Screen Size

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If you�ve ever sat in the bleacher seats at a football game and had the clouds block your view, then you know what watching the WWW from the couch can be like. Developers created Web pages to be viewed from about a foot away�the distance you sit from a computer�rather than the yards you sit away from the screen when you watch television.

WebTV Networks tries to bring the bleacher seats onto the playing field. Through algorithms, Web pages are modified at the WebTV Networks� server. The pages come to the WebTV set-top box in a form fit for television. WebTV also uses a TVLens image enhancement to eliminate screen flickers, so Web browsing isn�t like bringing a strobe light into the living room.

In case you are contriving ways to hook up WebTV to your wristwatch television, think again. A.J. Mast thinks large television screens make or break the Web experience. �I wouldn�t recommend using it on anything less than a 19-inch screen,� he said. If you do, you may risk losing Web site image quality, not to mention your eyesight.