So who has Google TV? Is it worth it, useful? I am thinking of taking the plunge when the Asus qube comes out. I would be using it on my bedroom TV to stream and use Netflix (I have ps3 on main TV).
What more can they do? Is it more versatile than say roku?
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I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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I use an mk802 hdmi stick but it gets hot after three or four hours, there is also the upcoming console called ouya which is $99 and will make a good media centre as the xmbc media app was announced for it today.
Dave
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steevwatson said:
Hi
I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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Maybe the upcoming Ouya (which is mainly meant to be an Android-based gaming console) would be a good fit for this?
EDIT: Beaten!
Thanks guys. I was just looking at the ouya. It looks very interesting. I'm tempted to donate on kickstarter. Do you know if we will have access to Google play with this or do you think it will be restricted to a ouya market much the same as the amazon kindle? Mind you it's rooted out of the box so I can imagine it won't be long until someone had cm10 running on it
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Steve
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There's the Nexus Q, but it's very expensive and only streams media. There are some Android TV boxes with USB and SD input. They're not perfect as they mostly run Froyo/Gingerbread and stretch them out to the TV, meaning apps like Netflix would run the mobile version which would be pretty low resolution, but there are some ICS ones now. They seem good, and affordable, some come with motion remotes to work as the mouse, others with an actual mouse.
Just search for 'Android TV Box'.
Also try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTy1H60NJL4
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I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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Maybe the raspberry-pi is a good choice. Wifi version with hdmi port.
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The raspberry-pi is an interesting idea. I'm a little worried it will be under powered though. I like the spec on the upcoming ouya. Just a shame it doesn't have google play access out the box.
thanks
steve
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I don't know if this is an Android specific issue that simply needs a setting changed that I'm not seeing or if this is an issue with my new TF700T. In any case, I'm not getting sound via HDMI out. I didn't have this issue with my TF201 or my first TF700T. Any ideas?
If I can find my HDMI cable I'll let you know, as I haven't tried it yet... if it's a "setting" issue that you discover, please post what you did to correct it
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at first I had no sound....
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I don't know if this is an Android specific issue that simply needs a setting changed that I'm not seeing or if this is an issue with my new TF700T. In any case, I'm not getting sound via HDMI out. I didn't have this issue with my TF201 or my first TF700T. Any ideas?
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Yesterday I hooked up mine with HDMI to our TV --- unless it is just me, I might have found a quirk
at first I had no sound, and wasn't able to get sound by turning up the sound on the tablet....... I was running BS Player testing a movie -- I often have my sound turned down/off ..... and I found I had to turn my sound up BEFORE launching BS Player ...... then I got sound no problem.
don't know if that is your problem or not....... but that's my experience
I've had no problems with sound on hdmi. I have read about cable problems. If your problem comes back you might try a different cable. Run a youtube test to see if its a program quirk.
I just doubled checked to make sure. YouTube sound just fine.
Woody
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woodsonmh said:
I've had no problems with sound on hdmi. I have read about cable problems. If your problem comes back you might try a different cable. Run a youtube test to see if its a program quirk.
I just doubled checked to make sure. YouTube sound just fine.
Woody
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Yeah, I tried several programs, including youtube, to no avail. One thing I didn't think of at the time was that it may be a TV handshaking issue. The only time I ever use my tablet (and my previous ones too) for HDMI out was in hotel rooms. So of course we're talking about a different TV every time. This was the first time I tried with this tablet. I will try again soon with another TV.
I've tested on two different tvs. My Samsung adjusted to screen size when in the right mode. Acer tv masked part of picture and i was unable to change. This masking, i believe, is caused by infinity's screen resolution, sound on both. Lets hope jb includes hdmi screen adjustment settings.
Woody
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I've tested on two different tvs. My Samsung adjusted to screen size when in the right mode. Acer tv masked part of picture and i was unable to change. This masking, i believe, is caused by infinity's screen resolution, sound on both. Lets hope jb includes hdmi screen adjustment settings.
Woody
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I think what you're referring to is overscan. There should be a setting on the TV for that.
Thanks,
What i called an Acer is actually a cheap Philips with no overscan settings.
Woody
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I can play music on my tf700 but the screen is off a bit, but when i play any video the screen actually adjust itself and audio is gone.
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Is it possible to connect ps3 to our infinity? (Trough HDMI?)
Hell no!! I wish but its impossible because the infinity doesnt support HDMI IN, just OUT
Is it possible to transfer movies from the Infinity to the PS3 and vice versa?
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Is it possible to transfer movies from the Infinity to the PS3 and vice versa?
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Only if the infinity were formatted as a fat32 drive, and you had the same file structure that the ps3 does. basically not worth the hassle. you could get a micro sd/usb converter and just transfer stuff that way. Of course this is assuming the infinity recognizes fat 32 file structure.
You can stream movies from the infinity to your ps3.
