MTV

Site:
http://mtvoddities.viacom.com

Category:
Music

Review (in 1996):

The majestic purveyor of Beavis & Butt-Head and The Real World (and sometimes even music videos) now has a place on the Net. Not surprisingly, the MTV site is graphics-heavy (though super-slow), more promotional than substantial (a virtual plug-fest for shows like Most Wanted Jams), and often disappointing. Just like MTV itself!

Still, also like the channel, there's somehow enough eye candy here to keep you dropping by. Cool animated QuickTime movies are provided - strange and colorful all, though up to 10 megabytes in size. (You can always turn on the TV while you wait for the download.)

On our last visit, a "Beach Cam" projected images every few minutes from Malibu. Big bonus: full transcriptions of The Week in Rock make viewing MTV News anchors Kurt Loder and Tabitha Soren unnecessary.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.