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Who remembers this? WebTv? Well, for those that don’t remember, WebTv was an awesome invention. From what I know, it was some people that worked for both Apple and Microsoft. They created this awesome little box that brought the entire web right to your TV. When I saw this on TV I fell in love with it. I had bought a Compaq computer, yes, a PC. I know, that’s not me. Anyway my wife at the time had gotten me the WebTv for christmas. And I hooked it right up and enjoyed every second I spent on there. I felt comfortable. I was able to sit on my couch and surf the web. And they had other things as well. Like mail, and email on that worked flawlessly. They also had sites that, at the time, you could go to and create your own website. Awesome. Now, remember, this was sometime in the late 90’s. So the internet was nothing like it is now. I worked through a phone line, not like we have now. The high speed internet connections through our cable companies. It was an experience and one I totally enjoyed. There were many chat rooms as well. You all remember chat rooms, they were popular back then. I enjoyed my WebTv classic and my WebTv Plus boxes for a few good years. That is until I heard that Microsoft had bought them out. I was sick and disappointed. Honestly, I think that’s where Microsoft got the idea for X-Box. I think they took this WebTv, ruined it for us members and users and reformed it into what we all know now as X-Box. But before Microsoft has killed WebTv, they made yet another box, a third box that was able to connect to high speed internet connections. But, it wasn’t long before they pulled the plug on WebTv. That was the end of it right there and then. Like I said, I was sad about this. The funny thing is that I still have both my WebTv classic and Plus boxes. Nice!!! During the time I had my WebTv, there were sites like Geocities and of course Yahoo. Basically new sites at the time. There were a few others. But Yahoo and Geocities were sites that ha email and a place to call home. Nothing like the Yahoo of today. That’ when Yahoo was young and new and actually exciting. But all that was before the hammer fell on WebTv. Sad, very sad. But at this point in time I needed the internet. I had become addicted to it. So, I went on the hunt to buy me a computer. And you guessed it, I got me an iMac. I loved it to death. And still do. I am on my third iMac since then. But, there are times still to this day that I wish WebTv would come back and I can use it again. I know I am wishing for a lost technology. But it was something else. It had a wireless keyboard and a remote which worked as the mouse for the system. It was really an original idea. Again, I think that would still be something that would go over real big even today. I loved how comfortable the screens were. They were not cold like computer screens are. They were warm and welcoming. Well, that’s it. That is my WebTv experience. Copyright © Steven Cetta All Rights Reserved Check for all my posts here: inertia4posts Image Credit : CoolText.com inertia4, WebTv, Technology, inertia4posts