That's just logitech's launcher, app, and their own widgets:
http://gtvsource.com/2012/01/05/lg-google-tv-details-outlined-includes-cinema-3d-and-qwerty-remote/
I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about Google TV's interface from the video
That's just logitech's launcher, app, and their own widgets:
http://gtvsource.com/2012/01/05/lg-google-tv-details-outlined-includes-cinema-3d-and-qwerty-remote/
Motorola nyxboard.wow that's perfect! Does something like that exist for xbmc?
"Siri, play last night's episode of Mad Men"Don't know.
I'd be surprised if it's natural language based, but I'm not quite sure that's needed for this usage. Either way, I'd have to look into it.
Given this sort of things is very web-centric, I suppose they could do natural language if they wanted too.
I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about Google TV's interface from the video
"Siri, play last night's episode of Mad Men"
"Go back to episode 5 actually"
"Siri, play some michael jackson"
"When is the next episode of Parks and Recreation?"
It will be awesome.
Oh im not absolving google of any blame. The initial release was crap.The interface looks like it's been updated a bit more than that as has performance
While that may be true, it's convenient to not include Google in the blame as well. GoogleTV was typical Google Beta material - if that. I think quite obviously, the companies involved were led to believe it would be much further along than it was.
*looks at Boxee ... Popcorn Hour ... Dune ... etc.*
When I saw the Siri demo for the first time and heard how natural the responds sound (at least compared to other solutions), I was in home automatisation heaven. Seriously (no pun intended), I'd love to have it at least in my living room, but across the apartment would be even better. One of the first things I do in the morning, is checking the weather forecast on my phone and doing that from bed, without even moving an inch? Yes, please. Give me the future, now!
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Ah well, maybe in 5-10 years.
Not to sound like a google tv shill, but since the device is always on, you can use an alarm application to turn the tv or receiver on and load up the weather application.
And the app would actually tell me how the weather is like? Because if not, I could just continue to use my phone. I just have to unlock it and I see the forecast. Because, you know, live tiles just work like that.
Well....what else would a weather app do?
I see we have a failure to communicateThat's all included in the 2.0 update, it's the TV and Video app.
https://market.android.com/details?...251bGwsMSwxLDUwMCwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS50di5hbGYiXQ..
Which you don't have to use btw, there's a couple of replacements apps for live tv.
Windows 8 on tablets will be a cluster fuck, i can't even wrap my head how they are going to market it. The Arm version and the Intel version how are they going to market that?
I see we have a failure to communicate
I had high hopes for Google TV, but it looks like it's gonna probably suck. I'm off the hype train.
Weird, I thought the opposite after seeing the vids.
I have a Revue, and the new interface seems better ... I'm not sure what you're asking of me?Flashy videos are always cool to watch, but how is it better than what we already have? I mean, look at this. It already made my TV smarter and easier to use.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTpeYoqAhc
Do people actually watch tv like that though? I know that I don't really know what I want to watch and will browse through live tv then my movie collection then my recorded tv then hulu then netflix etc."Siri, play last night's episode of Mad Men"
"Go back to episode 5 actually"
"Siri, play some michael jackson"
"When is the next episode of Parks and Recreation?"
It will be awesome.
Same. Still rocking the KRP-500M, but I'm looking to move that to the bedroom, and get something 65" or larger. I'm not sold on any of the current displays.I want to see the LG OLED and the new Panasonic plasmas.
And why are you linking to a cartoon?
Toshiba 55"
-Glasses free 3DTV
-4k resolution
-Releasing Q1 2012
-Price $..wait for it....10,000.
Maybe it's been a long week or something and I'm a little slow ... but I'm really not understanding what you're saying here.Because it's another official video from Google that shows how cool Google TV is?
Well ... OLED isn't actually out, but even when it is ... they're only just starting to move towards the fab process that should eventually get them cheap relative to other techs.that's a decent price for a 4k display..... i thought OLED was supposed to make TV's CHEAPER
Maybe it's been a long week or something and I'm a little slow ... but I'm really not understanding what you're saying here.
