WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:07.120 Smart TVs have been around for a while now, and the things they offer generally 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:11.280 make a lot of sense for especially people who want to cut the cord, that 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:15.679 is, get rid of their expensive cable TV or satellite subscription and only watch 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:20.000 the cheaper or sometimes even free content that's available online. And 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:24.720 while this functionality won't seem like anything groundbreaking to Windows Media 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:28.960 Center or XBMC afficionados, not everyone wants a full-blown PC clunking 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:33.440 up their living room. So, smart TVs, great underlying concept. So, why 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:37.680 exactly is it that commercial smart TVs never caught on on their own and 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:43.200 manufacturers ended up cramming them down our throats by eventually phasing 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:46.000 out dumb TVs altogether? Well, if you've 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:51.840 ever used one, you probably know. weird remotes and control schemes that never 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:54.079 work. Useless voice recognition, anemic 00:00:51.840 --> 00:01:00.079 hardware and software that ranged from halfass to were these games made by a 00:00:56.559 --> 00:01:02.559 bunch of kindergarteners in comas. But 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:07.680 there's hope. Google wants to give the smart TV a real boost in popularity with 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:12.240 an OS that they're calling Android TV, which is pretty much exactly what it 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:16.960 sounds like, Android on your television. Whoa, Lionus, bro. Doesn't Google 00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:23.119 already have the chcast? How's this new? Well, yes, they do. But while their $30 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:25.680 HDMI dongle that smartens up your TV a 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:29.360 little by using a small Wi-Fi antenna to receive online video content from your 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:35.600 wireless devices and your router was very successful. Android TV builds on it 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:37.600 in a number of ways. The new OS is built 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:41.680 around voice searching and can answer complicated queries from the user. For 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 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:51.360 and then pick one from that list seconds later. Android TV also delivers the best 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:57.520 of both worlds in terms of control. You can thankfully use a full-size TV remote 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:01.439 instead of having to fumble around for your smartphone to control it. Like the 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:05.840 chcast, you can download and use Google Play apps directly on the device instead 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:09.280 of having to beam them from a mobile device with the latency that comes along 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.120 with that. And there's no need to abandon the ability to flick whatever 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 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:22.879 about the folks who aren't content to sit and 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:27.520 watch? Well, Android TV has another big ticket feature, its potential as a 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:33.280 gaming platform. Now, although Android devices can't match the raw power of a 00:02:30.239 --> 00:02:35.760 desktop or gaming laptop, they still 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:40.720 have a wide variety of less graphically demanding titles to offer. And the idea 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:45.680 of Android gaming in the living room has gained enough traction that multiplayer 00:02:42.959 --> 00:02:50.000 games and the consoles with accompanying premium grade controllers to go with 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:54.319 them are emerging on the platform. Not to mention that some of these devices 00:02:52.160 --> 00:02:59.280 can even link up with a gaming PC elsewhere in your house for a low 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:01.760 latency big screen PC gaming experience 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:05.360 using local network streaming. Which leads really well into the next point. 00:03:03.920 --> 00:03:10.720 Lionus, I don't care about any of that. 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