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WebTV for Dummies
by Brad Hill
Product Group: Book
Publisher: For Dummies (1998-09)
ISBN: 0764504614
EAN: 9780764504617
UPC: 785555504615
Dewy Decimal #: 006.7876
Paperback: 384 pages
Edition: 2nd
SKU: mon0000028853
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Tune in, turn on, and jump into the Internet fast lane from your television set with the popular WebTV For Dummies, 2nd Edition, the easiest way to get online without a computer! To get started, all you need is a TV, a phone line, and a WebTV set-top box. Then get a copy of WebTV For Dummies, 2nd Edition, and you'll be surfing the Web for the latest sports scores, cybermalls, and homework help. Find the best sites for sports, news, movies, classifieds, travel, games, online shopping, and much more in the special directory of hot Internet sites, and tap into kid-safe Web sites that are fun for the entire family. Read your e-mail during commercials, use the WebTV remote and wireless keyboards, play online games, and even create your own Web page with easy-to-follow instructions. WebTV doesn't replace sitting around the tube and watching Matlock -- it enhances your viewing experience and reaches its full potential when used simultaneously with broadcast or cable TV. If you're new to WebTV or are still thinking about joining the new revolution, then this is the book for you.
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Amazon.com Review
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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Customer Reviews
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WOW! WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH WEBTV!!!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-09-21
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS BOOK!!! I'VE HAD WEBTV FOR 2 YEARS AND NOT UNTIL A MONTH AGO WHEN I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS BOOK DID I HAVE ANY IDEA OF ALL THE THINGS I COULD DO WITH WEBTV. LIKE SET UP A WEBPAGE, KEEP A SCRAPBOOK OF IMAGES FROM THE INTERNET. HAVE ACCESS TO 6 ACCOUNTS GIVING ME LOTS MORE SPACE FOR MORE SAVED IMAGES AND WEBPAGES. I CAN ADD MUSIC TO MY WEBPAGES ALSO. I DONT' FEEL SO LEFT OUT OF THINGS (NOT HAVING A COMPUTER) NOW. I HIGHLY RECCOMMEND IT!
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Good book for novices
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-05-03
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
This Dummies book has enough information to get you started with WebTV. It is concise and easy to understand. My mother is now enjoying her WebTV using this book as a guide, and she is a newcomer to the internet. If you are timid, this is the book for you.
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Printer Info
Rating (4)
Date: 2000-03-20
4 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
The guy that said the book was wrong is actually wrong himself the book is right, i have a HP600 series hooked up as i type this that fuctions fully, THIS GUY is giving the wrong info.
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I am the Dummy
Rating  (1)
Date: 2000-01-07
19 out of 28 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am the dummy for purchasing this book online. Should have gone to a book store and previewed it first. It tells you nothig of what Webtv can really do.No infomation on Word Processing, making tables, and many other tricks that I have learned.I wish I could get my money back.Buyer BewareJoan Simpson
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Correct Printer - page 73
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-12-24
7 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
page 73 states "any one of the HP deskjet 400 or 600 series printers can be used with webtv classic or plus". this information is not correct! ONLY the HP 670TV will work! Please correct this error in the next edition. Otherwise this book should be required reading for all webtv users.
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