[total apple fanboy here] I also wanted to chime in that I really don't think product quality is the main reason Google TV flopped. I have a Google TV because

[total apple fanboy here] I also wanted to chime in that I really don't think product quality is the main reason Google TV flopped. I have a Google TV because I got it for free and have been a big fan of it after extensive Apple TV usage. I don't see the big deal about having more buttons on your TV remote. For actions like search, settings, rewind, typing, and more, the Google TV has a dedicated button while on Apple TV you have to click around a few times to get to the action. BTW, to do that you have to use 4 directional buttons not mentioned in the article. Wanna change the TV volume or turn it on/off with Apple TV? You'll need to keep your horrific TV remote around. I think Google just isn't that good at marketing consumer hardware and thus no one even really knows about Google TV. Only techies seem to even know that there is/was a Google TV. Nowadays, GTV sucks because there isn't enough market share to entice app updates for things like Hulu, HBO Go, etc.