After last year’s disappearing act at CES 2011, Google TV came back strong at CES 2012. Google announced partnerships with major players including Sony, LG, VIZIO, and newcomer to the Smart TV market, Lenovo. (Logitech was conspicuously absent from the list.) Consumer demand for “over-the-top” streaming video over the Internet is growing by leaps and [...]
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HDTV Almanac - Google TV Lives!
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alfredpoor
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Re: HDTV Almanac - Google TV Lives!
I got a Logitech Revue (for a mere $99) and hooked it up recently. Not long enough to be expert, but long enough to realized it ruined all the FiOS video that went through it. Looking at the forums, this maybe a version issue - not sure as it has a scaling setup in the begining. Nothing but straight pass through is going do though.
But as for the Qwerty Keyboard....it would be rather absurd to reject Google TV over a keyboard. This is a YouTube/Internet device. Try entering a URL or search string with a Text-9 or any other present input system and your Keyboard will be your best friend. I have a Harmony, so while I programmed up the Logitech Revuew keyboard remote, I also added this to the Harmony. In the end, I have my remote, and when I need it I use the keyboard. And it does not take me 15 minutes to enter a URL.
So, I would suggest worrying about the remote as being silly at best, self defeating at worst. I have separated the TV from the Revue, so the Cable-TV part is gone, but the remote keys on the keyboard/remote still work the overall system if I want.
As for the Interface complaints of the past - that must have been a previous version of the OS. This version, 3.1, is very straight forward. Pefect, nah, but extremely easy to use overall.
But as for the Qwerty Keyboard....it would be rather absurd to reject Google TV over a keyboard. This is a YouTube/Internet device. Try entering a URL or search string with a Text-9 or any other present input system and your Keyboard will be your best friend. I have a Harmony, so while I programmed up the Logitech Revuew keyboard remote, I also added this to the Harmony. In the end, I have my remote, and when I need it I use the keyboard. And it does not take me 15 minutes to enter a URL.
So, I would suggest worrying about the remote as being silly at best, self defeating at worst. I have separated the TV from the Revue, so the Cable-TV part is gone, but the remote keys on the keyboard/remote still work the overall system if I want.
As for the Interface complaints of the past - that must have been a previous version of the OS. This version, 3.1, is very straight forward. Pefect, nah, but extremely easy to use overall.
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rml
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Re: HDTV Almanac - Google TV Lives!
Steve's remarks on the Logitech Revue are consistent with my experience with it. Particularly, don't run your cable through it; maybe someone with Dish could weigh in, given the claimed tight integration between the Review and Dish boxes.
Alfred's comment that "Logitech was conspicuously absent from the list" is disturbing for the prospect of future support. Logitech generally has excellent continuing product support, their Squeezebox audio devices come to mind, but the bloodbath they took on the Revue may, unfortunately, have undermined their commitment to it.
Alfred's comment that "Logitech was conspicuously absent from the list" is disturbing for the prospect of future support. Logitech generally has excellent continuing product support, their Squeezebox audio devices come to mind, but the bloodbath they took on the Revue may, unfortunately, have undermined their commitment to it.
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iwampfler
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Re: HDTV Almanac - Google TV Lives!
I use the Logitech Revue with the Dish VIP 722 DVR Receiver. I gladly pay the $4.00 per month
to integrate it with the Dish Receiver. I run a HDMI cable from the Dish Receiver to the Revue
and then onother HDMI cable from the Revue to the TV. We do lots of Internet Surfing using the Chrome Browser
included with the Android 3.1 OS. I like being able to pull up program quides, with this Browser, for seven PBS broadcasts
viewed via the TV's QAM tuner. Dish Network offers only one PBS program. These seven PBS programs, from two statiions,
are received via Comcast "Very Basic" Cable service.
to integrate it with the Dish Receiver. I run a HDMI cable from the Dish Receiver to the Revue
and then onother HDMI cable from the Revue to the TV. We do lots of Internet Surfing using the Chrome Browser
included with the Android 3.1 OS. I like being able to pull up program quides, with this Browser, for seven PBS broadcasts
viewed via the TV's QAM tuner. Dish Network offers only one PBS program. These seven PBS programs, from two statiions,
are received via Comcast "Very Basic" Cable service.