Google TV's homescreen video ads now include fast food too

reverendsteveii , 5 months ago

looks like it's time to never buy anything from google ever again!

dog_ , 5 months ago

Might as well just get/make a home theater pc

grayman , 5 months ago

My MCPC is a micro PC that's at least 10 years old. It plays h.265 at 2k just fine. I'm excited to see things move back to media computers.

dog_ , 5 months ago

That's amazing. I do have an old computer laying around, so I may be able to do that. May I ask what specs your MCPC has?

grayman , 5 months ago

i7 (mobile processor) with the built in Intel gpu. 16G ram. 120G ssd. It's an optiplex. They're pretty cheap on Amazon / ebay as refurbs. I bought it for the processor. Bought and upgraded the ram and ssd separately. I just have kodi on it (on Linux Mint). Everything is stored on my synology, which has an m.2 ssd cache. My TV is only 2k, so I haven't tried pushing any higher res stuff. I was surprised a few years ago when I started playing h.265 videos. No issues playing it at all. I didn't upgrade the ssd at first, but noticed the box got pretty hot by the end of a movie. That upgrade dropped the temp in the box a good bit. I don't think I'm pushing it much. It just gets warm a little and utilization remains under 50%. The box is really snappy too.

dangblingus , 5 months ago

Google TV? What is that?

HarkMahlberg , 5 months ago

Sounds like a product they're gonna kill off soon.

pete_the_cat , 5 months ago

It's actually been around for about a decade...

ripcord , 5 months ago

And I believe technically it's a layer on Android TV (the thing that's been around for a decade+), but their branding on stuff is pretty crap and inconsistent so I'm not sure

pete_the_cat , 5 months ago

They keep switching the name, which does make it confusing. IIRC it was originally called Google TV back when Smart TVs became a thing (early 2010s) because I remember it being built into Sony TVs and thinking "wow this is awesome! It's Android on a TV!". That product eventually died because it was stupid expensive and clunky, and then they morphed it into the " layer on top of Android" like you said so other manufacturers could use it.

redcalcium , 5 months ago

Kinda doubt it as a lot of smart tv manufacturers use it for their TV's OS.

pete_the_cat , 5 months ago

IDK if you're being sarcastic, but it's the Set-top/Ten Foot Interface version of Android that's largely only used for Smart TVs and STBs.