So we have new Google TV, old Google TV, Android TV, Chromecast, KZread TV (live TV/DVR service), old KZread TV (KZread for TVs). What else. How many of their brands does Google need to slap with a TV moniker!

@cs188creations

3 жыл бұрын

As bad as Microsoft when it comes to keeping their product/service branding.

@flp322

3 жыл бұрын

But have you considered Chrome TV? And what about Pixel TV?

@mattjw16

3 жыл бұрын

This is so true!

@maximusg88

3 жыл бұрын

No wonder so many people believe in Apple if Google and Microsoft just keep rebranding and worsening or just straight up killing their services

@sunightmcprivate

3 жыл бұрын

We just need a new Chrome cast!

"Running windows XP on the Sony Internet TV"

@GigantTech

3 жыл бұрын

Hey you copied my comment

@markusTegelane

3 жыл бұрын

I mean he already has one so...

@lemurmad

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment about running windows on it. It should work as its a desktop pc.

@LeeZhiWei8219

3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine. Unless mjd roots his tv and sideloads qemu for android.

@Dr.Mohandes

3 жыл бұрын

it's possible tho by installing bochs and/or limbopc apk files on it

I was pretty bummed when Google stopped support for the OS. We still have the Sony TV in our bedroom and can still cast programming to it, but not much else. Thankfully what I bought it on sale so the price premium for Google TV was not an issue. I am sort of surprised that there hasn't been any enterprising group out there to have been able to update it to at least ICS or Jellybean.

When we got it ten years ago, these were the Cadillacs of smart TVs. Our living room TV is still the Sony NSX-46gt1, which was scooped up at basement price at Best Buy. It was a display model missing everything. We had a spare kettle cord to plug it in, we ordered a new remote from Sony for very low cost. One panel replacement three years later and still works to this day. If you are buying a fancy TV worth over a certain amount, get the warranty for it. My mother, who is very much into interior design LOVES this TV for it's white backing and smooth lines. It's still an elegant set to this day. A little chunky, but it still looks cool.

@rogehmarbi

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, white TVs. Why are they so hard to find these days.

@idontplugthingsinprofessio9612

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogehmarbi Because these days, furniture is always brown, white, red, and electronic stuff is usually black probably because it looks more edgy or something (but it is really stupid that you can't get white tv or computer now

@RemoWilliams1227

2 жыл бұрын

@@idontplugthingsinprofessio9612 build one, you can get whatever color case you want.

@MichaelOKeefe2009

Жыл бұрын

CADILLAC! BIG FUCKING VERY AMERICAN VEICHLES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

@tehee-

Жыл бұрын

Update: April 11, 2022 Our old 46” Sony Google TV 46” finally died after ~14 years of faithful service. It was a great TV which outlived most tech in our home in that over a decade span. It randomly shut off, went “CLICK” whenever you attempted to turn it on and nothing else. I’m guessing the logic board or power supply gave up the ghost. We had some rough power surges in the past couple of weeks, didn’t do it any favors I’m sure. We replaced with a 50” LG SmartThinQ 9000 series. Excellent TV so far with so many features for such an affordable price. Great picture too. It probably won’t last like the Sony did, I don’t expect it.

not to be confused with google tv

@Chickenpatty878

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah because this one is google tv

@ambientraindrop726

3 жыл бұрын

Google TV: not to be confused with, well- Google TV.

@NopWorks

3 жыл бұрын

@@pl1y_ and also the Google TV which were a rebrand of Play Movies & TV app and the Google TV that is an Android TV skin.

There's actually another interesting failed TV platform made by Nintendo of all companies for the Wii U. It was called Nintendo TVii and as you might expect, it didn't last very long, considering how much of a failure the Wii U was. This video reminded me of that a bit.

