV

[Deleted member 49125]

Also called MSN TV. It was created in the 1990’s. It incorporated Dial up. For those who remember it, do you remember the odd noise it would make as it was trying to connect? I think we got it in 2000. Never been on the worldwide web before so it was very overwhelming. Back then though, there weren’t nearly as many sites as there are now. Dial up service was extremely slow & you had to choose between being on the internet or using the phone!
I remember using MSN Chat & getting into some groups. Was very neat meeting people from all over the world like that. All from the comfort of your couch.
Okay, they no longer make it: "The WebTV/MSN TV service lasted for 17 years, shutting down on September 30, 2013 and allowing subscribers to migrate their data well before that date arrived."
So, who remembers WebTV? What did you think of it?

 

[Nebulous]

My grandparents had it at their house, I’d mess around with it when I went over there. It was good for checking email, the weather, reading news headlines/articles, checking the stock market and things like that. It was very slow but a good way to get information at the time.