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BubbleUPnP, connect to the PS3 DLNA, click video, play with your favorite player. Easy as pie. It's a safe bet that Android can play back anything a PS3 is willing to serve up.
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ive looked around on the internet and found multiple threads where people have the same problem of screens not mtaching up on the tablet and the tv and no solutions have been found. does anyone have a solution? whenever I connect my tablet via hdmi to my hd tv the display on my tablet gets pushed up like 3/4 the height of the status bar which cuts off the top of certain apps and just looks ugly. also I would like to be able to scale the screen to fully reach the edges of my tv. haven't been able to find any apps that can do this and the hdmi scaling option has been taken out for some weird reason from the hdmi options under settings. all there is is a 3d imaging option.
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I have an Android PC that did the same thing, until I found an option in the settings to adjust it. It's the only device that I have that has that option, I wonder if it could be ported?
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I think it could be if someone who knew how was able to yea that same setting used to be on the tf700 but they took it out on JB for some reason
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I bought a PS3 control TTX Tech brand, but I could not configure it, my computer does not detect it, my question is whether it is possible to use it with my INFINITY or can only used with the PS3
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I bought a PS3 control TTX Tech brand, but I could not configure it, my computer does not detect it, my question is whether it is possible to use it with my INFINITY or can only used with the PS3
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How does it connect? Special PS3 wireless thing, or bluetooth?
yaneruz said:
I bought a PS3 control TTX Tech brand, but I could not configure it, my computer does not detect it, my question is whether it is possible to use it with my INFINITY or can only used with the PS3
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Alright, from the attached picture it seems like this controller uses RF to transmit to that dongle, so using the bluetooth method of connection isn't an option. Really I can't think of a direct way to do this. Perhaps if you have a port adapter for your tablet to make it into a standard USB 2.0 there could be a way to make it work, but without the exact details of your tablet and more info on the controller, that can't even be attempted.
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Alright, from the attached picture it seems like this controller uses RF to transmit to that dongle, so using the bluetooth method of connection isn't an option. Really I can't think of a direct way to do this. Perhaps if you have a port adapter for your tablet to make it into a standard USB 2.0 there could be a way to make it work, but without the exact details of your tablet and more info on the controller, that can't even be attempted.
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Does the dongle need to be used with the ps3 as well?
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Carw said:
Does the dongle need to be used with the ps3 as well?
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Yes. The PS3 uses Bluetooth to connect controllers. That one uses RF which the PS3 doesn't have built in.
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Yes. The PS3 uses Bluetooth to connect controllers. That one uses RF which the PS3 doesn't have built in.
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Well I think your out of luck then... I have my ps3 controller successfully paired with my infinity and it works like a charm
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Carw said:
Well I think your out of luck then... I have my ps3 controller successfully paired with my infinity and it works like a charm
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You've successfully connected an IR controller to Bluetooth?
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krugm0f0 said:
You've successfully connected an IR controller to Bluetooth?
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No I've connected my genuine controller which is bluetooth
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I believe the Sixasis app in the Play Store states that a lot of knock off controllers wrong work. If you don't hand an official PS3 controller, it's all worth the $60 to buy one!! I use my PS3 controllers with my phones and tablets. I've got one controller that I use solely with my Note 2, as I have a GameKlip mounted on the controller. Another controller I use with my Infinity and '13 N7 FHD. I use the Sixasis pairing tool program that I have installed on my laptop to switch between my Infinity and N7 FHD. Occasionally I'll use my OTG dock that I bought for my Note 2 to switch the controller to my N7 FHD. Even better when using the HDMI port on the Infinity and hooking it up to my 55" Sony LED TV! Dead Trigger is probably my favorite, but I've also bought all of the GTA games on the Play Store, and they're all great as well!! Android gaming is sooooo much better with a PS3 controller!!! Especially when hooked to my TV! Friends will walk in and think I'm playing on my PS3 or XBOX 360, and are always shocked when I first tell them that I'm playing through my tablet
I highly recommend buying a HDMI to micro HDMI cable, as well as an official controller!! I'm sure Asus will continue to put a micro HDMI cable in their future tablets, so the cable a good investment! The Asus Infinity successor definitely has the micro HDMI port on it.
Off topic, but I can't wait for the New Infinity! It's gonna be a beast with the Tegra 4 and all of its other specs!!!
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You dont need an special app! Play an game with the PS3 controller via USB and enable the Bluetooth. After 10 minutes you can find the controller in Bluetooth settings. Connect the controller via Bluetooth and now you can play without USB kable.
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Were can you find the cheapest controller that works online do any off brands work or does it have to be a Sony one?
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Were can you find the cheapest controller that works online do any off brands work or does it have to be a Sony one?
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In the six-axis app description I believe it says using any controller other than the original Sony controller will not work and the control mapping will start messing up and won't work correctly so yes you do need the original controller. You could also try using MOGA controllers if that's what you prefer but I don't think it works with the six-axis app
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