@mattjw16

3 жыл бұрын

That is interesting! I never heard of that before. I'd love to see a video on it

@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647

11 ай бұрын

The virtual boy that actually failed and is actually horrible: 👁️👁️

@bonkmaykr

9 ай бұрын

Man I remember this

You probably could install either a x86 fork of android or chrome os to that box with few tricks... Maybe an idea for further research_

@willblack7353

3 жыл бұрын

Heck, even Linux

@oofingberg

3 жыл бұрын

@@willblack7353 android is gnu/linux

@DeepfriedChips

3 жыл бұрын

If the drivers exist for windows, hell you can install windows on that

@hanro50

3 жыл бұрын

@@oofingberg actually no. Android doesn't use gnu components due to licencing concerns involving GPL. Google actually wrote their own stuff under the BSD licence. Android is Linux (or Google/Linux if you want to be technical), not gnu/Linux

@ericwilson9457

3 жыл бұрын

Could lineage OS be installed on this thing? Would love to see if you could get more use out of this box today.

I was like "oh boy it failed already"

I like my 3D TV :/ My 3D TV should be in a museum, it has a blockbuster button . Remember when they was trying to compete with Netflix?

@mattjw16

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! What model is your 3D TV if you don't mind me asking? You got me intrigued now

@bluemetal04606

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattjw16 E3d320vx

@mattjw16

3 жыл бұрын

@Prime Conqueror I searched “E3D320VX remote” but I cannot find any with a Blockbuster button. :(

@danieldaniels7571

3 жыл бұрын

I love my 3D TV too. It’s a 65” passive 4K Sony. I built up a huge collection of 3D Blu-rays, and it’s an absolute treat to watch them.

Would love to see you do a video on WebTV / MSN TV. I used to use that back in the 90s.

For whatever reason I had like four of these back in the day. Awesome work, Micheal. Also, super congrats on 100K subs!

I loved that remote. I wish more streaming devices had a remote with a built-in keyboard.

I'd love to see a video like this about the Nexus Q, another overpriced Google TV thing.

There was also Ubuntu TV back then too. I wonder if any sort of hardware was released with it for the mass market ever.

5:28 WOW, What A Good Illustration.

What about SIDE-loading apps? As you said at 4:45 "Android based" and there was an option for apps not from the market or play store.

@danieldaniels7571

3 жыл бұрын

I would imagine you could. I can on my Sony Android TV.

I'm surprised the browser gets redirected to the TV interface version of KZread since they've now made it basically killed it and won't let you get to it from a desktop browser anymore. Funny how Google went from selling a glorified HTPC to treating HTPCs as a threat :(

Try to get a x86 version of windows on the Google tv

@flp322

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it will run DOOM?

It only kinda died, both Android tv and chromecast uses much of the same code for kernel and os(ish) the chromecast, when it lanched was more or less google tvs os with the java runtime and app layer removed, Android tv when it was lanched was more or less entirely developed on the corpse of Google TV and updated to run on the latest Android version and include the client from chromecast, basically what im saying is at the lowest level the os is basically the same on all three

My guess for why Hulu and the TV stations might've blocked Google TV was due to them being concerned that someone would plug it into a recorder? Google TV reminds me of WebTV.

@Mordecrox

Жыл бұрын

I think for the tv stations the issue was advertising. Where I live the major tv station ia cartoonishly aggressive towards you watching anything but the local broadcast, to the point of planning to rig receivers with gps modules to lock only their FTA channel should you move it from its designated place. So I assume they can ask for higher rates when they can ensure local spectators only watch the local broadcast (other channels would have ads from other cities on cable and dish usually)

There's also a Xiaomi's TV stick which can be bought by anyone for a cheap price. It's a USB type thingy with an HDMI that turns an ordinary TV into a smart TV by the means of AndroidTV.

Quite an interesting video in the first 5 seconds.

The next Video is installing Windows on the Google TV

@MightyJKF

3 жыл бұрын

that would be cool but that would be impossible.

@GigantTech

3 жыл бұрын

@@MightyJKF why

@MightyJKF

3 жыл бұрын

@@GigantTech because it only supports android 3.2

@GigantTech

3 жыл бұрын

@@MightyJKF flashing?

@MightyJKF

3 жыл бұрын

@@GigantTech what?

I actually remember seeing these at Best Buy. I wanted one, but it was too expensive for us at the time. It seemed really neat to me and I wish I had it so I could push the limits of the system.

