Why no web browser on Apple TV?

I have just installed Apple TV, which replaced an old Elgato EyeHome. One of the nice features of this device was that it in addition to all the streaming features it allowed web browsing (though via a very poor browser!). I was wondering why Apple have not included a web browser in Apple TV, especially since an iPhone can now be used as a keyboard?
One other feature of the EyeHome was that it allowed many different formats to be viewed on your TV, not just iTunes compatible formats....
Tony

Sr. Vergas wrote:
@Winston
TV screens should be better than computer monitors. TVs easily do 1920x1080 resolution @ 60Hz, while only the best computer monitors are capable of such. The majority of computer monitors by default are doing 1024x768, with maybe the option of going up to 1280x1024, both at 60 hertz. This makes TV excellent candidates for web browsing! I'm running a web browser on my ATV and it looks great!! I just wish I could figure out how to make a mouse and keyboard work with it.
Cobalt Jacket wrote:
To be sure, pretty much any computer monitor from recent times should be able to do 60Hz.
Also, some of the newer TVs are 120Hz (30 * 4 = 120, 24 * 5 = 120).
Not really the whole picture though is it. There are some tv's that might display a web browser with reasonable clarity, but not many. Most 1080 tv's do not actually have 1920 x 1080 pixels - they simply upscale a 1080 signal. And of course more important than the overall resolution is the relative resolution by area and more importantly the distance between pixels, then of course there is overscan, anti-aliasing, brightness, pixel pitch, viewing angle, colour bit depth, response time and more that tv's simply can't compete with a computer monitors on.

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