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Not on your current TV. The current crop of Samsung devices don't have the processing power to run Google TV. I'm pretty sure the Sony Google TVs will be an up

Not on your current TV. The current crop of Samsung devices don't have the processing power to run Google TV. I'm pretty sure the Sony Google TVs will be an upsell, unlike the current TV platforms the chipsets needed to run Google's platform are expensive I think you're going to need to pay for a "Google TV enabled" device, unlike the Yahoo widgets which you get for "free". This may change in the future but for now its not.

vetinari 16y ago
Current "Internet connected" Samsung TVs aren't cheap either; the difference to comparable basic models is in hundreds of Euros. I'm sure Sammy could get back the price of Intel CE4x00 SoC quite easily.
- mikeryan 16y ago
  In those cases you're paying for a better TV not necessarily for the apps platform. You can also get a $250 Blu-Ray player with Samsung's app. Samsung's approach is currently a walled garden - where they can subsidize the cost of the chips and support costs by doing revenue shares with the content providers. Google TV's flash enabled browser breaks this model which is another reason Samsung likely won't go there anytime soon.
alain94040 16y ago
All the electronics needed to power a Google TV cost $99 (retail). It's called the Apple TV :-) So clearly, it can be done for less. Apple is not known for low margins.
- mikeryan 16y ago
  There's a lot of stuff missing on the Apple TV that will be in the Google TV. There's a reason Logitech's box will be twice that. Its also fairly clear that one of Apple's main reason for the Apple TV is for users to buy content through iTunes for their TV so its not that clear if they are really making much on the apple tv itself or looking to make that up in content purchases. EDIT: I should note however that thats not necessarily a good thing for Google. Both AppleTV and Roku feel that the happy zone for an over the top box is around $100. I kind of agree with this, since over $200 you start getting very close to the price of a PS3 or Xbox 360...

vetinari 16y ago

Current "Internet connected" Samsung TVs aren't cheap either; the difference to comparable basic models is in hundreds of Euros. I'm sure Sammy could get back the price of Intel CE4x00 SoC quite easily.

mikeryan 16y ago
In those cases you're paying for a better TV not necessarily for the apps platform. You can also get a $250 Blu-Ray player with Samsung's app. Samsung's approach is currently a walled garden - where they can subsidize the cost of the chips and support costs by doing revenue shares with the content providers. Google TV's flash enabled browser breaks this model which is another reason Samsung likely won't go there anytime soon.

alain94040 16y ago

All the electronics needed to power a Google TV cost $99 (retail). It's called the Apple TV :-) So clearly, it can be done for less. Apple is not known for low margins.

mikeryan 16y ago
There's a lot of stuff missing on the Apple TV that will be in the Google TV. There's a reason Logitech's box will be twice that. Its also fairly clear that one of Apple's main reason for the Apple TV is for users to buy content through iTunes for their TV so its not that clear if they are really making much on the apple tv itself or looking to make that up in content purchases. EDIT: I should note however that thats not necessarily a good thing for Google. Both AppleTV and Roku feel that the happy zone for an over the top box is around $100. I kind of agree with this, since over $200 you start getting very close to the price of a PS3 or Xbox 360...