This high-speed access will allow streaming video to become an alternative to video sent via costly satellite transmission. Vetter reports that WebTV will support streaming video within a year via a free WebTV update. The streaming media type could be RealVideo, Microsoft's Netshow, or perhaps both. State University Chico we use WebCT to deliver Web-based instruction. I have experimented using WebTV to view WebCT content and found WebTV to work amazingly well, with a few exceptions.
Text is generally easy to read and images look crisp.
The 56K modem and 167 MHz processor briskly loaded Web pages. WebTV supports many advanced Web technologies including RealAudio, Flash, Shockwave audio and QuickTime audio. The biggest drawback of the current WebTV operating system is its inability to display multiple windows simultaneously. This was only a minor irritant and can be avoided entirely by testing your course's Web pages prior to launch. Simply avoid situations that require two concurrent windows.