Direct TV is getting ridiculous.
What Are The Pros And Cons Of Having Google Tv Or A Type Of Internet Television?
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I just bought the Google TV. I have the 40″ Sony Internet TV. After 2 days I decided to return it. It is the 3rd day, and decided to give it another chance. I just want to play l DVD’s and stream video from wherever I can find it on the internet, no cable or sattelite bill. For this, it works. I do not give it any points for the web surfing abilities. Although it does have Chrome browser built in and gets wherever you want to go, the clunky remote sucks. No copy/paste, no right click. Most Chrome extensions do not work on Google TV. The “intuitive” remote may be intuitive for tech savvy folks, but not for me, it does not work like a PC keyboard at all. Advantages are everything is built in,-Chrome web browser, netfix, Twitter, Facebook, etc., and runs on Android OS, so as it catches on, potentially more apps will become available. I dont care for any of the apps as yet, I just want to stream video.The price is an advantage. I purchased the 40″ at Target for $569 with the red rewards card. Not a bad price for a 40″LED 60hz 1080p. Fry’s has the 46″ for $699, so I will probably return it and get the 46″ at Fry’s. If I could afford it, I would get a bigger HDTV, and connect a PC via HDMI and wireless keyboard. Also Hulu and many other sites block Google TV. I don’t know how they know you are on a GTV and not some other connected device, but they do. Most internet TV ‘s haves pre selected destinations like Netflix, flickr, etc and that’s it. This is competively priced TV, that has a clunky input system for accessing the web. You would think that in 2012, Sony and Google could have done a much better job. This is a new interface, and it will get better, or not.
Your “Direct TV is getting ridiculous” comment pretty much sums it up! A TV that offers internet connectivity offers a lot of comment without a cable/ satelite bill. Stream Netflix, youtube, Hulu all for less than what you’re paying for. The cons would be you are losing access to a lot of live and prime time services that Direct TV gave you but if that’s not a big deal, you can wait, most shows are put online soon after airing!