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MSNTV 2 was Microsoft's later internet television set-top box, a successor to WebTV that let households browse the web and check email through their television. Its power-on sound was the brief electronic signal that accompanied the box starting up, rather than a musical theme or spoken greeting. As those boxes disappeared from living rooms, the tiny chime survived mainly as a curiosity for retro computing enthusiasts, who share short device sounds to document forgotten hardware. It remains in use because it instantly signals an era when the television itself was the family computer.
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The brief electronic startup chime from the MSNTV 2 set-top box, played when the device powers on and used by retro tech fans for nostalgic intros.
The MSNTV 2 power-on sound is an ultra-short electronic blip, lasting barely a tenth of a second, that once signalled the old set-top box waking up. It is a clean, bright, slightly rising tone with no melody or voice, just a quick digital chirp that feels instantly familiar to anyone who used dial-up era internet television. Because it is so brief, it works as a tiny punctuation mark rather than a piece of music, catching attention without interrupting what follows. For viewers who remember WebTV and early MSN TV, it triggers a rush of early-2000s nostalgia, while for younger listeners it simply sounds like a retro gadget switching on.
