From everything I've seen, the Revue seems solely focused on streaming online content. This isn't terrible for me since all my stuff is in Google already, but I also have a ton of local content that I'm currently streaming to my Boxee Box, the current king of local content.
Does Google TV have a method of doing this that isn't half-baked?
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Does Google TV do local content?
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Androinica has an article from last year regarding streaming locally to a Revue from a Windows 7 PC:
androinica.com/2010/11/how-to-stream-media-from-wi...
I haven't found any answers regarding other OS's; I'll keep looking!
androinica.com/2010/11/how-to-stream-media-from-wi...
I haven't found any answers regarding other OS's; I'll keep looking!
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I'm in the same boat. All our music and movies live on a Linux server and can be accessed over SMB. If Google TV can handle that, it would make the new low price even more tempting.
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last time I checked I don't think the Revue supported any form of UPnP/DLNA. One thing to try would be using a media distribution package that takes advantage of a web page and then just accessing the content via the built in browser.
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I don't know too much about Google TV, but because sales have been low and returns have been high, Logitech dropped the price of their Revue to $99! I think it should have been this price all along so it can properly compete with Roku, Apple TV, etc. , but I still don't think I will buy one if so many people are that disappointed in Google TV to return it in mass numbers.
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The Google TV does not support the extensive file format capabilities that your Boxee Box can. It cannot playback some files via DLNA/UPnP nor does it have SMB support. It can play back some file formats via USB flash/HDD...
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