WebTV for Dummies
WebTV for Dummies
Revised to cover the latest upgrades to the system and service, WebTV For Dummies, 3d Edition is a great manual for new and experienced WebTV users alike. In classic . . . For Dummies style, this book explains the user interface and interactive TV. Plus, the book also all the new features WebTV has to offer, such as WebPIP, Web Home, and TV Crossover Links, DVR boxes (digital video recorder) and much more. Author Brad Hill also shares his expertise with new Internet users so they can master the art of Web browsing with their WebTV system.
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Easy-to-understand explanations on setting up and using WebTV will have users surfing the Net and enjoying WebTV’s great features in no time at all. WebTV spokesperson and author Brad Hill explains the set-up process thoroughly but without intimidating technical jargon and shows you how to find the best sites for family activities and kid-safe browsing.
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Describes all the latest technology available with WebTV, including WebPIP (picture-in-picture), VCR Record, TV Crossover Links, Web Home, Smart Card slot, the infrared keyboard, and video and audio e-mail attachments.
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WebTV isn’t just internet anymore – its interactive television! Discover how to interact with news programs, game shows and many more to come!
The very fact that WebTV for Dummies, 3rd Edition exists might be a negative comment on the supposedly simple, television-based means of accessing the Internet. No matter: this book accomplishes several goals, chief among which is to explain how to use the WebTV interface, clueing you in on how to send and receive e-mail, surf the Web, and participate in interactive TV shows. Although it’s weird to read a technical book about how to aim a handheld remote control, the coverage is complete and accurate. You also learn how to find and use the WebTV Communities, and how to organize them for easy repeat access. Plus, there’s a tutorial on basic online safety, etiquette, and information-finding techniques.
On the negative side of the ledger, WebTV suffers from a dearth of illustrations. Of the ones that appear in these pages, many aren’t too useful. (Who benefits by seeing a picture of Yahoo!, for example?) However, as do most of the latest Dummies books, this one distinguishes itself by the high quality of its procedures. Instead of intermingling descriptions of steps to take with statements of the effects you should see as a result of your steps, these books keep cause and effect separate. Readers almost always can tell what they should do next, and they always know how to tell if they’re on the right track. That’s the kind of reinforcement that users of WebTV need. –David Wall
Topics covered: WebTV for those who are unfamiliar with the Internet and the Web, with emphasis on using WebTV to participate in social groups, locate information via Internet search engines, and communicate by using e-mail.
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January 13th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Dummies Books Are The Best!,
I have been reviewing many of the “Dummies” books for the past year, not only the internet ones, but also those on other subjects. I find them entertaining and written in such a way that the writer seems like a friend looking over your shoulder, guiding your steps.”WebTV for Dummies” was a lifesaver! I wanted to do more with my webby than just surf the net and chat, and “Dummies” showed me how to find what I needed. The “cheat sheets” are great; a fast, easy-to-find guide that I don’t have to search through the whole book to find. This was the first reference book I bought after I got my webby, and probably will be the onlyone, unless they come out with another!Go, Dummies!
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|January 13th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Good resource for the Dummies in us all!,
After having Webtv for two weeks I needed something like this. I was totally lost until received my copy. I am surprized that Webtv shippers don’t pack a real guide like this. On screen helps are no help if you have to back-track a great deal. To save time.
One key item was the 20 yellow pages of http address for Webtvers; Key items like where to find graphics and so forth.
I would have gotten rid of my Webtv unit if t were not for this book.
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|January 13th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
This book explains Webtv and the internet in plain english.,
I purchased a WebTV plus in January of this year (after a disasterous couple of months with RCA). In the infomercials “plus” is touted as simple. This is maybe true for the younger generation who are raised in this world of hi-tech. Us older folks who were raised with the hand cranked phone it wil always be a miracle. After some frustrating weeks realizing I was not using the internet’s full potential I decided to buy a book to help me. The bookseller recommended “WebTV for dummies” and that qualified me. Brad Hill not only explains everything in plain english he does it with a good sense of humor. I have only one question, it seems sometimes that the end results in the book are for the classic and little is said about the plus unit. Maybe another book will be written exclusive for the WebTV plus.
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