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    News - Google TV aims to integrate the TV with the web

    As expected, Google has partnered with Intel, Sony and Logitech to enable full Internet access on TVs.
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    Re: News - Google TV aims to integrate the TV with the web

    want one!

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    Re: News - Google TV aims to integrate the TV with the web

    I think this will be a game changer if Google can make this easy to use and reliable. When you think about it this is such an obvious thing to do - getting Web content and media onto a TV. Granted there are already ways to do this with a HTPC but this looks like it will be more intuative and can even be built into a TV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bradyjames View Post
    I think this will be a game changer if Google can make this easy to use and reliable. When you think about it this is such an obvious thing to do - getting Web content and media onto a TV. Granted there are already ways to do this with a HTPC but this looks like it will be more intuative and can even be built into a TV.
    Big problem in the UK with this technology. Most ISP have a limit on how much data you can download, even if they are unlimited. Ie BT's unlimited is capped at 100GB (although you can go over, the speed is reduced)

    Now if all this video content to your TV on the net, it will only take a matter of days of heavy use to hit 100GB of info.

    I just don't think the UK's broadband infrastructure could take it - its too weak.

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    Re: News - Google TV aims to integrate the TV with the web

    Fingers crossed on a pc version as well for all of us with HTPC's..... I'm hopeful as it's google and presumably they'll want to get it in front of as many eyes as possible to increase the ad revenue.

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    Re: News - Google TV aims to integrate the TV with the web

    Quote Originally Posted by Brewster0101 View Post
    Big problem in the UK with this technology. Most ISP have a limit on how much data you can download, even if they are unlimited. Ie BT's unlimited is capped at 100GB (although you can go over, the speed is reduced)

    Now if all this video content to your TV on the net, it will only take a matter of days of heavy use to hit 100GB of info.

    I just don't think the UK's broadband infrastructure could take it - its too weak.
    Yes it will be interesting to see how this plays out. We also have 'Project Canvas' which has the potential to push up utilisation too. I thought there might be broadband usage limits in most countries from most Telco's now (inlcuding the US) but I might be wrong.

    If it's any good we might see some Telco's jump on board and do special packages or bundles with high usage allowance + Google TV. Might be a good way to take on Sky etc.

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    Re: News - Google TV aims to integrate the TV with the web

    Quote Originally Posted by bradyjames View Post
    I think this will be a game changer if Google can make this easy to use and reliable. When you think about it this is such an obvious thing to do - getting Web content and media onto a TV. Granted there are already ways to do this with a HTPC but this looks like it will be more intuative and can even be built into a TV.
    i wander if there will be a way to integrate something like MediaPortal's TVServer or a MythTV Backend to serve your own content across the network to several TVs around the house. could be done with their own APIs or a combination of uPnP and RTSP feeds.

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