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Re: Google TV

#131

Post by m0zg » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

People still watch TV? I haven't turned mine on in years.

Re: Google TV

#132

Post by tootie » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

Navarr wrote: post #69

adrianmonk wrote: post #67

Milestones in Google branding: 2010-05-20: Google introduces Google TV at Google I/O ( https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/announcing-google-tv... , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZbArr7vdI ) 2014-06-24: Google introduces Android TV at Google I/O ( https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/introducin... , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3dCUPeyhag ), a rebranding of Google TV 2017-02-28: Google introd…

Google TV is a launcher for Android TV, so far as I can tell. Android TV is not being rebranded, as it is the OS - but Google TV is the "Google Experience" on Android TV. To make this more complicated/interesting - Google renamed the Play Movies and TV app to "Google TV." I'm guessing so you can have Google TV on Google TV? Will the Play Movies app on my existing Android TV open the Google TV launcher like shown off…

Can I run Google TV on any capable android device? Like an old phone plugged into a USB dock with an HDMI out?

Re: Google TV

#133

Post by mattcofer » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

Is there any reason I need this if I already have a Roku?

Re: Google TV

#134

Post by yepthatsreality » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

ketralnis wrote: post #32

I owned the Logitech Google TV which I bought for about $300 early in its lifespan. After about a year they shipped some really bad updates to it that made it so slow that it was essentially unuseable and removed several key features, and then never shipped another update to it again. Logitech and Google both lost interest in it and after not long all of the apps like Netflix and even Google's own Youtube stopped wor…

My Dell laptop still works great.

Re: Google TV

#135

Post by andybak » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:51 PM UTC

r-w wrote: post #66

umvi wrote: post #40

Ok, maybe I'm the only one, but I'm actually excited about this. It appears to be an aggregation service. Instead of individually searching across N platforms for content (hulu, disney+, youtube, crunchyroll, netflix, etc), you can now just use a single app (Google TV) which will allows you to search and stream across all platforms you are subscribed to. Furthermore you can cast stuff directly to chromecast from Goog…

This has already been possible for years upon years on Roku.

Hasn't this been possible for years on whateverthatgooglethingiscalled?

(I genuinely thought it was still called Google TV so I was rather confused by this post - I couldn't work out what was new.)

Re: Google TV

#136

Post by outworlder » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:51 PM UTC

mike_d wrote: post #115

crazygringo wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I swear I've read this comment like five times, because you seem to actually know what's going on... but it's left me only more confused. What is a launcher? If Android TV is an OS, then what is a launcher for an OS? And I guess you're as confused as I am as to also what this has to do with the previous Play Movies and TV app.

Time travel with me back to 1993 for a moment... DOS is your Operating System. You can use Windows 3.11, GeoWorks, or DeskMate as your Application Launcher.

You don't even have to travel that far. Even on Windows10 you can install different shells(Cairo, bb4win, classic shell, etc).

Re: Google TV

#137

Post by samatman » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

pier25 wrote: post #42

ketralnis wrote: post #32

I owned the Logitech Google TV which I bought for about $300 early in its lifespan. After about a year they shipped some really bad updates to it that made it so slow that it was essentially unuseable and removed several key features, and then never shipped another update to it again. Logitech and Google both lost interest in it and after not long all of the apps like Netflix and even Google's own Youtube stopped wor…

My Nvidia Shield TV from 2015 is still doing great

That's the crapshoot, isn't it.

Would you have been able to know in 2015 that the Nvidia product was going to be supported, but the Logitech one would be abandoned?

Real question actually. I doubt it, but that's a weakly held opinion.

Re: Google TV

#138

Post by eatingCake » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

mike_d wrote: post #115

crazygringo wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I swear I've read this comment like five times, because you seem to actually know what's going on... but it's left me only more confused. What is a launcher? If Android TV is an OS, then what is a launcher for an OS? And I guess you're as confused as I am as to also what this has to do with the previous Play Movies and TV app.

Time travel with me back to 1993 for a moment... DOS is your Operating System. You can use Windows 3.11, GeoWorks, or DeskMate as your Application Launcher.

What about Microsoft Bob, can I use that?

Re: Google TV

#139

Post by freeone3000 » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:54 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #77

r-w wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This has already been possible for years upon years on Roku.

I don't own a Roku, just a Chromecast

You might be interested in JustWatch, which does this as a phone app.

Re: Google TV

#140

Post by drewg123 » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 9:54 PM UTC

So is this open, like Android TV / Nvidia Shield, and allows side-loading?

Or is this a closed device, like a Chromecast?