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Re: Google TV

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Post by ihuman »

rastapanda wrote: post #15
leetrout wrote: post #2

I was very confused then I remembered I was subscribed to _YouTube TV_ not _Google TV_. Then I was confused again- is this an actual TV? Oh it's a dongle- no, wait, that's a Chromecast with Google TV. Anyway, I guess this is a new content app like Hulu.

I think this may be closer to an Android TV replacement? but with seemingly less features. Is my 65" TV I splashed out on going to stop getting updates now...

Its Android TV with a different UI, and its replacing Android TV https://9to5google.com/2020/09/30/android-tv-replaced-google...

Re: Google TV

#202

Post by andybak »

ronyfadel wrote: post #159
andybak wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haven't they had a thing like this for years? Is this different to the thing before or just a renaming?

It looks the same as Apple’s tvOS. Someone ran the photocopier on their competition.

But didn't they have a thing before like this? Was that also a copy or is this different?

Re: Google TV

#203

Post by kzrdude »

gertrunde wrote: post #154

Goodness me, this is an exemplary example of the type of website that I just cannot abide. Style over content, and the presentation just plain getting in the way of the information, to the point that the user ends up leaving rather than finding out what the site is attempting to convey. Awful. Just awful.

I agree. A simple "More info" or "How does it work" link at the top or bottom would have kept me there.

Re: Google TV

#204

Post by bmurphy1976 »

scrooched_moose wrote: post #194
bmurphy1976 wrote: post #181

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I had a similar problem, turns out my router was dropping bonjour/upnp packets. I think that was preventing my devices from properly discovering what services were available on my network. I never found a solution for the problem (OpenWRT+WRT3200ACM), but bought a different router and the problem magically went away (OpenWRT+R7800). Could be any number of reasons why you are having issues unfortunately.

Interesting. Thanks for the information. Might be a project for a cold night this winter, or we just are pretty happy with Rokus now. I'm certain the onset of the problem didn't coincide with a new router, and I've gone through a couple since it started so I assumed that wasn't the issue.

Yeah, who knows. In my case it worked for 1 to 72 hours after rebooting the router, then would drop 100% of the packets until the next reboot. It took some time to figure out what was going on.

Re: Google TV

#205

Post by toyg »

partiallypro wrote: post #192
Navarr wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Google is somehow worse than Microsoft at naming

Google has become worse than Microsoft.

GMail, GMaps, and GDocs, were simple and to the point. Then institutional rot happened.

Re: Google TV

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Post by trynewideas »

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…

I keep waiting for Google to rebrand Google Books to Google Reader just to troll people

Re: Google TV

#207

Post by grensley »

Talk about a product with a foot in the grave already.

It honestly makes me angry how much human capital was wasted on making this. Everything about this is a UX nightmare, from the scrolljacking site, to the apps-in-apps UI, to the abomination of a remote. This is such a waste.

Re: Google TV

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Post by trynewideas »

gertrunde wrote: post #154

Goodness me, this is an exemplary example of the type of website that I just cannot abide. Style over content, and the presentation just plain getting in the way of the information, to the point that the user ends up leaving rather than finding out what the site is attempting to convey. Awful. Just awful.

I hate this whole genre of site design/parallax abuse. The Nexus 5 page does the same thing. It's a commercial that gives you a trivial amount of control over playback, not a website.

Re: Google TV

#209

Post by chubot »

heavyset_go wrote: post #176
chubot wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, although the frame rate really sucks. I think that is a separate issue though. (You really notice it on action scenes) I don't see why there would be any problem with Netflix in HD in the browser on Ubuntu ? This PC is also from 2012 or so, so I think I should upgrade and maybe the frame rate will improve... I haven't isolated the issue. It's fine for most shows. But I suspect Netflix encoding quality also sucks…

> I don't see why there would be any problem with Netflix in HD in the browser on Ubuntu ? Because there isn't a browser released on Linux that has the right DRM capabilities to run Netflix's DRM, and thus Netflix on Linux is limited to less-than-HD, hence why I asked if you were able to get it working.

I just use Firefox on Ubuntu and it seems fine? Doesn't seem SD. Maybe I'm missing something -- is there a way to check?

The thing I notice is more the frame rate than the resolution. The resolution looks HD to me -- I can tell the difference with offline videos.

Hm I suppose it is possible I am getting some degraded quality from Netflix. I always thought it was because of the old PC and/or their bad encoding quality.

I mainly watch non-demanding video on Netflix, like a cooking show or standup comedy ... YouTube is definitely HD for me.

https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/netflix-caps-video-qu...

Re: Google TV

#210

Post by ehsankia »

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…

Highly relevant comic (although it's quite outdated now)

https://bonkersworld.net/naming-dartboard

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