You posted a year old cartoon that was introducing features of v1. I posted a video showing the actual v2 UI and performance improvements over last gen.
In your previous post you asked 'but how is it better than what we already have?' ... and I'll ask again, what do you mean? I'm saying v2 looks to perform better. How is it better than what we have? There's a good chance it's the best smart TV platform.
Yes it was a marketing video, but it was also showing the platform live.What I'm saying is that the video is just a marketing video. Of course it looks awesome. Just like it did in the video from last year. Until I see an impressive demo, it's just another E3 2005 trailer.
The CES showfloor doesn't open until next week, but here's one reason to arrive early in Las Vegas. Banners are popping up outside the convention center, and one of the big ones looming over the Central Hall entrance advertises its OLED TV presence. The choice of hyperbole specifically is "Ultimate TV... Super OLED Sensation." If we had to guess what size this "Super OLED" TV would be, we'd probably say 55 inches that's how large LG's recently-announced (and self-touted "world's largest") OLED TV is, and that's the size Samsung is expected to release before the 2012 Olympics. With LG's set also being just 4mm thin, we're curious to see if Samsung will try to match the thickness or try to differentiate in other ways. That "super" has to count for something, right? It probably goes without saying, but this is just one in a million (not literally but close) televisions we'll see next week.
We're going to hear a lot about Hollywood's UltraViolet centralized-DRM locker system at CES this year after a rough launch with just a few movies on the Warner-owned Flixster service, the studios are planning a big push that'll try and live up to the system's promise of buy-anywhere-play-anywhere movies. A big part of that is expanding distribution, and a company called Neustar Media is making it easy for retailers to get on board with UltraViolet: its new Catalyst storefront is basically a ready-to-go UltraViolet retail site, complete with content licensing deals to get the stores off the ground. Retailers can skin Catalyst any way they want and add their own content to the mix, or they can just leave it stock. There's also a player app for consumers that works across devices; it's smart enough to look for previously-downloaded movies on your local network rather than pulling from the cloud every time.
Neustar actually developed the underlying UltraViolet coordinator software, so it's a natural step for the company to work on distribution as well; retailers would otherwise need the technical expertise to support the entire UltraViolet framework, complete with the five different DRM systems within it. Catalyst lets retailers skip all of that work and go straight to selling movies and competing against other retailers Neustar VP George Myers told us he thinks 2012 will be "the year of the retailer," with lots of competition around digital media pricing and margins as the industry grows beyond just Apple and Amazon. According to Myers, UltraViolet will allow "someone to come in and disrupt everyone" with a storefront that isn't tied to a single ecosystem but rather an industry-wide platform.
Of course, one major advantage both Apple and Amazon offer right now is the ability to rent movies, which UltraViolet doesn't support Myers says that UltraViolet is currently "missing the market" on rentals and that Catalyst is ready to support them as soon as support is built into the system. We'll see if there's any news around rentals at CES and take some time to play with Catalyst while we're at it.
You really got a chip on your shoulder ... don't you.
You really got a chip on your shoulder ... don't you.
At least you realize you're trollingCan I get your avatar now?
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/7/2689625/motorola-wireless-charging-tease-ces-2012It looks like Motorola will be introducing some form of wireless charging at CES 2012 next week. The company just posted a teaser video of what they have in store for us, and Motorola's hardly gone for subtlety here the video features a crying USB plug and the tagline "Stay Unplugged." We'll be sure to let you know exactly what this is all about the second we hear more from Las Vegas
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Toshiba 55"
-Glasses free 3DTV
-4k resolution
-Releasing Q1 2012
-Price $..wait for it....10,000.
I was also impressed by Kallman's determination not to repeat the mistakes of the DVD-A and SACD campaigns of a decade ago. A lot of the business details are still being worked out, so specifics about the new high-resolution releases were in short supply. Kallman did promise that Warner's commitment to high-resolution will be "active and aggressive," and the formal announcement will take place at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2012. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that all of the major and indie record labels get serious about releasing better-sounding music next year. We'll see.