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Hope it doesn't catch on (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-08 20:33 (#2S5Y)

This smells like another move to try and make TVs have a short lifespan. Is plugging another box into a HDMI port that difficult?

Re: Hope it doesn't catch on (Score: 2, Insightful)

by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-09-08 23:20 (#2S64)

I've seen some people get extremely confused when given more than one box under their TV. Try to explain the following1 to a technophobe without pulling out your hair:
  1. First turn on the receiver with the power button on the receiver remote.
  2. Select the "Bluray" input button on the receiver remote.
  3. Next turn on the TV with the power button on the TV remote.
  4. Make sure the TV input source is set to "HDMI 1"
  5. Now turn on the Bluray player.
  6. Insert your Bluray disc that you want to play.
  7. Navigate the Bluray menu using the Bluray remote and find the "Play Movie" button.
1 In my case, the HT setup was much more complex with 2 projectors (one for inside zone, one for outside zone), 2 receivers (one for inside zone, one for outside zone), 1 HDTV flat screen, 1 computer monitor (mirrored with the TV and inside projector), 2 cable boxes (!), 1 Bluray player, 1 iPhone dock, 1 HTPC (xubuntu), 1 NAS (thankfully headless now)

After such a setup, I'm sure having a single "Android TV" with a single remote that does nearly all of the same functions, but all in one device, would be a welcome change indeed.

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2014-10-07 17:37 Insightful +1 kerrany@pipedot.org

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