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...most people, the cost and confusion of a PC is no bargain. Their wired future lies in the emergence of low-cost, easy-to-use consumer electronics devices--Net-linked TVs, phones or game machines projected to be a $1 billion market by the turn of the century. Microsoft placed a bet on the "info appliance" business in April when it bought WebTV for $425 million. Last week Sun Microsystems joined the party. The giant server firm acquired Diba, an appliance start-up in search of deep pockets...
...Generation cannot realistically afford laptops. Certainly those I know who are members of minority groups can't--and I can't. Those Xers who do not see that their PCs separate them from the mainstream even more than television does should turn off their PCs and TVs and look outside. JOHN STEENHOEK Wyoming, Mich...
...billion, lying around, he's got to do something with it. But he now has a strategic position at the intersection of computers and television.? The move follows Microsoft?s planned acquisition of WebTV Networks , which enables web surfers to read their email and post about politics on their TVs via a set-top attachment. The TV link promises to make impulse shopping on the Web a breeze, and frees up the home computer for other users. Since only about 40 percent of U.S. households have personal computers, but just about everybody has one or more television sets, adding...
...dashboard to make parking a cinch. Fleetwood Enterprises' Bounder, the best-selling motor home in America, has a computer stand and prewiring for a satellite dish as standard features. There's more home in them too, with options for queen-size beds, glass showers, bathtubs, washer-dryers, TVs, VCRs, solar panels for heating, hardwood floors and granite sinks. Think land yacht rather than tent on a truck...
Unfortunately, the new digital standard is completely incompatible with old TV sets, which were designed for (you guessed it) analog signals. Being the first on the block to have a digital set will carry a high price tag: when they are introduced in Christmas 1998, digital TVs are expected to cost between...