The set-top box will appear in many forms. Philips and Sony recently licensed a hybrid set-top/network-computer technology from WebTV Networks (Palo Alto, CA). They won't release the final specs of their boxes until this fall, but they claim their systems will connect to a TV and a phone line.
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