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Re: Google TV

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Post by ketralnis »

m-p-3 wrote: post #252
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…

I'd blame Logitech in that case, because my 1st gen Chromecast is still going strong to this day.

The Google TV predates the Chromecast by about a year. It's probably why Google lost interest in it. That's my point: Google's product ADHD will happily drop your chromecast too, especially with the launch of this new Google TV product.

Re: Google TV

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Post by andreareina »

ehsankia wrote: post #210
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Highly relevant comic (although it's quite outdated now) https://bonkersworld.net/naming-dartboard

That's hilarious. Who's the other speaker?

Re: Google TV

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Post by 88840-8855 »

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…

Look. I am not willing to pay for movies and mainstream shows.

Why should like me get such aggregation services that require 4 different subscriptions that add up to 600 Euro per year?

I never got these aggregation services - and there are already MANY of them. Here in Germany the Telcos are having setup boxes that are more powerful than this Google TV thing as they aggregate subscriptions AND are able to stream live TV via Cable. Just google Magenta TV and GIGA TV.

Re: Google TV

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Post by starky »

thrwn_frthr_awy wrote: post #183
DesiLurker wrote: post #121

God bless the google tech lead whose promotion this iteration of google tv would end up supporting. Jokes apart, I am not buying that this time is different . as much as it pains me to say, google needs a little power to the product managers to push through a consistent vision of consumer product side.

To me this is a top down problem. VPs and execs should be putting a stop to this. There needs to be a clear product vision from the top for there to be a clear product vision in the middle and bottom. This is what Steve Jobs was so good at. He could just say, this is dumb we aren't doing this. Google needs an exec team that understands products at the consumer level, not the engineering level and sees products as lon…

I'm in full agreement with you. However, it is hard for management to change how the company operates in such a massive way when the shareholders have been nothing but happy with the company's performance. Google have to have left a ton of revenue on the table by giving up on products rather than developing them to be useful and giving their customers confidence that the product they depend on won't be depreciated.

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Post by bickeringyokel »

ehsankia wrote: post #210
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

They forgot to put music on that board

Re: Google TV

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Post by kidfiji »

Cd00d wrote: post #314
loughnane wrote: post #276

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spectre + Roku + Pi-hole is a really nice experience

I'm 2 for 3. What's Spectre? Google returns mostly Bond.

I’m pretty sure he’s talking about “dumb” Sceptre TVs that have no smart features

Re: Google TV

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Post by inoop »

grensley wrote: post #207

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.

No kidding. I feel for the engineers who spent sleepless nights getting this to launch ...

Re: Google TV

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Post by bickeringyokel »

lapetitejort wrote: post #71
jtsiskin wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can always plug a box into the TV, even if it’s a smart TV. The software can still update. Does the hardware needed to play a video really become obsolete in 1 year? Why, do hardware decoders improve that fast? People aren’t using these panels for games

My smart tv constantly gets in the way. If I boot up a game device it starts with a footer bar with apps and such that won't disappear for up to a minute. I have to press back on the remote if I want it to go away faster. If I accidentally press or long press a button on the remote the whole TV will be hijacked for a voice command or something. A year or so ago the TV decided that if it wasn't getting any inputs it s…

I bought a cheap Toshiba that only has a built in chrome cast that you can ignore. It's a good option.
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