I've used TV set top box (Bush - a UK system ) for nearly 2 years. It doesn't do any sound or load data files. It does access gif files, handles threads up to ~90 messages long (though VERY slowly).
There are few sites that it can't access eg Peter Gabriel, & I can't order from HMV on-line anymore (dunno why)

If I could afford a new computer - I would get one -but this'll (have to ) do for a while yet !

The automatic split will be of great help to me, though I haven't looked yet to see if old threads have been divided up.