Google TV – Smart TV Tips http://smarttv-tips.com Watch All Kinds Of Movies and Videos on Smart TV: Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony, Vizio, Philips, Sharp, Insignia, Toshiba, Hisense, Westinghouse, TCL, etc. Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:37:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.1 http://smarttv-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-smart-tv-logo-32x32.png Google TV – Smart TV Tips http://smarttv-tips.com 32 32 Apple TV vs Google TV vs Roku vs Chromecast vs Amazon Fire http://smarttv-tips.com/apple-tv-vs-google-tv-vs-roku-vs-chromecast-vs-amazon-file/ http://smarttv-tips.com/apple-tv-vs-google-tv-vs-roku-vs-chromecast-vs-amazon-file/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:36:56 +0000 http://smarttv-tips.com/?p=731 Read More ...]]> Streaming video, whether it’s from Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Watch ESPN or PBS Kids, is more popular than ever. And the selection of devices to get those shows and movies from the Internet onto your TV continues to expand. The popular streaming media player have Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple. Today, let’s see their pros and cons to help you pick the suitable for you.

What is a Streaming media player?

First off, if you’re new to the whole digital media player thing – a streaming media player (or digital media player/adaptor) is basically a set-top box that you can use to stream television shows and movies (some free with ads, some paid) to your television set or projector. They typically include an interface that is easier to use and more reliable than if you were to simply hookup your PC or laptop to your television set.

Actually, Apple TV, Google TV, Boxe, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon Fire, WD TV, PlayOn and TVersity are all excellent streaming media pla yer. But Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple have more users. So here we give a review for the top 5 streaming media player and a compasiron.

Pros and Cons of Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple

Roku:

Pros

Cons
  • Built-in headphone jack for Roku 3 & 4 for private listening
  • 2500+ channels including all the most popular ones
  • Intuitive interface
  • Easy setup
  • Full Amazon and Netflix support – you can search, browse, and add movies to your queue (including your instant watching queue).
  • Remote Finder for Roku 4
  • Roku 1 works great for older TVs (many inputs and outputs)
  • No access to iTunes content
  • No internal storage
  • Cannot stream content from computer (however there are many other streaming options so we doubt you’ll need this feature)

Price (MSRP)

  • Roku 1 – $49.99
  • Roku Streaming Stick – $49.99
  • Roku 2 – $69.99
  • Roku 3 – $99.99
  • Roku 4 – $129.99

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Apple TV:

Pros

Cons
  • Fourth Generation has Siri, App Store and Third Party Controllers
  • Fourth Generation remote has a charging connector (no batteries needed)
  • Multiple connection ports (HDMI, ethernet, etc.)
  • Has internal storage
  • Solid, clean, easy to use and familiar (to Apple users) user interface
  • Can be controlled via your Apple device (iPhone, iPad, etc.)
  • Can be controlled on the TV via WiFi
  • iTunes has a limited selection of TV shows compared to Amazon VOD (only supported networks are ABC, Fox, Disney, PBS, and BBC) – hopefully offerings will expand in the near future – we’ll keep you posted.
  • Doesn’t support as many apps (i.e. Pandora) as the competition

Price (MSRP)

  • Third Generation – Starting at $69
  • Fourth Generation – Starting at $149

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Chromecast:

Pros

Cons
  • Inexpensive
  • Works on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android
  • Chrome browser mirroring is simple and effective
  • Available in 3 different colors
  • Only supports a limited number of apps

Price (MSRP)

  • $35

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Amazon Fire TV:

Pros

Cons
  • Various price points
  • Fire TV and Fire TV Gaming Edition have 2 GB of memory and Amazon Fire TV Stick with and without Voice Remote have 1 GB of memory
  • Portable
  • Over 250,000 TV shows and movies
  • Voice search is additional cost to include – remote only works on Amazon content
  • No web browser capabilities

Price (MSRP)

  • Fire TV with 4K – $99.99
  • Fire TV Stick – $39.99
  • Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote – $49.99
  • Fire TV Gaming Edition – $139.99

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Google TV:

Pros

Cons
  • A plethora of web apps including Netflix, YouTube, HBO Go and many others
  • Picture in picture, which allows users to surf the web on the same screen that a television show is on
  • With Google’s amazing search engine, users can search for shows they want to watch and determine what service they would like to use to watch the program
  • Ability to watch shows directly from the network’s website
  • Not designed to incorporate local content like AppleTV does with Airplay
  • A licensing issue with Hulu means no Hulu Plus, at least for now

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App selection should also be one of the biggest factors in choosing a streaming media player, because all the fancy features in the world don’t mean much if you can’t actually watch what you want.

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What’s your favorite digital media player?

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DVDAid for Windows/Mac – Capacity of ripping copy-protected and homemade DVD to Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Applewith suitable format. 
ByteCopy for Windows/Mac – It can rip Blu-ray/DVD to lossless MKV keeping multi-track subtile/audio and all chapter markers to Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple. 
Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows/Mac – Function of converting any 4K/SD/HD video in any format to Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple.

]]> http://smarttv-tips.com/apple-tv-vs-google-tv-vs-roku-vs-chromecast-vs-amazon-file/feed/ 0 Watch Upcoming Christmas Blu-ray on Google TV Using Thumb Drives http://smarttv-tips.com/watch-christmas-blu-ray-on-google-tv/ http://smarttv-tips.com/watch-christmas-blu-ray-on-google-tv/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:16:13 +0000 http://smarttv-tips.com/?p=233 Read More ...]]> Google TV is a Smart TV platform from Google co-developed by Intel, Sony and Logitech. Google TV integrates Google’s Android operating system and the Linux version of Google Chrome browser to create an interactive television overlay on top of existing Internet television and WebTV sites to add a 10-foot user interface. Google TV leverages many of Google’s existing products. 

Google TV generally supports the H264/AVC video and AAC audio codecs. If they’re not; however, then you can use some third-party software to convert them to the MP4/H264/AAC format necessary to be played on your Google TV device provided they don’t have any DRM assigned. So if you want to watch upcoming Christmas Blu-ray on Google TV using Thumb Drives, you need to choose one professional Blu-ray ripper to rip the Christmas Blu-ray movies to digital.mp4 videos for playing on Google TV via Christmas Blu-ray. 

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommend to you. It is the leader of the market Blu-ray ripper and copier. With it, the entire conversion is quick, safe, and clean. Besides Google TV, it also can convert DVD, Blu-ray to various TVS like Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, 3D TV, 4K TV, and more TV supported videos for smooth playback.

Free download the top video converter for Windows:
          

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– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html

How to Put Christmas Blu-ray to Google TV Using Thumb Drives?

Step 1. click the “Load file(s)” button on program toolbar to load Blu-ray movies from disc. Inserting the Blu-ray disc into Blu-ray drive is needed before the loading. All imported Blu-ray movies could be previewed on program right viewing window. 

 

Step 2. Select the output format from Format “TVs”, Or select .mp4 from “Common video” or “HD video” to suit your Google TV.

 

Tips: The default settings may not satisfy you, and you can click the “Settings” button to change the settings by yourself including video resolution, bit rate, audio sample rate, audio channel etc. for full screen playback smoothly. Or keep no changes, which is also a good choice.

Step 3. Click the “Start conversion” button on the main interface and the software will start to convert Christmas Blu-ray to Google TV friendly video formats immediately. When the conversion finishes, click “Open” to find the converted video files. Then you can effortless transfer the video files to Google TV for playback via Thumb Drives.

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