My family used to have one of these! They were awesome and I loved just playing around with the controller thing

For some reason I still see the Google TV app on my phone, seems like it hasn't completely failed.

@eddiegbu2080

3 жыл бұрын

That's the new Google TV

@MrSomeGamerdude

3 жыл бұрын

That would be the new revised version of Google TV (used to be called: Google play movies and tvs, with a red film icon). The old Google TV was a failure.

@sburton015

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrSomeGamerdude I guess it was like the Windows phone, for some reason, Microsoft never did do well with mobile devices even when they tried to compete with the Apple iPod with their Zune. I think with the new Google TV that I have on my Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone, it was KZread TV before it updated to Google TV.

I LOVED TAHT SONY BOX! The controller was so great.

One interesting use for the Revue was digital signage players. Plenty of other cheaper Android STBs you can use for that now but back in the day there were a couple gas station brands at least that had one or two of those in every store.

It’s unsurprising this failed. In 2010 when I wanted to surf the 'Net on my TV, I simply used the Wii browser. A USB keyboard was an option if I wanted, but often I just used the Wiimote. Nowadays, the Wii U serves that purpose. Both are relatively inexpensive options, especially if you’re already using these consoles for gaming purposes.

keep up the good work man!

@MichaelMJD

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I'm curious if there are developers that made custom roms with newer Android TV for these devices.

I bought the Revue in 2010, just for Netflix and I thought it was great, but under powered. Chrome really struggled on it, with very slow loading, and lots of crashing. I actually liked having the keyboard on the couch. Eventually, I replaced it with a PC, and a similar Logitech keyboard. I still use similar Logitech keyboards on the couch.

I remember wanting the logitefch revue so badly lmao

So, basically this was like an updated version of WebTV?

This is just like my family’s Sony TV from 2011. It runs some old version of WebOS if remember right. Through the years more and more of the built in apps and smart functions have been removed(including KZread) and the modified version of Opera 11 that’s installed barely works!

I remember I wanted one back when I was in high schooI after it released. I was already transcoding my torrented movies to the PS3 and did some streaming from websites so it seemed like the perfect device to do that on my tv. Transcoding movies to my PS3 over the network was good but this was even better solution my eyes. It was just a little ahead of its time, but it set the foundation for Android tv later on and filled a certain niche at the time.

I was a bit confused cuz i thought you were talking about the NEW Google TV. I was like “Didn’t it JUST come out though?!” I didn’t know there was an older one too! (Kinda wish Google came up with another name but oh well)

@fungo6631

Жыл бұрын

There was indeed an older one for which you had to log on and off from your Gmail account.

hi :) nice find MJD

I got a logitech revue for like $10 at a swap meet 6 or so years ago. Awful. Very few available apps, and pretty much everything crashed all the time. Would have had so much potential if only it were easy to root and install custom firmware. The Revue had support dropped really quickly and stopped receiving updates, even when they were still horribly unstable.

I saw this Sony Internet TV box at a Best Buy 10 years ago. I remembered about it.

I have a fairly good gaming rig hooked up to my tv with a very similar logitech keyboard and honestly I use that setup more than my traditional desk pc setup. It's also the pc I use to watch everything, I don't see the point in having a normal tv subscription anymore.

my family had an apple tv series 2? i believe and we would watch netflix and youtube sometime in 2014, my older sister said that the netflix logo looked “weird” it was actually the new logo and i was shocked!

Funny timing as Google is reviving Google TV from Android TV

This was interesting to watch good job on the video.

@MichaelMJD

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I miss 3D TV so much. People don't know what they missed, it will make a comeback someday when enough people realize how decent it was and how much better it can be with current tech.

@danieldaniels7571

3 жыл бұрын

I still have mine and still use the 3D quite a bit. It’s from the last generation Sony made, so 4K with passive 3D.

@Mordecrox

Жыл бұрын

I don't think they'll make a comeback when they deliberately disabled 3D functionality, we bought a 3DTV with tons of neat things and other gimmicks such as soccer mode, and most, including 3D, were disabled in updates. To be fair they gave you ample warning, but it gives me once-bitten-twice-shy reflexes when they keep supporting the device for almost a decade but its selling points were pruned within five years.

