Are there other controllers? Logitech also offers a Mini controller as a add-on purchase. In addition, you can control the Revue and all your devices with your Andriod smartphone iPhone app coming soon , using Harmony Link technology which is exclusive to Logitech.
Is it out yet and your site just has incorrect information about finding it or is there a release date for the App in the near future? Will the Revue allow downloading of plugins like DivX, flash player, vshare, veetle, etc for watching content on websites that only offer it in those forms? The Logitech Media Player can pull results from software that can expose your personal content over your home network using DLNA, which is an open protocol to do so. Such software is typically referred to as a DLNA server.
When will Dish be selling this? Will I be able to hook up a hard drive to it so that I can download media from the web? Will we get viruses? Will the speed of the internet be as fast as it is on my computer? But if should have similar speeds. Where can I buy more of the mini-blasters. Because of th location of my devices I will need more than the one that comes with the review. Got my Revue last night at BB, love it so far! I quickly very quickly tried to see if the Logitech Media Player could detect my Windows [7] Media Center, but no luck.
Are there more details on how this will work? Regarding the control of MCE, would this be done via an IR blaster I would place on my MCE, or are other control options available, such as commands sent via my wired network e. In item 5 it states that the Logitech Revue can handle local network streams. I have a WHS with movies on it. If not, will it stream movies via my MCE?
I called Dish Network today, you can order it from them on October 28th From what the lady told me I believe you have to call Dish to order, their number is The Logitech Revue does not filter out TV commercials. I live in the Dominican Republic and I would like to know if this device will work here. I have hdmi cable and 1mb internet service. I am having trouble setting up my Revue — can the product use a standard Optical Audio cable?
For the average user, Roku offers a simpler interface and setup, plus it has access to loads of web content it just recently added Hulu Plus support. For everyone else, cheaper options like Roku will suffice. Having said that, I still believe Google TV will mature well over the next few years.
Google will eventually figure out ways to appease the TV networks and get its software integrated onto more TVs.
Eventually, Google TV could replace the aging software on cable and satellite boxes altogether. Why am I holding out hope? Google is trying for something completely new and different. Whereas other contenders in the web video set-top box arena, like the recently launched Boxee Box, are finding themselves restricted by their secondary TV input status — that is, you have to navigate away from your live TV to enjoy them.
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Though the box itself is relatively slim, it does require a power brick, which is a little over half the size of a standard laptop AC adapter. There's also built-in The box is nondescript, but the keyboard is the highlight of the package.
It's thin and light, so it doesn't feel like a huge imposition in a living-room environment. Its wireless RF-based and runs on a pair of AA batteries. Along with the full-size keyboard, there's also a touch pad in the upper right, and below that is a directional pad with Android-based keys such as back and home, plus picture-in-picture and favorite buttons. It's annoying that by default there's no tap-to-click functionality on the keypad, although it can be enabled by a series of keystrokes.
For such a basic feature, we can't imagine why it's not on by default or why it requires a series of complex key presses rather than making a change in the settings menus.
The Revue should also work with any other PC input device that utilizes Logitech's proprietary Unifying technology. Though smartphone-based control is a great idea--and we've liked what we've seen during product demos--we couldn't get any Android phones to reliably connect to the Revue. The iPhone app isn't available yet. Setup The setup process on the Logitech Revue is a good deal more involved than traditional streaming-video boxes.
For the most part, it's unavoidable, as the Revue needs to communicate with your cable box and control other components, so it's really like setting up a streaming-video box and Harmony remote all at once.
We think the setup is straightforward enough for most users, but we did hit a couple snags, such as being told our ZIP code couldn't be found and server unavailable messages. In fact, as soon as we completed the setup, we were met with an error message that said "Process system is not responding.
User interface The main home menu looks modern and feels responsive. Press the home button at any time and the menu will overlay whatever content you're watching. That means it takes just seconds to go from watching live TV to browsing YouTube, then jumping back again.
That being said, the interface certainly leans toward the tech-savvy in its layout. Along the same lines, the Google TV software has some powerful options for the tech-savvy. For example, if you're watching live TV, you can hit the picture-in-picture button to minimize the TV to a small window, while you surf the Web in Chrome in the main window--it's really slick.
Android users will also feel right at home with the home, back, and menu buttons, which make it easy to jump between functions from any screen. Once you get the hang of it, Google TV and Logitech's wireless keyboard make for powerful surfing experience, but there's no denying it caters to the power user. The Google search bar The vast functionality more on this later of the Revue may seem overwhelming, but Google TV has a secret weapon to make it all seem simple: the Google search bar. Press the dedicated search button on the keyboard and the search bar pops up at the top of the screen, regardless of whether you're using the Chrome browser, streaming Netflix, or watching live TV.
The idea behind Google TV's search is that it combs through streaming video, the Web, and regular TV to find the programming you're looking for. It's really the perfect solution to the problem of finding content spread out among many sources. Except when it doesn't work. To start off, the Google search bar doesn't search Netflix, which is a significant oversight considering it's probably the most important service on the box.
Excluding the Netflix omission, we also found search results to be occasionally inaccurate. When we searched for "Colbert Report" on October 26, the Google TV series results page didn't show that the October 25 episode was available, even though it was available directly from Comedy Central's site.
Instead, we tried loading the next most recent episode--October and Google TV loaded the October 25 show that it had said wasn't available. So then we tried the October 13 episode, and the correct episode was loaded, but we noticed Google TV's programming data was wrong. The guest was Austan Goolsbee, not Arturo Rodriguez. And we had similar problems with "The Daily Show. Google TV is a new service--and we wouldn't be surprised if Google fixes many of these bugs over time--but in its initial incarnation, we didn't feel like Google's search bar functionality and cross-platform TV listings delivered the experience we were expecting.
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