Customer Reviews

Sony INT-W250 WebTv Internet Terminal

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Hands down the sony plus webtv unit is the best that has ever been made. With it you can surf and send email without any worry about viruses and spyware and best of all
its so easy to use your Grandma or Grandpa could figure it out in minutes. All that
is required is a tv set, a phone line and a monthly subscription from MSN.

This box used the old technology (would have to connect by phone modem but I wanted to connect through ethernet.) It was impossible to get a phone number to reach the company to discuss it and even more impossible to return the item because they would not respond to emails. End result - I returned it but between postage and "restocking fee" lost about 50% of the original amount paid.

I purchased one of these about 10 years ago for my Mother who has no computer. It allows her to be connected to her friends and family by e-mail without the complications of operating a computer. The down side: it is pretty slow in uploading picture attachments, and cannot upload video attachments. However it seems a perfect match for my 80 year old Mother and I wish Sony still made them. I am on my third webtv machine. The last two were purchased used.

Contact Sony ere you buy. This gizmo is the best thing since the invention of the cirgarette lighter. Oh yeah;- It is not operable. New receivers are no longer supported by Sony.Nor is the Microsoft version supported by Microsoft.* If you purchase this wonder, you may connect it, admire it - worship it if you care to, but it has been rendered obsolete. Think of the new Web ready TV Sets, which sell for a couple of thousand dollars, think of the cable companies, who might have been loosing revenue because of these wonders, and then ask why it is still being sold, although it will not work. Oh yeah; Purchase it and then try to get rid of it on Ebay. You may be able to seil it for .

*Microsoft says that it continues to support the devices IN USE PRIOR to discontinuance. Perhaps Sony does the same

Sony INT W250 - Web TV receiver - WebTV Plus - 56 Kbps - RAM 16 MB
Easy to use e-mail service and great for keeping in touch with friends and relatives - shopping, too.

needed this quickly to replace old one in order to access web tv and it came very quickly, had all the parts needed and was easy to set up and we were back in business.We purchased this through Amazon because in the past we have purchased many items through them and their customer service in the best. thank you

This is my second attempt to replace an older model webtv. It seems to have done the job. No hard drive that is prone to failure.