A web TV is a specially-adapted television set designed to allow Internet connection, or more commonly, a set-top box (i.e. cable decoder) which connects to a standard TV for the same purpose. The setup includes a web browser, cable or wireless (i.e. bluetooth) computer keyboard and connection to the Internet (i.e. using Modem, cable and so on).

While web-tv does not allow as much functionality as a computer-based browser (eg.they cannot run JavaScript or multi-task, and they do not have nearly as much versatility, power or memory as an actual computer), it is nonetheless a popular and low-cost alternative in some countries. A Playstation 2 with a Playstation 2 Linux Kit or a Xbox#Modding the Xbox can be considered an alternative to web TV.

==Web TV operators== *MSN TV (formerly WebTV), an internet appliance from Microsoft *Walawa (now bankrupted), based on a set-top box from Netgem embedded in a standard Television *Thomson Tak, high-resolution TV

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