Comments on: Google TV Announcements Coming Next Week at CES from ASUS, LG, and Sony

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:55:00 +0000

I don’t know why all the naysaying about the GTV. I own the sony nszgs7 and I think all in all its great. The only feature I am waiting for is NDK support and a SiriusXM app. As for multiple remotes, I have my GTV remote doing everything from my sound system, cable box, and tv. I use plex on it and even use GTV Box app which is also a client for plex and other media which works really well. During parties I put on pandora, and luckily they haven’t updated it enough so I don’t hear those annoying adds from them.

With the Youtube updates I am able to push videos from my tablet or phone which is also very cool and convenient. And the netflix app does what it is supposed to.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:56:00 +0000

Last year at CES Sony had a GTV box with DVR and had 2 terabytes of on board storage, looked amazing. Why the hell did they not release it? You could record every show, a full season of every show that is for 6 months with that amount of storage.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:00:00 +0000

While this is technically correct, the app is not set up the right way. It just slaps some buttons on the tablet/phone screen. I want an app that places the content navigation on the tablet/phone and just pushes it to the TV to actually play.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:58:00 +0000

I still have mine from IO. Its still the best looking hardware I’ve ever seen. If only they would make that the device targeted for cord cutters and take its feature set in that direction.

By: a.d.AM

a.d.AM — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:12:00 +0000

Miracast integration please!!!

By: Mack

Mack — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:59:00 +0000

Not me.

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:53:00 +0000

I agree, i’m just saying that Google TV isn’t what you want. I am with you that it would be nice if it was done. Hulu+ is close, but missing CBS (though not a true IPTV solution like AT&T uVerse or centuryLink’s Prism)….. Granted, I just got full on cable with HBO for 2 years for $7/month (on top of my cable internet bill) and it’s not a promo (except for the HBO). so, really I’m not overly concerned about what’s out there right now….it’s working for me. $7 for something like that is actually cheaper than Hulu or Neflix.

Oh yeah, and they give me access to their Netflix like system (Comcast’s), not sure how good it is, but if it rivals Netflix, then I’ll cancel that and actually end up ahead by $1/month.

Obviously not a solution for everyone, but ti’ll work out for me. I’m also anxious to try it out with XBMC Frodo now that it has PVR functionality baked into it.

By: Jeff Edinger

Jeff Edinger — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:52:00 +0000

oh ok, nice. i was curious about being able to control GTV from phone/tablet. Thanks!

By: B$

B$ — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:52:00 +0000

I hope are goin to announce NDK support. The feature request thread was just locked down to restricted users yesterday. I’m not holding my breath, but you never know.

http://code.google.com/p/googletv-issues/issues/detail?id=12

By: Prox

Prox — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:47:00 +0000

I understand your point, but which product would be more mainstream? A pay-tv replacement or a enhanced TV experience? Everyone needs a bed but no one needs a California King with a European Pillow top, that enhancement is a want outside of some peoples budget.

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:42:00 +0000

Isn’t the point that Google TV enhances your tv experience, not replaces it? I’m not disagreeing with you that it would be nice to have a good IPTV solution from google, but Google TV was never meant to be that.

By: Stan Tarnovsky

Stan Tarnovsky — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:37:00 +0000

You can also use your phone/tablet as remote for GTV.
This was you’ll not need another remote, bit the media will still flow from internet through GTV to TV.

By: joshua knight

joshua knight — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:26:00 +0000

I have a roku 2 with plex media server (free) installed on my PC. Everything from my phone, tablet, and PC are all conneceted via plex server to my roku box. Also plays any format I’ve tried including avi and mkv.

By: mustbepbs

mustbepbs — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:25:00 +0000

Nexus Q, what’s that?

Said everyone, ever.

By: José

José — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:13:00 +0000

Nexus Q shoulda been the new GTV imho…