After reading about the TV box, I wonder if Apple was planning to have extended eWorld to this device. The emphasis on content would have made perfect sense in the scheme of things and would have been a nice thing to have on a consumer-friendly device. I'd assume there would have been a monthly subscription fee since most online services worked that way in the 1990s, which would have come on top of existing utility bills.

The size of the box was probably appropriate for the day, but today I'd consider this to be too large. I like the size of the Apple TV for entertainment centers (and dislike bulky cable boxes, especially since they generate tons of heat).