[opendtv] New Microsoft set-top box ready to roll

New Microsoft set-top box ready to roll

By Ina Fried
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Story last modified September 24, 2004, 1:53 PM PDT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Microsoft plans to start shipping a new 
set-top box next week, and it's not your grandmother's WebTV.

Though MSN TV2 is the successor to the original WebTV devices, the 
new box is a vast departure from its predecessors .

On the outside, it's slick, with new video-playback and photo-viewing 
programs, and a custom version of Internet Explorer 6 designed to 
make Web browsing on the television a far less painful process. On 
the inside, it's a Windows CE-based product with a 733MHz 
Celeron--slow by PC standards but downright zippy in the world of 
set-top boxes.

Microsoft will sell the $199 device in two ways--as a dial-up product 
for technology newbies with $21.95 monthly service; and as an 
additional way for broadband homes to view the Web for $9.95 using 
the existing Internet connection. Newbies, who have historically been 
the bulk of MSN TV subscribers, are likely to be the majority of 
initial customers, said MSN TV General Manager Sam Klepper.

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http://news.com.com/2100-1041-5381459.html

 
 
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