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I Want My GTV

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-some-google-with-your-google dept.

theodp writes "The NY Times reports that Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of TVs and set-top boxes. The three companies have tapped Logitech for peripheral devices, including a remote with a tiny keyboard. Based on Google's Android operating system, the TV technology runs on Intel's Atom chips. Google is expected to deliver a toolkit to outside programmers within the next couple of months, and products based on the software could appear as soon as this summer."

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  1. GTV on PS3? by blankoboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So does this mean we'll be seeing GTV coming to PS3? No, of course not, SONY will want to sell us another set top box for extra $$$ and we'll want to work extra hard to pay for it too!

  2. Oh great, Sony by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If Sony's consistent behavior in the past is any indication, it will be encrypted, region-locked, proprietary, and it will only work with some weird storage or media type that only Sony makes. It will also require you to install a rootkit on your TV and let them search all your media files for pirated songs and movies before you can use it. And you'll have to submit a DNA sample and retina scan to buy one, of course.

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    1. Re:Oh great, Sony by DerekLyons · · Score: 4, Insightful

      But if that company is willing to walk away from China, instead of compromising

      Let's wait until they actually do walk away from China before making grandiose claims about them walking away from China, k?

  3. I don't get it by doti · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not a computer with tv reception already?

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