@awesomeferret

Жыл бұрын

@@Mordecrox That's so weird that you think that companies wouldn't go back to such an easy and smart "gimmick" once everyone has 8k TVs and realize that their TVs should be lasting at least a decade. There simply will not be a reason for the average person to buy a new TV in the near future, aside from "it broke". I fully espect 3D TVs to mako a comeback, because frankly it would be financially foolish for the industry not to try, especially considering the plateauing of TV specs (as far as the average person is concerned, yes, I know very high end TVs are getting better, but until microled comes along...).

@Mordecrox

Жыл бұрын

@@awesomeferret let me rephrase that: they literally took away a feature/gimmick that sold me on it with an update. I don't owe them any trust or goodwill that they will hold their end of the bargain and have their next gen 3D tvs stay 3D. And yes I got it for a bargain back then so even if it lost its special features and degraded intona regular smart tv (which it did) was still worth its money, but yeah won't ever PAY EXTRA for bells and whistles.

@awesomeferret

Жыл бұрын

@@Mordecrox Dang, how is that legal? They stole part of your TV from you.

5:25 next video: where caps lock buttons used to be

The fact that Michael uses sarcasm makes a smile on my face :)

2:16 News paper from the future or the past?

@Mike90317

3 жыл бұрын

From the future past!

I remember having the biggest precursor to this. We had a WebTV in our house.

getting some x86 OS like linux or fork of android on that would make it fairly usable i think

Hi Michael MJD am asking about wii if it now worth buying and homebrew it? Regards

A TV that failed impossible!

@friendlytexangamer9582

3 жыл бұрын

@@NintendoDude888 Google had one that did.

How’s the Blu-ray Player portion of it? If I found that in the wild at a decent price. I’d SO Pick it up because of how cool it looks and the Remote :)

You just brought 3D TVs back into my brain. I totally forgot those ever existed

Nice! But you didn't mention the Chromecast at all, it also is a kind of successor to this, right?

@mattjw16

3 жыл бұрын

I would say so, yes. According to Wikipedia, the Google TV Smart TV was discontinued in 2014, while the first Chromecast was released in 2013.

Awesome video, Michael!

@MichaelMJD

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I still have one of these. In fact, its the exact same model Michael has.

@the_mariocrafter

3 жыл бұрын

Can you extract all the APKs and upload?

Jey Miachel MJD!!! Again, I Love your videos!!!

I still have a Logitech remote that was originally made for the logitech revue. the remote is excellent and luckily it just uses unifying since it was also made for computers. I have the TV730. I got it brand new for $30 only a year ago.

i actually had one of these which was a nsx-46gt1 model and i remember watching youtube alot on it

The keyboard that is supplied with the device looks like my mini 2.4GHz keyboard/trackpad

Newspaper: Youth Jailed Mike: the sony device was pretty big

Up until a couple months ago I had an LG TV from 2012 and the user interface looked exactly like that my dad bought it brand new it was like $3000 Hulu was the first app to stop being supported and then everything else stopped being supported to

The remotes are still worth $110, no joke I sell em' pretty frequently and pick them up for only 10 or so bucks

4:29 watching this vid while using my sennheisers cannot be a coincidence

I remember seeing a Sony google tv in Best Buy when we brought our first flastscreen. I got one I thought wow I don’t have to use my wii to browse the Internet on the family tv. After a week i hated it. Also I ended up going back to the wii and we put the google tv back in the box 10 years later I’m moving and what do you know I find the damn thing last week clearing my basement

Great video michael!

I have a pc connected to my main TV and use it almost every day. The convenience of having multiple tabs open with my different streams is awesome compared to having to switch applications entirely on the TV itself, Ps4, etc.

And then the Raspberry Pi came up, XBMC received a fork named Plex, Netflix received competition by Amazon and everyone jumped onto the streaming wagon. The end.

@hmwndp

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the hype about streaming services. They're really just glorified rental services, to be honest.

@MegaManNeo

2 жыл бұрын

@@hmwndp Yes but it also saves you from buying new movies, music or games for full price.

