Fall 1997 Table of Contents

The days of the blinking "12:00" willl soon be just a memory. Today's home video recorders feature on-screen program huides, option menus, child-proof locks, battery backup systems and more.

Imagine a television that can create a personal viewing profile, pick the shows that will interest you, program your VCR to record them and keep your kids from watching the wrong stuff. We take a look at the market today and give you a glimpse of the future.

How can you watch junk TV and still build a healthy mind? Follow our easy "diet" plan to balance your TV intake.

Although there is little debate that television is recognized as the most powerful and influencial mass communications medium ever invented, the argument still rages about whether TV is an inherently "good" or "bad" thing.

The Internet will truly revolutionize TV as we know it. The question is, what will this experience be like: will the Internet play on a TV set?

The prospect of a full-blown PCTV system is intriguing, but the costs are prohibitive. As a result some people may consider building their own, which is really quite possible.

By interacting with the World Wide Web, hybrid CDs such as Launch deliver traditional CD-ROM entertainment in a creative new format.