RCA/MSN TV 2 Internet and Media Player by MSN TV
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Digital camera reviews of RCA/MSN TV 2 Internet and Media Player
Digital camera Review: A Total WASTE Of Money!
Summary: 1 Stars
Let's see....$206 for the unit......$300 for a years subscription to MSNTV....$506. For that much money, you can find yourself a pretty decent COMPUTER. And you'll wish you had, because this thing is painfully limited and the "tech support" is pretty much non-existent.
Bill Gates has got himself a real "cash cow" in this thing!
Digital camera Review: A Vast Improvement Over WEBTV and the 1st MSNTV
Summary: 5 Stars
I was online, with both WEBTV and the 1st MSNTV. Though, when they came out, with the 1st MSNTV, broadband, had came on the scene, and I was hoping, that they'd give us a broadband connection capabilities, with the 1st MSNTV, but they didn't. So, within a year, after the 1st MSNTV, came out, I cancelled my subscription, with MSNTV Service, and I was not online, at home. I decided, to wait, if they'd come out, with a new WEBTV/MSNTV, with a broadband connection. My patience, paid off. A friend of mine, told me about MSNTV2, and he told me, that they came out, with the whole new system. He bought his MSNTV2, at Circuit City, and I bought my MSNTV2, at Circuit City as well. They've made vast improvements, with the MSNTV2.
1.a broadband connection, in addition, to a dial-up connection. There's an Ethernet jack, as well as a phone jack, on the back, of the MSNTV2 Internet Media Player--(aka set-top-box).
2.you can download, print, and e-mail your photos, from your digital camera. You have to use, a compatible USB memory card reader, to download, your photos, from your digital camera. There are 2 USB ports, on the back of the MSNTV2 Internet Media Player. One USB port, is for the compatible memory card reader, while the other USB port, is for the compatible printer. You have to use a printer, with a USB cable--you can no longer, use a printer, that uses a paralell cable.
3.the keyboard--If you recall, when we had WEBTV, and the 1st MSNTV, the keyboard, was OPTIONAL, because we had to buy the keyboard, SEPARATELY. The price, of the keyboard, was $50.00. Now, with the MSNTV2, the keyboard, IS INCLUDED, with the MSNTV2, Internet Media Player--(aka the set-top-box). The keyboard, is course, still a wireless one. You also have, a remote control.
Now, just like the WEBTV and the 1st MSNTV, ALL of your updates/upgrades are indeed FREE, with the MSNTV2. Now, also, just like the WEBTV and the 1st MSNTV, the MSNTV2 is indeed,
100 PERCENT SECURE--you NEVER, EVER have to worry about viruses, worms, and bugs--PERIOD.
Now, once again, just like the WEBTV and the 1st MSNTV, the MSNTV2, is 100 PERCENT PROTECTED, from both hardware and sotware crashes--PERIOD.
I'm on a broadband connection, with Comcast. Man, is there broadband connection FAST. I strongly urge anyone, to go online, with the broadband connection. Because, you'll be able to watch videos, which are on the MSNTV2 home page. You can also, listen to music. Now, there's something VERY IMPORTANT, that I'd like pass on to all of you. Now, you can go with any broadband connection, service, that you wish, to go with. Though, IF you go on broadband, with Comcast, they indeed, supply their own cable-modem. Now, YES, Comcast's cable-modem, IS INDEED COMPATIBLE, with MSNTV2. I'm hooked-up to Comcast's broadband service, with their own supplied cable-modem, and I'm NOT having ANY problems, with the modem, it's working with the MSNTV2, just fine. In fact, when I bought my MSNTV2 at Circuit City, the sales clerk told me, to use the cable-modem that Comcast supplies. Now, here's some VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, that I'd like to pass along--IF any of you, decide to go online, with Comcast's broadband connection, LET THEM supply you with their OWN cable-modem--SIMPLY BECAUSE--if you have, Comcast's cable-modem, and the modem goes bad, Comcast, DOES AND WILL REPLACE THEIR OWN cable-modem. Now, if you buy, your own cable-modem, at ANY store--Circuit city, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, WHEREEVER, you the comsumer, IS SOLEY RESPONSIBLE, for going back out to a store, and buy and replace, your cable-modem. Comcast IS NOT AT ALL, responsible, for replacing ANY cable-modem, you but at ANY store. Comcast, IS ONLY responsible, for replacing, THIER OWN cable-modem. This is Comcast's policy, not mine. I'm just passing along this information to you. I have a friend of mine, who works for Comcast, and he told me, about this.
