Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by gaiusparx » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 10:05 AM UTC

Another death nail on Google TV?
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Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by AndrewDucker » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 11:07 AM UTC

I've been running XBMC as my media centre for years now, first on a hacked XBox (original) and then on a hacked Apple TV (first gen).

It's a great piece of software, happily streaming from my NAS box, playing music, etc. Not found anything it doesn't play yet.

And there are remote control apps for iPhone and Android too!

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by anateus » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 11:24 AM UTC

That sounds like an interesting eggcorn that I haven't heard before, probably derived from "death knell" with echos of "another nail in the coffin".

I see that it's been already discussed at the Eggcorn Database forum: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1195 so it's at least somewhat common

For reference, an eggcorn is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by fierarul » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 11:32 AM UTC

AndrewDucker wrote: post #2

I've been running XBMC as my media centre for years now, first on a hacked XBox (original) and then on a hacked Apple TV (first gen). It's a great piece of software, happily streaming from my NAS box, playing music, etc. Not found anything it doesn't play yet. And there are remote control apps for iPhone and Android too!

I've heard of XBMC but I never saw the need for it as it seems to require all this ecosystem around it (storage for movies, computers for downloads, etc) so I might just as well use a laptop directly.

Has it reached a point where I can just install it on some hardware (which?) and leave it at my parents', connected to their TV?

General usecases I see: normal TV(maybe PiP, timeshift, record), youtube, local/remote photos, CD/DVD movie playback, ideally semi-automatic torrent download.

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by AndrewDucker » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 11:38 AM UTC

fierarul wrote: post #4

AndrewDucker wrote: post #2

I've been running XBMC as my media centre for years now, first on a hacked XBox (original) and then on a hacked Apple TV (first gen). It's a great piece of software, happily streaming from my NAS box, playing music, etc. Not found anything it doesn't play yet. And there are remote control apps for iPhone and Android too!

I've heard of XBMC but I never saw the need for it as it seems to require all this ecosystem around it (storage for movies, computers for downloads, etc) so I might just as well use a laptop directly. Has it reached a point where I can just install it on some hardware (which?) and leave it at my parents', connected to their TV? General usecases I see: normal TV(maybe PiP, timeshift, record), youtube, local/remote pho…

It's just a media (photos/music/TV) player.

It's better than a laptop because it just sits under the TV, and you can get it on a box for about $100. Personally, my TV is hooked up to an amp, sits in front of the sofa, and is a much better experience than watching things on a laptop.

If you want timeshifting and recording then you want something like a Tivo (or MythTV if you want to do that yourself).

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by DiabloD3 » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 12:22 PM UTC

XBMC still does not have a native supported Netflix app, so I don't see the point of comparing Google TV to something you have to violate your AppleTV's warranty to use.

If you're that hard up for XBMC... it runs on normal Linux too.

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by tomelders » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 12:23 PM UTC

Do you mean "nail in the coffin" or "death knell".

Sorry to be the grammar Nazi, just trying to help.

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by lylejohnson » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 12:43 PM UTC

anateus wrote: post #3

That sounds like an interesting eggcorn that I haven't heard before, probably derived from "death knell" with echos of "another nail in the coffin". I see that it's been already discussed at the Eggcorn Database forum: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1195 so it's at least somewhat common For reference, an eggcorn is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

"Death Nail" would also make a great name for a heavy metal band.

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by jbeluch » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 12:59 PM UTC

One of my favorite things about XBMC is the plugins. The plugins are basically web scrapers that present content within the interface. If there isn't one you want for a particular website, build your own! They're written in python and could make a fun weekend project. Once your done commit it to the official repository.

Re: Another death nail on Google TV?

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Post by AndrewDucker » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 2:57 PM UTC

lylejohnson wrote: post #8

anateus wrote: post #3

That sounds like an interesting eggcorn that I haven't heard before, probably derived from "death knell" with echos of "another nail in the coffin". I see that it's been already discussed at the Eggcorn Database forum: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1195 so it's at least somewhat common For reference, an eggcorn is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

"Death Nail" would also make a great name for a heavy metal band.

You'd probably want an umlaut over the a in "Nail".