Chromecast with Google TV • Hacker News Board

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by animationwill » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

Don’t forget Google already abandoned Google TV once: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_TV

I bought it as a gift for someone once and they cancelled it and deleted the SDK.

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by AnssiH » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:38 PM UTC

Here is a link to the US store that works globally: https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv

The current article link (https://store.google.com/product/chromecast_google_tv) just goes to Google Store homepage for me (Finland).

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by uptown » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:39 PM UTC

This looks like the Apple TV interface for people who don't live in the Apple device ecosystem.

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by Bahamut » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:39 PM UTC

On a side note, anyone else get janky behavior trying to scroll on the homepage here? It feels like a janky/simpler version of what you see for the Apple product pages.

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by move-on-by » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:39 PM UTC

throwaways885 wrote: post #15

move-on-by wrote: post #11

Oh boy, let me tell you about my LG Google TV (55GA7900). It was awesome when it was brand new, I really enjoyed being able to install various apps (this is pre-roku days where it wasn't common place). After a couple years, they moved on to Android TV - but everything still worked and they still pushed out some occasional updates. Well, a few more years went by and it became EOL. LG pushed out one final update which…

Google TV is software which runs on Android TV devices made by Google. It's not a replacement of Android TV. It's akin to Windows Media Center running on Windows XP.

According to this article, it looks like another rebranding, which is exactly what happened 6 years ago when Google TV was rebranded to Android TV. Its a simple way to drop support for existing devices.

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-tv-rebrand-google-tv-...

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by criddell » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:43 PM UTC

I wonder if you can turn off the full screen ad? I'd rather pick my own background image.

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by scarface74 » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:43 PM UTC

shajznnckfke wrote: post #12

IMO, Apple TV has been one of the strengths of the iOS ecosystem over Android. Chromecast has a lot of good integrations, but the dongle’s lack of a standalone UI with independent controls made it awkward for communal living room use. Looks like this could be a strong competitor and the price greatly undercuts Apple. I’m excited to try it out.

With part of the cost of anything Google related is your privacy....

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by seppin » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:45 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #26

I wonder if you can turn off the full screen ad? I'd rather pick my own background image.

Exactly, I love having my own photos as a screensaver with my current Chromecast.

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by koiz » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:45 PM UTC

Looks great, been waiting to get out of the roku world for too long.

Re: Chromecast with Google TV

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:45 PM UTC

Bahamut wrote: post #24

On a side note, anyone else get janky behavior trying to scroll on the homepage here? It feels like a janky/simpler version of what you see for the Apple product pages.

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