Broadband via TV?

I've got broadband, and a wired and wireless network. What I want is to be
able to easily view web-pages on my TV.

I was thinking about picking up a second hand Dreamcast + kyb and broadband
adaptor, but I can't find much information about it.

Does anyone have any other solutions?

Terry

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:55:00 -0000, "Terry Eden" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I've got broadband, and a wired and wireless network. What I want is to be
>able to easily view web-pages on my TV.
>
>I was thinking about picking up a second hand Dreamcast + kyb and broadband
>adaptor, but I can't find much information about it.

If you have a Playstation 2, you can browse the web with that.

"Terry Eden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bv03pe$mgcoi$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got broadband, and a wired and wireless network. What I want is to
be
> able to easily view web-pages on my TV.
>
> I was thinking about picking up a second hand Dreamcast + kyb and
broadband
> adaptor, but I can't find much information about it.

Dreamcast Broadband adaptors are as rare as rocking horse poop AFAIK.

> Does anyone have any other solutions?

If your PC is in the same room as the TV you could get a video card with TV
out and a radio/Ir Keyboard and mouse. This would also allow you to view
movies, play games etc directly from the PC on the TV. (and probably much
cheaper than your Dreamcast idea)

I was thinking of building a box specifically for this job for my living
room. A cheap laptop on your network could also do a similar job. (if it has
TV out).

Remember though, the resolution on the TV will be v poor and smaller text
will shimmer. It might cause a bit of a headache if you look at web sites
often on the TV.

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-halli-

In message <bv058s$mne27$(E-Mail Removed)>, -halli-
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Remember though, the resolution on the TV will be v poor and smaller
>text will shimmer. It might cause a bit of a headache if you look at
>web sites often on the TV.

Aye.... I knew this was bad from trying it years ago, but I stuck my new
supa dupa Dell laptop into the 32" telly last night to try and easily
demo some web pages to the outlaws who had popped over.
I was using Svid and the TV gives stunning pictures normally, but trying
to read the text was sooooo difficult I just gave up and went back to
the laptop screen.

You can play games and watch films, but honestly, you'll have a hell of
a job doing anything useful with PC sized text.

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