The fact is that there is nothing out there that I have found that does it all... <snip>... Why can't there be a single box that does everything well and is easy to use?
Well said. You have to compromise with all the current media players.
The fact is that there is nothing out there that I have found that does it all... <snip>... Why can't there be a single box that does everything well and is easy to use?
I just can't justify paying $100 for something which requires me to pay per episode.
Will Google TV be Google's next Google Wave?
by that reasoning, you would never buy a DVD player, CD player, Playstation, XBox, etc. etc. They are all platforms that allow you to play media that you must purchase. And didn't you already pay for hardware (TV) that you now must purchase content (FiOS) for?
$100 bucks is nothing. It pays for the technology that allow you to accomplish a goal.
Why can't there be a single box that does everything well and is easy to use? BTW I rip my own DVDs to video_ts format and prefer a box that will play that format with menus.
Why can't there be a single box that does everything well and is easy to use?
Not surprising. Everything special about the Google TV keeps getting blocked by the old media who aren't able to comprehend the new digital world.
All I want is a box that will play my video_ts library from my NAS and have a decent GUI that is wife-friendly, something that doesn't require an advanced degree to configure and maintain. The closest I have come is a Mac Mini running Plex, but that is insanely expensive for such a limited function, and it still requires a lot of setup knowhow.Well said. You have to compromise with all the current media players.![]()
There is something wrong with the name "google tv". When I hear the word "google" I think of a search engine.
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I imagine that if you spend more time on the internet and keep up with google products, your perception of the company would be very different than mine. I just point this out to say that google may have some marketing hurdles when it comes to educating a portion of its market about their product. The problem is not likely great enough to cause failure of the product, but it may affect sales to some degree.
I don't know about Sony but Logitech prominently displays "With Google TV" on the front of their box, which could be more than a little confusing to an average shopper I would think.That's a good point and it will probably be lost on most technology geeks.
Keep in mind, though, that Google is not selling these boxes. I saw a kiosk at Best Buy last week that had 4 google TV devices set up and I don't remember seeing google TV branding anywhere, just big Sony branding. So I'm not sure if the average consumer even knows Google is involved until after they take it home and use it.
Probably. Google TV is just another one of Google's stuff thrown at the proverbial wall. This one probably won't stick. Google should just stick to search.