1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:07,120 Smart TVs have been around for a while now, and the things they offer generally 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:11,280 make a lot of sense for especially people who want to cut the cord, that 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,679 is, get rid of their expensive cable TV or satellite subscription and only watch 4 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:20,000 the cheaper or sometimes even free content that's available online. And 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:24,720 while this functionality won't seem like anything groundbreaking to Windows Media 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,960 Center or XBMC afficionados, not everyone wants a full-blown PC clunking 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:33,440 up their living room. So, smart TVs, great underlying concept. So, why 8 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:37,680 exactly is it that commercial smart TVs never caught on on their own and 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:43,200 manufacturers ended up cramming them down our throats by eventually phasing 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:46,000 out dumb TVs altogether? Well, if you've 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:51,840 ever used one, you probably know. weird remotes and control schemes that never 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:54,079 work. Useless voice recognition, anemic 13 00:00:51,840 --> 00:01:00,079 hardware and software that ranged from halfass to were these games made by a 14 00:00:56,559 --> 00:01:02,559 bunch of kindergarteners in comas. But 15 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:07,680 there's hope. Google wants to give the smart TV a real boost in popularity with 16 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:12,240 an OS that they're calling Android TV, which is pretty much exactly what it 17 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:16,960 sounds like, Android on your television. Whoa, Lionus, bro. Doesn't Google 18 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:23,119 already have the chcast? How's this new? Well, yes, they do. But while their $30 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:25,680 HDMI dongle that smartens up your TV a 20 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:29,360 little by using a small Wi-Fi antenna to receive online video content from your 21 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:35,600 wireless devices and your router was very successful. Android TV builds on it 22 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,600 in a number of ways. The new OS is built 23 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:41,680 around voice searching and can answer complicated queries from the user. For 24 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:46,000 example, you can ask your TV to show you all the movies that won an Oscar in 2010 25 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:51,360 and then pick one from that list seconds later. Android TV also delivers the best 26 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:57,520 of both worlds in terms of control. You can thankfully use a full-size TV remote 27 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:01,439 instead of having to fumble around for your smartphone to control it. Like the 28 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:05,840 chcast, you can download and use Google Play apps directly on the device instead 29 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:09,280 of having to beam them from a mobile device with the latency that comes along 30 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:13,120 with that. And there's no need to abandon the ability to flick whatever 31 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:18,319 you're watching on your tablet or phone to your TV if you so desire. But what 32 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:22,879 about the folks who aren't content to sit and 33 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:27,520 watch? Well, Android TV has another big ticket feature, its potential as a 34 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:33,280 gaming platform. Now, although Android devices can't match the raw power of a 35 00:02:30,239 --> 00:02:35,760 desktop or gaming laptop, they still 36 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:40,720 have a wide variety of less graphically demanding titles to offer. And the idea 37 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:45,680 of Android gaming in the living room has gained enough traction that multiplayer 38 00:02:42,959 --> 00:02:50,000 games and the consoles with accompanying premium grade controllers to go with 39 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:54,319 them are emerging on the platform. Not to mention that some of these devices 40 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:59,280 can even link up with a gaming PC elsewhere in your house for a low 41 00:02:56,239 --> 00:03:01,760 latency big screen PC gaming experience 42 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:05,360 using local network streaming. Which leads really well into the next point. 43 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:10,720 Lionus, I don't care about any of that. 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