Comments on: Logitech Revue production freeze while new Google TV version cooked?

By: christopher deherrera

christopher deherrera — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:51:33 +0000

My favorite experience was the ability to search music videos on YouTube while Jersey Shore was on commercial. The set up was all instruction driven. I hate instructions and will be a last resort but the setup is effortless. If you’re an internet geek like myself, or just a TV junky (or both lol) this is definitely for you! The Logitech Revue with Google TV was a mind altering experiencing when it comes to incorporating TV and internet. Basically Google TV turned the largest TV in my home into a computer. Amazing? To say the least! As an employee as well as being a customer of DISH Network I was pretty blown away when the demonstration took place. All I really wanted to do was find out what the process for purchase was. And of course, not only do you get it for a discounted rate as a DISH subscriber but it’s incorporates everything our HD receivers offers along side internet access. If anyone ever wants more info regarding it you can also get it out at dish.com/google tv. Great new product! –Christopher DeHerrera/DISH Network LLC

By: Michael S.

Michael S. — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:39:35 +0000

Marc, the problem is most consumers don’t want the hassle of setting up a PC to the TV for the same functionality that Google TV can offer. That is what makes devices such as the Revue so great – it can bring the same thing us tech savvy folks have enjoyed for quite some time to the masses. I knew immediately on playing with this at work back in September (I work at DISH Network) that this would become a big hit. And I actually had a laptop connected as a HTPC solution but have dropped that since I purchased the Revue when it launched. I have not regretted that decision at all. The way the interface seamlessly pools all the content on my DISH DVR and the entire web into a seamless interface has changed my life, lol.

By: Marc Allan Feldman

Marc Allan Feldman — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:15:38 +0000

Google should do what google does best. Make a powerful and elegant software solution and make it free with unobtrusive addressable advertising. Now that small inexpensive PCs have HDMI output, there are few barriers to attaching a PC to the TV set. Google TV should be a software download. Google should not be in the box business. See:
http://openivo.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-your-set-top-box-should-be-pc.html