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1/5/12 at 3:09pm

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- Google Says LG, Samsung, Vizio, Sony Planning Google TVs
- Sony, Samsung, Vizio and LG to manufacture Google TV devices

- From the Las Vegas Strip to your living room: Google TV partners at CES
- Google Announces LG, Sony, Samsung, MediaTek, Marvell and Vizio Will Be All In With Google TV in 2012

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1/5/12 at 3:35pm

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Google TV switches from Intel to ARM

Google TV MediaTek’s 120Hz chipset detailed

ARM Powered Google TV launching at CES 2012!

LG to Roll Out Its Own Google TV at CES 2012

Google TV (Android4.0/ICS) unveiled at CES 2012 by Lenovo - A Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 1.5Ghz

Marvell GTV Set Top Box

Vizio announces two new Google TV set-top boxes, picks up where the Logitech Revue left off

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1/5/12 at 3:49pm

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Started this thread before some of announcements came through (thought GTV 2.0 was a Marvell exclusive, but looks like MediaTek will also be there):

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1385030

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6/17/12 at 8:28pm

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A new Google TV Android set-top box (from Honeywld w/Android 4.0) will stream content from Android phones and tablets.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3067869/google-tv-movie-streams-android-tablet-phone
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=89214421-BCA4-E2BA-0AAAE7DF478F85C9

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Edited: see comment below (@ Alx330).
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6/18/12 at 7:44am

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Another new Google TV set-top box (from Honeywld w/Android 4.0) will stream content from Android phones and tablets.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3067869/google-tv-movie-streams-android-tablet-phone
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=89214421-BCA4-E2BA-0AAAE7DF478F85C9
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Not a GoogleTV box but an Android set top box, it is using the earlier Marvell 88DE3010 chipset the new Google TV's are using the latest Marvell 88DE3100 chip. GoogleTV and Android re-purposed for TV's are quite different.

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8/31/12 at 4:08pm

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More GTV STBs - Samsung & Hisense ,

Samsung to showcase Google TV device at IFA? - here

Hisense Pulse with Google TV set-top box hands-on - here.
Hisense

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9/4/12 at 7:07pm

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Do these have the power to run high bitrate mkv's that the Pivos boxes and some Dune boxes choke on? This seems like a cleaner/cheaper option to run XBMC on instead of building an HTPC.

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9/4/12 at 7:35pm

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GoogleTV 2.0 - LG, Samsung, Vizio & Sony

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Originally Posted by KingFeta

Do these have the power to run high bitrate mkv's that the Pivos boxes and some Dune boxes choke on? This seems like a cleaner/cheaper option to run XBMC on instead of building an HTPC.

As far as I know XBMC won't run on Google TV. Plex does and it is very nice.

Philip

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9/4/12 at 7:48pm

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I believe XBMC has been ported to Android and runs on the Pivos box. After reading above that the Google TV's are switching to ARM processors from x86...is it safe to say XBMC will make its way onto a googleTV sooner than later?

I'm just not familiar enough with the chips mentioned above and if they can handle the "high" bitrate mkvs.

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9/5/12 at 9:57pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KingFeta

I believe XBMC has been ported to Android and runs on the Pivos box. After reading above that the Google TV's are switching to ARM processors from x86...is it safe to say XBMC will make its way onto a googleTV sooner than later?
I'm just not familiar enough with the chips mentioned above and if they can handle the "high" bitrate mkvs.

Just because something runs on Android does not mean it will run on a Google TV. XBMC is one example. My Sony GTV2 box handles very high bitrate files.

philip

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9/9/12 at 8:39pm