Google tv is a joke. First and foremost they create no content. It is already there. The Neilson ratings system and the tv folks have their ad business sewn up and don't need a middle man like Google for shit. So I find Google's intrusion into this space as irrelevant. Google is doing nothing more than cluster bombing itself the same way Starbucks did when they opened all them damn stores knowing full well they weren't going to make money. They just wanted to appear to grow and to the untrained eye it looked that way. However, when you delved deeper into the abyss, Starbucks was losing money. And they had to close all those stores and get rid of like 9000 employees. Ouch! Global Crossing had jumped the shark and laid down superfluous fiber optic cable even when the demand had long waned . However, to wall street it appeared there was demand. That was the idea! Only thing Google is going to do is shuffle the same shit around. And why the hell do I want to leave my mac/pc just to surf on the tv? Waste of fucking time.
@cherryboom Ok, I'm gonna break this down for you. Starting with your first point: Why does Google HAVE to create content in order to be relevant in this business? Last time I checked, Apple TV doesn't create content, Hulu doesn't either, and their ALL what you call "middlemen". I hardly ever go to NBC.com to watch a show, because it's slow and I want to get to my content fast. Hulu is right there on my desktop for instant use. They are the middleman because they bring all my shows to my desktop to watch. WDLive is the box that I use for streaming Hulu and other content applications to my different televisions and computers. WDLive doesn't have what you call "content" and neither does Google. That whole point you made doesn't make any sense. You probably mean an INTERFACE, which is what all of the boxes have.
That whole Starbucks equation can only be relevant in the way that Starbucks failed because they opened up store after store after store. Same shit, different place. Google isn't just popping up on the scene with the same shit, primarily because this is something they really haven't even done before. They have their search engine in the interfaces of those boxes, but never their own software and multiple partners to back them up, as well as features that link their interface to mobile devices such as the iPhone and Android, and more to come as well. Global Crossing had used that expensive fiber optics and laid the nation with it but there was not enough customers buying into it for them to make a net profit and they filed for bankruptcy. Nothing Google is doing is expensive, and they have notable popularity (as well as partners) to secure and/or bring in at least 1 million buyers in probably half a year alone.
"And why the hell do I want to leave my mac/pc just to surf on the tv? Waste of fucking time."
Are you and your whole family gonna crowd around your computer to watch the latest TV programs and movies? I don't think so.
@cherryboom Google is in the Tech biz not the coffee biz. Here are some reason why I would think about Google TV: 1- Web on TV: I have my desktop connected to my tv and I have a logitech keyboard remote however it's a pain. 2- Rich Multimedia beyond TV: I watch youtube and all sort of flash video on my desktop all the time, would love to share those with my wife while sitting on the couch 3- Upgradeable TV: your old TV in a sense will run Android which will be often updated with a lot of goodies from Google 4- Games (family games)
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Google tv is a joke. First and foremost they create no content. It is already there. The Neilson ratings system and the tv folks have their ad business sewn up and don't need a middle man like Google for shit.
So I find Google's intrusion into this space as irrelevant.
Google is doing nothing more than cluster bombing itself the same way Starbucks did when they opened all them damn stores knowing full well they weren't going to make money. They just wanted to appear to grow and to the untrained eye it looked that way. However, when you delved deeper into the abyss, Starbucks was losing money. And they had to close all those stores and get rid of like 9000 employees. Ouch!
Global Crossing had jumped the shark and laid down superfluous fiber optic cable even when the demand had long waned . However, to wall street it appeared there was demand. That was the idea!
Only thing Google is going to do is shuffle the same shit around.
And why the hell do I want to leave my mac/pc just to surf on the tv?
Waste of fucking time.
@cherryboom
Dick.
@cherryboom Ok, I'm gonna break this down for you. Starting with your first point: Why does Google HAVE to create content in order to be relevant in this business? Last time I checked, Apple TV doesn't create content, Hulu doesn't either, and their ALL what you call "middlemen". I hardly ever go to NBC.com to watch a show, because it's slow and I want to get to my content fast. Hulu is right there on my desktop for instant use. They are the middleman because they bring all my shows to my desktop to watch. WDLive is the box that I use for streaming Hulu and other content applications to my different televisions and computers. WDLive doesn't have what you call "content" and neither does Google. That whole point you made doesn't make any sense. You probably mean an INTERFACE, which is what all of the boxes have.
That whole Starbucks equation can only be relevant in the way that Starbucks failed because they opened up store after store after store. Same shit, different place. Google isn't just popping up on the scene with the same shit, primarily because this is something they really haven't even done before. They have their search engine in the interfaces of those boxes, but never their own software and multiple partners to back them up, as well as features that link their interface to mobile devices such as the iPhone and Android, and more to come as well. Global Crossing had used that expensive fiber optics and laid the nation with it but there was not enough customers buying into it for them to make a net profit and they filed for bankruptcy. Nothing Google is doing is expensive, and they have notable popularity (as well as partners) to secure and/or bring in at least 1 million buyers in probably half a year alone.
"And why the hell do I want to leave my mac/pc just to surf on the tv?
Waste of fucking time."
Are you and your whole family gonna crowd around your computer to watch the latest TV programs and movies? I don't think so.
@cherryboom Google is in the Tech biz not the coffee biz. Here are some reason why I would think about Google TV:
1- Web on TV: I have my desktop connected to my tv and I have a logitech keyboard remote however it's a pain.
2- Rich Multimedia beyond TV: I watch youtube and all sort of flash video on my desktop all the time, would love to share those with my wife while sitting on the couch
3- Upgradeable TV: your old TV in a sense will run Android which will be often updated with a lot of goodies from Google
4- Games (family games)