Updated: July 13, 2020 (June 19, 2000)
Charts & IllustrationsMSTV Product Matrix
| Product | Set-Top Hardware | Server | Services | Availability |
| WebTV | Basic Digital (proprietary) | N/A | EPG, browsing, e-mail, chat | Now |
| MSTV Access Channel | Basic Digital* | MSTV Access Channel Server | Any Windows application | Q4 2000 |
| MSTV Basic | Basic Digital* | MSTV 1.0 (Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000) | EPG, browsing, e-mail, chat | Q4 2000 |
| MSTV Advanced | Advanced, running Windows CE | MSTV 1.0
(Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000) |
All Basic services plus streaming media, Digital Video Recorder (DVR), Universal Plug & Play | Q4 2000 |
| MSTV 2.0 | Advanced, running Windows CE | MSTV 2.0 | All MSTV 1.0 services plus Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony, home networking, Internet connection sharing, peripherals, videoconferencing | 2001 |
* Basic Digital set-top hardware = General Instrument DTC-2000 or Scientific-Atlanta Explorer 2000
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