i had something called a tv card for a while in the 90s, which literally let me watch tv on my computer. this wasn't streaming internet - i plugged the cable line into my video card.

it worked flawlessly for years on a pIII with windows 98 and 64 mb of ram, which was a high-end machine at the time.

but, i can't event connect to youtube with a laptop that has a processor that is twice as fast and 4x as much ram?

it's ridiculous...