http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/I don't see how this problem isn't solved by just using your tv as an external monitor for a laptop. yes, the intervace isn't going to be optimised, but you can watch your regular cable, and then switch input and watch whatever webcontent you want on the big screen. you can even play your laptop games through the tv screen. works fine for me. what does google tv have that that doesn't?]]>May 30th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
I've found that I never turn over to cable. Hulu, Netflix, Reader, and podcasts have taken all my time. Cable only provides me reruns which is just useless.

If Google TV provides them 4 things on top of live tv with a simple interface, the rest of the world can catch up.

Also TiVo was a dumb comparison for being packed in. A cool feature that your paying for in the hardware of a tv, but then requires a subscription to keep said functionality != cool features that you pay for once, and then keep.]]>May 30th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
So I think with the proper application development, this could be a pretty neat thing tablets and Google TV/ Apple TV which is now on the horizon again.

Only time will how this turns out. Things have changed a bit since Web TV but I do appreciate Mr. Gartenberg's insight on the matter.]]>May 30th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/You mean it is a big pile of crap as it stands. I believe the next iteration will fantastical.]]>May 30th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Whats a TV? dont recall when i last watched anything on it!]]>May 30th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Why is this like the 5th story where engadget is ripping GTV???]]>May 30th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
I think just a lot of people are skeptical where it can go and what it can do. I am skeptically hopeful. I see a lot of ways where application development can make this take off. But if the developers are just not there, then this product will fall flat on its face.]]>May 31st 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 31st 2010 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/ -- Yep, and that's why you wouldn't strip them, would you? http://j.mp/google-super-tv-2011]]>May 31st 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
And btw, I love a good coffee and bagel as much as the next guy, but you don't hear me crowing about it. ]]>May 30th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Personally i'd rather have a good cup of Tea and some Victoria Sponge. ]]>May 30th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Anyways on topic, it will be good to be able to use the catch-up TV websites on the big-screen.]]>May 30th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Also Flickr, Picasa, deviantart, Panoramio, photobucket, twitpic, MobileMe, Kodak Easyshare, Snapfish.. you get the idea?]]>May 30th 2010 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
I don't like putting all my eggs in one basket, especially a basket owned by a company who's core activity is advertising.

Even worse, they have created an environment whereby we have lost control of what data of ours they store and our control of it, and we seem to have accepted this with little resistance.

Sorry Google, you won't be on my TV.]]>May 30th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
It also reminded me of WebTV or whatever it was called, that I believe microsoft tried to market during the ages of dial-up.]]>May 30th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
For the people worried about some crazy new remote control, who cares? You already have remotes for BluRay, TV, receiver, cable/sat STB, what's the problem with another one in the mix (and the fact that it may replace one if you ditch cable TV)?

For me the TV has long been just a big monitor, for whatever content source (DVD, Xbox, PC, etc.), so the whole notion of it being exclusively a passive device is so last century. Passive cable/sat TV isn't going away for years, but google TV has stepped into a growing market... We already have a generation of high school and college students using various internet content sources (Hulu, Netflix, piracy, etc.), and many will never go back to cable/sat. Google TV won't fail because nobody wants internet TV. If it does fail it will be for other reasons like cost, usability, what content sources it supports, etc.]]>May 31st 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
When i sit down to watch some TV it means that i certainly not in the mood for typing some keywords into google on a remote (it actually means i am not in the mood to do so even on a full sized keyboard of my laptop). I want hit the power button, go randomly through channels (spending less than a minute hitting buttons) and finally relax watching something. I GET ENOUGT AVERTS ON MY TV more adverts from google search is overkill for me. No more adverts on a TV. NO way.]]>May 30th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 31st 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Thats Bullshit.

Consumers don't know what they want until you tell them. It must seamlessly work, be simple and offer a real value. Then they will love it. Just like Smartphones nowadays.

They didn't knew they want them, did they? ]]>May 30th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
I'll give you a hint... Google's 'strategy' is "if it fails, then oh well, who cares... "

]]>May 30th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
Its a common IT Strategy: Fail often, fail early.

And they have the money to do that.]]>May 30th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
They are using the netflix model of getting their software on as many devices as possible, thus allowing for easy entry by the business partners. They also are not trying to directly sell content allowing for easier non-competitive partnerships with content providers. Saying GTV is going to fail, is not taking into the POTENTIAL for new ways that we soon won't realize how we ever lived without. ]]>May 30th 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
- From my Acer Revo and a big ass Samsung 1080p]]>May 30th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/
and then there's the whole 'later' issue again.

Even if their stuff is utter crap, at least Apple works out the details before they release something and have a date for it. they aren't like 'well this is what it should do when it is finished and that will be sometime around the end of the year']]>May 30th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 30th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/entelligence-hello-webtv-part-ii/May 31st 2010 7:19AM