Both are available in the market. Check out their Specifications and features. WebTV is much cheaper than a new computer. Phillips-Magnavox and Sony sell models for up to four hundred dollars. The WebTV Network service and WebTV Plus Network service are subscription-based network services that provide you, the TV viewer, with access to the Internet and a collection of Web content that enhances the TV viewing experience.
All subscribers receive periodic software upgrades automatically and free of charge.
The company began its existance in March, 1995. Three months later, WebTV Networks Incorporated was founded by Steve Perlman, Bruce Leak, and Phil Goldman. The company itself began operations in the garage of a former BMW dealership in Palo Alto, California. His other creations include, much of the digital video, VSLI technology , multimedia graphics and animation technology in the Macintosh II computer. Bruce Leak , chief operating officer, also worked for Apple Computer and was a founding member of Rocket Science Games, Inc. where he was in charge of product engineering.