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So the OG Gtv, Logitech Revue just dropped to $99 today. Anybody picking one up? Anyone already have one? At $99 I think it's worth picking up just to play around with and I plan on getting one sometime this week.
If you have one, please let me know what you think about it. Also, are there any good forums for it? None on XDA obviously bc it's not mobile, but surely there's something decent out there.
I picked one up yesterday. I am still not sure how much I like it yet. But at 99, it is a great price just to play around with. Some of the features are pretty cool, the PIP is really nice. It took a while to setup but didn't take to long to figure out how to work it. I am still looking for forums and sites with good info on it.
I would say if you are the tinker type, for 99 bucks you should pick it up.
Thinking of getting one myself. Found a forum that said XDA had a section for it (which I dont see) and someone even mentioned it being rooted. If this is true, its a no brainer and Im running to get one now. Either way though, its supposed to be updated to Android 3.1 by September.
Android forums has a section on google TV: http://androidforums.com/google-tv/
I think I'm gonna get one, looks like it's a decent value for $100
I ordered mine yesterday. Reviews are strong enough overall that for $99 it seemed like a good bet.
Yeah, it has been rooted, but unfortunately, it requires some hardware mods. A bit difficult on the rooting, but probably still fun to play with. It's also due for a gingerbread update soon. I'll check out the forums, probably pick one up soon. I wonder if it has the market, without being rooted?
3.1 Beta has LEAKED!!! http://www.androidcentral.com/honeycomb-beta-logitech-revue-leaked
There's some pretty good info to be found over at the SatelliteGuys forum. Dish Network is somehow partnered up in this unit (I install for Dish as a subcontractor). Actually, it fully integrates ONLY with certain Dish Network DVR receivers. It'll work with most anything out there but if you have the right Dish receiver and are willing to cough up another $4 to a Dish each month, you get some extra bells and whistles that you don't get with any other provider (like DirecTV, the cable company, etc)... at least out of the box that is.
It's a pretty nice unit and it gets better with each update. I've played around with them some and overall I like it, but it's definitely a niche item. We sell that at our office (at least I've seen them in the warehouse). For $99, I think I'll pick one up myself. My wife will just love another toy hooked up to the tv (rolling eyes with an evil grin)!
EDIT - meant to post the link below to the SatelliteGuys forum. The guy starting off the review many months back always has the best and most accurate info. Great guy. There's like 450 posts to wade thru. Like here, the most up to date stuff is at the end. And, just like the Epic, some people love it and others...not so much!
Give thanks if I've helped u in any way...
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-ne...eguys-review-logitech-revue-googletv-%96.html
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Ordered one just now. XDA definitely needs a forum for this one.
-Rob
gtvhacker.com is where you will find all the info you need on the this
noice, i may get one of these depending on my paycheck
Ordered one from Amazon, but it won't be here for ~2 weeks
Big, huge warning -- if you're going to root it, you have to do it before powering it up for the first time and allowing it to update. You'll also need a TTL (possibly 3.3v and NOT 5v, which might be a bit harder to pull off without additional level conversion... most of the cheap USB-TTL uart bridges I've seen are 5v i/o) serial port adapter, and willingness to open up and solder wires to your brand new Revue & spend an hour or two working on it before you ever get to play with it for the first time. That said, if you DON'T root it, you won't be able to do anything with it besides be a content-consumer -- there's no market yet, and the only way to push your own APK files to it is if it's rooted. Sigh. And Logitech dares to wonder why they didn't sell many prior to the price drop. If they were both freely rootable & reflashable out of the box, and equally easy to restore to factory-virgin firmware, they probably would have sold way more, if only because there would be six dozen apps by now to spoof browser ids to get past provider blocks and play ISO files straight from a networked hard drive ;-)
hopefully someone can pre-root the 3.1 update once its official
The logitech website says its 249.99 but in check out its 99 and they offrerd me free second day shipping
Posted in other thread too.
Logitech has a $50 off $100 purchase. Unique code being sent in email. Add $10 mouse to hit $100
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AJC9000 said:
hopefully someone can pre-root the 3.1 update once its official
The logitech website says its 249.99 but in check out its 99 and they offrerd me free second day shipping
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I just ordered it from the logitech website for $99 and free 2 day shipping. I can't pass on that deal.
I also find it funny that you can buy a replacement keyboard identical to the one that ships with the revue for $99.
Ranger-R said:
Posted in other thread too.
Logitech has a $50 off $100 purchase. Unique code being sent in email. Add $10 mouse to hit $100
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smart I was trying to see if 1 day shipping would work for the 50 off
Ranger-R said:
Posted in other thread too.
Logitech has a $50 off $100 purchase. Unique code being sent in email. Add $10 mouse to hit $100
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You say "unique code" so does that mean only special people get the discount? Do I need to sign up via email somewhere to get it?
Am i correct by saying that all that these internettv devices like apple tv,googlentv do is put hulu,netflix,youtube on your tv?
Why do i need one if i can just hook up my laptop or ps3 and do same thing.Am i missing something?
