[opendtv] New Microsoft set-top box ready to roll
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:02:57 -0400
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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