MSTV Customer Service, is EXCELLENT. The staff, with the Customer Service, are polite and courteous. If you ever have any problems, with the MSNTV2, you can call them for tech support, toll free, 24/7. I've had a few minor problems, with my MSNTV2, and ALL of my problems, were solved right-over-the-phone. You can also call them with any questions, that you may have, about the MSNTV2.
Digital camera Review: A Waste of Money
Summary: 1 Stars
MSN TV 2 is huge disappointment to me. You can't write emails or anything else, not only because it skips letters, but because it mistakes a letter keystroke as a command to go to the homepage or search or something else. It's slow, it won't load certain pages, it cuts off for no reason, it won't play videos on YouTube unless you're content to watch 2 seconds pause for it to reload and then 2 more seconds, etc, etc.
I've used webtv, now called msntv, since 1997, and I admit it's always been much more limited than a computer, but it's always met my basic needs. However, MSNTV 2 simply does not work right. They didn't test it enough before releasing it.
If you want MSNTV, then buy a classic unit. It's limited, but at least you can send email, shop on sites like this one, and surf the net (albeit not all sites).
Digital camera Review: A great concept, poorly executed.
Summary: 2 Stars
After using the original MSN TV receiver for a few years, I decided to upgrade to MSN TV 2. I was very pleased-at first. It could play videos, surf the net more quickly and seemed to work better. Things went fine for about a month-then the video player stopped working. (The system froze completely when I tried to play a video, and I had to unplug it to turn it off.) The rest of the features worked fine for a few more months, then it started having trouble connecting to the internet. Tech support was able to help with this at first, but the problems kept cropping up. Soon it was almost impossible to connect to the internet at all, and when it did connect, it was totally paralyzed when it was online-I could not surf the net at all. Tech support was no help at this point. I was getting plenty ticked off, and finding I would have to pay $90 to repair the thing did nothing to lighten my mood. I spent $200 to buy a brand new MSN TV 2 unit in January. By August it was totally crippled and went to the dumpster. Rather than have it repaired, I just hooked my old original MSN TV receiver back up, which still works good as new after three years. It does not surf as quickly as MSN TV 2 (in its better days) but at least it connects without fail whenever I turn it on and doesn't give me constant error messages. (FAR more than can be said for its higher-tech successor!) The first MSN TV receiver is a great way connect to the internet if, like me, you don't want to go through the expense, bother, and viruses of a computer. The original MSN TV machine is a great product, and it is really a mystery why the same company made such a shoddy product to succeed it. In short, I highly recommend the original MSN TV unit. But don't touch MSN TV 2 with a ten-foot pole.Digital camera Review: AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL PRODUCT
Summary: 1 Stars
How does Microsoft tout this product as broadband ready and get away with it? A few years ago, I purchased the original MSNTV for my mother. She was pretty excited to upgrade to MSNTV2 and after seeing all of MSN's commercials and promotions in-stores like Circuit City, I decided to buy MSNTV2 for her for Christmas. Nowhere in any of the commercials and nowhere in any of the materials I received from the Circuit City rep did it mention that an existing PC network was required to allow MSNTV2 to utilize broadband/DSL. As a standalone, MSNTV2 is not compatible for broadband. This was very deceptive on MSN's part not to adequately disclose this. In addition to the broadband compatibility issues, the new HP printer I purchased for original MSNTV was no longer compatible, even though it is a relatively new printer. Last but now least, MSNTV2 as a dial up option is much slower than the original MSNTV. I repeat, MSNTV2 is an AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL PRODUCT