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Re: Google TV

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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…

Not just lose money but was ridiculed. The Apple Watch and Airpods made Apple the laughing stock when they came out but fast forward a few years and the Apple Watch is the most successful smart watch out there and every other tech company is trying to mimic the success that the Airpods had down to getting rid of the headphone jack.

Re: Google TV

#333

Almost a 1:1 copy of the Apple TV app just with a worse copy of website https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-app , not new but ever so disappointing Google adds so little new to ideas they decide to adopt

I just bought one. I'm a chromecast user on my main tv (that I control with my phone or nearby google home). I bought this for the remote. There's not really anything to "improve" here. It's a dumb box that aggregates streaming apps. The real differentiator is google assistant (and associated google home ecosystem - if you've bought into that)

I'm interested in Google Home functionality, and I like the Google assistant the most when comparing it to Siri and Alexa. It seems to better process non-generic questions and commands better than the other two.

What I'm not keen on is a cheap box that doesn't have enough RAM, so that it'll end up lagging. I don't understand why there isn't a premium model. I also don't want to dangle a weight from my HDMI port. That's probably how the HDMI ports broke on my last TV. I also would like to have volume buttons on the remotes. A mute button is nice but not enough. I'd rather trade the youtube and netflix buttons for real volume control buttons.

Re: Google TV

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Ok, I'm asking: what features does this (or the apple one, or the nvidia shield, or the roku stuff) give you that can't be given by a Raspberry Pi + libreelec + kodi?

The ability to use streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO, etc etc etc? Besides, a lot of these streaming sticks are cheaper that an RPi. The question is why should you use a Pi over the streaming stick, not the other way around.

do you know that netflix, amazon prime video etc are viewable throug kodi? have a look at https://github.com/peak3d/inputstream.adaptive

Re: Google TV

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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.

It's also been on Apple TV and Amazon's Fire TV for a long while now. Agreed, it's not novel. However, maybe Google's recommendations are better? Google tends to have the best AIs.

Re: Google TV

#336

This might be the wrong place to complain about this issue. But "smart" TVs need to be replaced with "dumb TV + set top box" bundles. As it is now, the best panels are obsolete after a year.

There's a simple solution: don't connect your TV to the internet and just use its HDMI ports for a separate streaming box.

Re: Google TV

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Ok, I'm asking: what features does this (or the apple one, or the nvidia shield, or the roku stuff) give you that can't be given by a Raspberry Pi + libreelec + kodi?

Playing DRM media, I would assume.

drm (at least widevine) is supported in kodi

Re: Google TV

#339
I’m a bit sad they didn’t take Apple’s approach and use USB to recharge the remote. With Apple TV I just plug it into the wall once every 6-9 months for 30mins. No battery waste.

Re: Google TV

#340

I think the practice of killing off streaming services and projects that aren't "core" is a huge liability for Google. Why should I invest time and money in a service or product that might be killed off in a few years? We need to reward companies that keep things alive for longer. I got an iPhone recently (over a somewhat cheaper Android) precisely because Apple provides OS updates for longer than any other smartphon…

Fully agree. I paid to purchase hundreds of songs on Google Music and now I have to migrate to Youtube Music which won't let me play those songs without ads and without keeping my phone's screen on unless I pay for a subscription.

I already paid to own those songs. Why do I now have to pay a monthly subscription to keep using them?

Thanks but no thanks, Google.

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