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davilla
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My take on GoogleTV, some things were interesting such as the realtime translation for subs. The actual demo was pathetic, I mean come on, no one at Google thought about connectivity problem with bluetooth devices and a large hall filled with wifi/cell phones. Duh. "Let's switch to the other box" was the take home message for me. This alone killed what ever message they were trying to present.
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I don't think there would be any ramifications for XBMC. As a solution for Internet on your TV, XBMC can be deployed for less cost than anything sold by OnlyOptionIsNotTheBestBuy.
And the GoogleTV set-top box will have to support hardware decoding for the TV Tuner right? So I think the price is going to be out-of-reach for most consumers even if GoogleTV is supposed to be ad-supported. So, how much "ad-support" dollars will be taken off the market price of the hardware. Google would certainly want this device to be accessible to a lot of people, but Best Buy would not. Best case scenario is $150-$200 for the set top.
If it actually costs that, then yeah there could be some ramifications. But I'm hoping overall that this would attract more developers to xbmc seeking to "free their TV" cheaply. I actually think we'll see xbmc on a more even playing field with GoogleTV... rather than having to point out their differences.
But if it actually costs that, the set top box could become the most exploited hardware device Google has come out with. And if one of those exploits allows me to watch cable through xbmc, let's get with it already!
Another log on the fire is will online content providers modify content delivery on their sites, such that xbmc scripts won't work anymore. And then scripters have to use GoogleTV SDK for xbmc to work again? Hmm... but that's a good point anyways.
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Personally, I think that XBMC has nothing to worry about as the work is mostly voluntary and community supported. Google, however is in it fior the money and will be lackluster at best in features and will only be nothing more than a beefed up Youtube/Netflix player. Good search and no "Ooomph."
XBMC community strives because the "community" desires to be greater than the limits of a mega corporation.
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I disagree with the many posters on this thread who feel that Google TV is inherently limited and not a threat to XBMC. Google TV will likely become open source, so it will be extensible to those who care to add to its functionality. But more important, it is Android-based, meaning it features Android's excellent application framework. Developers will make applications for every function imaginable, just like they have for the Android phones. And in many cases the same applications that run on the phone will run on the set-top box, with slight modifications. Yes, XMBC has a plugin framework, but it can never equal application framework of Android, and developers are much more likely to want to make applications for Google TV than they will plugins for XBMC.
I'm not here to bash XBMC. I think it's wonderful. But I think the reality is it can't compete against an Android-based solution.
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Why do people keep thinking Google TV will be a competition, looking at android its possible that they will allow new home applications, i.e. we can be the home app. Porting to android is a possibility (still need a few things SDK wise) and if thats done we would have access to lots of hardware and public reach we couldn't dished out ourself _and_ we could have access to all those android specific features.
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People are seeing XBMC as a system and not just an app. They also don't even see it as a building block for existing technologies and hardware. There is no reason XBMC could not be a building block to make Google TV a more potent system. Though, I highly doubt they will utilize it.