1. A television set for being controlled by an element in an image, the television set comprising: a flat screen for displaying television channels; a digital camera for capturing an image, said digital camera having an output port, and being operative to transmit a digital data form of the captured image via said output port, said digital camera being fixed in position relative to said screen and being oriented to capture an image of a scene substantially in front of the screen; an image processor coupled to receive the image in digital data form from said digital camera and for applying an algorithm to detect the element in the captured image; a communication port for coupling to a network medium; and a transceiver coupled between said digital camera output port and said communication port for transmitting the digital data form of the captured image over the network medium, wherein information is displayed on said screen in response to the detection of the element in the captured image.