I think the search key on the Google TV was the inspiration for the Chromebooks search button

Dude you failed to mention that Android TV is now Google TV. How do you not know this?

Great video on Google TV. My favorite product of all time is the Revue

Speaking of 3D TVs, I still have one of those. It's an LG panel, and yes we bought one because 3D was all the rage back then. We watched few 3D movies and that's it, after the honeymoon time is over we never touch it again. Heck, I don't even know where the 3D glasses are now

I remember using one of these when I was 4 to play flash games at a friend's house.

If I was technology sufficient in 2010, you’d see me with all these devices.

Man, I didn't know these were a failure! We had one of the all-in-one Sony TVs and I thought the remote was the coolest thing ever. Up until now I just assumed that the smart TV operating systems of today were just a direct descendant of this.

Gaming on the google TV was an absolute nightmare. Never have I experienced input delay that bad before. It had to have been a full second delay (which for games like call of duty or anything requiring millisecond reaction timing, just wasn’t happening). Other than that it was nifty at the time.

My family cut cable in 2010, opting for Netflix only. And back then you’d have to budget 10 extra minutes into TV time for buffering.

I really loved the Holo design

Does Netflix update when we open it? I want to keep the classic design

to be honest a device with similar internals as Nvidia Shield, but with Blu-Ray disk support. that thing would be basically everything that your typical home theater today would need. by that i mean you could run your physical library through that, but also your digital library thru kodi media center. on top of that you could also run your streaming services through it as well.

Me: silently watches on Chromecast with google tv

I really want to see if it is possible to download a linux or windows OS on here since it is x86 based.

2:00 nice ad placement

So we went from Google TV to Android TV to Google TV again with Chromecast in between

Wow, what a story. It's too bad those older devices didn't just get upgraded to Android TV. Android TV is really successful today. I recommend Amazon's Fire TV to everyone looking for a media streaming device, which runs Fire OS, Amazon's modified version of Android. Another popular device is the Nvidia Shield, which runs Android TV as well. Too bad the old Google TV is yet another thing listed on KilledByGoogle.com.

Android TV looks very similar as Google TV, you can still sideload apps or transfer them from the Android Cell phone to it. I think you can use even these remotes on the Andoid TV devices.

I knew that one. Probably 10 years before Chromecast with Google TV.

Oh snap. I'll take that keyboard lol.

But isn't Chromecast still a thing?

@chromium9088

3 жыл бұрын

I Think

@mattjw16

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but this predates Chromecast. In fact, it seems that the Google TV SDK was discontinued shortly after Chromecast was released. According to Wikipedia, the Google TV Smart TV was discontinued in 2014, while the first Chromecast was released in 2013.

I have a 60" TV set as a second monitor and it works great for browsing when you have the zoom in windows cranked up.

Grand-grandfather of Android TV👍 Next time root the Sony Internet TV please, so you can explore more!

Google TV aka. Google Technological Vertigo

so i don't know if i'm just oblivious but i'm noticing a lot more quick quips, like "for $100, for some reason, i know where my next paycheck is going!" at 1:56. took me for a ride at first but i'm kinda digging it, i loved the informational retrospectives but these types of videos are cool

I think running Windows XP on one of these would be interesting

The first gen Apple TV runs on a stripped down Mac OS on X86 as well, and they later released the second gen which was based on iOS on Apple Silicon.

My 2nd Gen Google TV was the best cross-platform set top box available when it came out. The youtube app is still my favorite youtube browser EVER. But the lack of development allowed Comcast's X1 platform to surpass it. Today I just run an old laptop with an Adesso wireless keyboard as a media PC. With Comcast X1, I dont have to rent a cable box (which made my laptop pay fo r itself).

i saw one of these yesterday at a shop for $50 i kinda wanted it as i really wanted one of these when they came out.

I still have both the sony internet one and the logitech revue and we used to have the smart tv(they can't even watch hulu or youtube, netflix is the only thing that works anymore)

bought my sony tv 15 years agobecause it had youtube. three years later youtube didn t work anymore. At least , the tv is still working as a display device