After we had a little argument about television standards here I found a
blog article from someone in the UK that had brought a Google TV back
with him from the US. It worked but it also had apps that wouldn't of
course work in the UK like Netflix. Delays for Europe might even be
based on what services are available to make it worth the investment.
Google TV is also having a tough time in the US because the broadcast
networks are blocking it. Another product not thought out well again (I
think an "experienced" manager might have wondered about such an issue
in advance)?
I have a Samsung C5500 Bluray player which is popular because of the
price. It came with Netflix, Vudu, Blockbuster, YouTube and Pandora
apps. Right now we C5500 and C6500 are screaming at Samsung because the
Netflix app is broken with regard to aspect ratio. It displays
everything stretched to 16:9 including 4:3 and 2:35:1 aspect ratio
content. That is very irritating and Netflix says it is Samsung's
problem (like the app is not parsing the metadata properly for aspect
ratio). It was working fine before their firmware upgrade early last
month. If they don't fix it I might be getting a Roku too. Vudu
however works fine (they have more current releases and even in-theater
offerings and are PPV and many available in HDX at 1080p Dolby 5.1).
My newest desktop has HDMI out and I tried it with the HD set and it
worked okay.
-Brian
Aaron Bartell wrote:
I have a Roku and LOVE it. As the apps for Roku mature, it can really turn
into quite the set-top box for media. One thing I wish it had was a better
ability to navigate music/movies that exist on a locally attached USB
external HD. Right now I can navigate through the music and videos, but it
is very feature-less.
I am wondering if the GoogleTV from Logitech as features like that? Those
types of features weren't jumping out at me on Logitech's main page.
Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]>wrote:
I had a Revue on pre-order from Amazon but canceled it. From the consumer
side, I wanted to see more user comparison between the Revue and Sony's
offerings (my PS3 had just died). The reviews of the Revue on Amazon are
very bi-modal, users seem either to love it or hate it. As a consumer, I
don't want to take a chance like that. I eventually decided to go with a
Roku for Netflix and Oppo bdp-93 for blu-ray. I've been really happy with
this decision.
When I also found out there was no SDK for Google TV, I obviously had no
developer interest either.
It would have been the same with the G1 if there had been on SDK for it. As
a handset, I really hated it, it just looked uncool and was awkward but it
was fun to develop on an open platform. I didn't seriously consider using
Android as a consumer handset until the N1 came out.
When the SDK comes out for Google TV, I'll definitely buy the Revue and
start developing on it. Once Google TV hits its second or third generation,
it may be enough to replace other consumer devices I have.
Shane
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