Did you ever know that you could use your TV with the Internet? If you did not know that, get accustomed with the term of Web TV or Internet TV. A lot of people also refer to this as MSN TV primarily because of the fact that MSN were the pioneers in launching Web TV or Internet TV. Web TV or Internet TV uses a thin client and an online service supporting the thin client. In terms of Television, the thin client supports the Television set that shows the pictures.

What are the benefits of using a Web TV or Internet TV?

> First and foremost, if you have a television set at your home you do not necessarily need to buy a computer. Just make small modifications to your television set and you could use the TV as a Web TV. The other way around for that is for you to buy a TV as a Web TV upfront.

> Secondly, point 1 illustrated above has its cost and ecological advantages. As per statistics, exposing your eyes in front of your computer for more than 3 hours continuously could damage your eyes. The damage is alleviated to a certain extent with a TV set due to its wide screen picture capability.

> Thirdly, if at all you are hell bent on using your computer as a Television, you could do so. How? Well, by streaming a lot of live TV films are put on to the internet. All that you have to do is install some compatibility software in your Computer and you would be able to watch the films off your computer.

When Web TV or Internet TV was launched, the primary objective for the launching company was the ease in using the product and low cost of operation.? After close to a decade of the launch, I must say that competing products have focused long and hard on these metrics. As a result of that, what we are seeing today is a lot of companies that have developed Web TV or Internet TV for use by customers. To name a few, some companies are Apple Computers, Sony, Phillips, and of course Microsoft.

You would be able to get a Web TV or Internet TV application for cost upto $425. This is inclusive of the cost of the Wireless keyboard. With the monthly subscription or service fee ranging as low as $20, you would not buying the Web TV.

Once you buy a Web TV, there are many websites that offer you movies, sports clips and news at your disposal. With such a wide range of tools at your disposal, you would just not be far away from any latest action. In fact, I must say that with the Web TV, all the action is just a key away. Whether the key has to be your remote control or the wireless keyboard ? you make the choice.