Adviceont ever buy PerfectnKeyboard from market,you can see why for yourself.
lviv73 said:
Am i correct by saying that all that these internettv devices like apple tv,googlentv do is put hulu,netflix,youtube on your tv?
Why do i need one if i can just hook up my laptop or ps3 and do same thing.Am i missing something?
Adviceont ever buy PerfectnKeyboard from market,you can see why for yourself.
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but but.... you wont have the change inputs lol. yes im getting one. looking forward to the honeycomb update(i refuse to apply the leak)
Where is this $50 off code??
Hey guys, so i'm about to buy the netgear Miracast/Intel WiDi receiver and i've looked around some reviews and it looks great, i just bought an ultrabook that has WiDi and i have a 25 foot HDMI cable from my TV to my laptop and I sorta wanna get rid of that. So this device looks great, it certainly works as advertised but the guy in the video below says that any rooted samsung device will not work with this. This guy's video dates back to the S3 era, but is this still a problem with the S4?
If it is, is there any ways to bypass the fact that AllShare will not work on rooted device? I'm on Goldeneye rom
Thanks
I don't know about that device. I know there are a couple of threads about it in the apps section (I think or may accessories section), but maybe you have already read them?
Have you ever thought of using a Chromecast instead? If you can find one (they are selling out within 30 minutes of the stores getting them in) you can get one at Best Buys for $35. Best Buys online just says they are not available now (sold out). Amazon sells them but charges over twice the price (up to $100 or more per unit). I have 2 of them on order through the Play Store. Google says I should get them in 2 to 3 weeks again for $35 each.
Any way, you might want to check out Chromecast to see if it does what you want (it should) and it is easier and cheaper to use. Good luck.
If it's an issue, there are apps to hide root. Here's an example of one.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amphoras.hidemyroot&hl=en
I tried Miracast through my AppleTV and it was trash, and unusable. Maybe that Netgear will do though.
scott14719 said:
I don't know about that device. I know there are a couple of threads about it in the apps section (I think or may accessories section), but maybe you have already read them?
Have you ever thought of using a Chromecast instead? If you can find one (they are selling out within 30 minutes of the stores getting them in) you can get one at Best Buys for $35. Best Buys online just says they are not available now (sold out). Amazon sells them but charges over twice the price (up to $100 or more per unit). I have 2 of them on order through the Play Store. Google says I should get them in 2 to 3 weeks again for $35 each.
Any way, you might want to check out Chromecast to see if it does what you want (it should) and it is easier and cheaper to use. Good luck.
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I have a chromecast ordered, got it from amazon at 35$. The problem with chromecast is the way it works. It uses the cloud to stream stuff, so lets say if i have a NAS, i cant do anything useful with the chromecast. The netgear box is a little more expensive, but it's a full fledge screen mirroring system. It works pretty well with anything that has miracast or intel's widi. I've seen it in action at my local PC shop and it works great with minimal lag. The reason i want that is i want to stream from my ultrabook to my home theater through my NAS, my Galaxy S 4 also can do the job so thats why i was asking about this
I banked on the idea that this phone was a mandatory item due to GearVR. This is why I bought this phone and now I am not regretting it. I played around with my GearVR all night and am blown away.
For all the haters out there you have really missed out.
For this one feature alone makes this phone the best on the planet. I cant wait to see all the stuff that will be developed for it.
P.s. I missed out on my controller it was on backorder when I ordered my gearVR. I guess I got lucky to have that but some games require a gamepad. I guess root will allow a ps4 controller to work? Are there any other controllers that people have found to work with/without root?
Thanks in advance!
I got this one cheap on ebay. Works fine.
Mine comes this week. Does it have that Cirque demo they showed?
Yes it does
shollywood said:
Mine comes this week. Does it have that Cirque demo they showed?
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The cirque demo is short though
Ordered one via. Comgateway as I'm UK based.
I'm looking into purchasing two nexus players so I can play games on both of them and play multiplayer with them, but is there still a great user base where if I were to buy these devices, would the support cease shortly or have a great longevity?
It's not even been out for a year. And now it's getting it's first really big OS update.
So I'd think that the user base is currently increasing. Despite some people who might switch to the Shield TV if they are into gaming.
I think shield is a better choice if you're into gaming, although casual games works great
Thanks for letting me know, I went ahead and bought the last two at my local store so I thank you for the advice, and among gaming I use my Xbox for that too low I just enjoy a bit of android gaming here too
Hopefully you bought them at $49 each... On sale at BestBuy & Walmart.
Hopefully you bought them at $49 each... On sale at BestBuy & Walmart.
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you know how much I paid for mine back in April? exactly double that amount.
can't believe you can get it for all almost the same price as a Chromecast in those places.
btw the joypad didn't come cheap either.
Same here. And now I get to watch the damn thing bootloop.
Sigh... guess I'll wipe my cache again.
I got my phone last night but am most excited for the Gear VR. It is on back order though so it didn't come. Has anyone else received theirs? If so how is it?
I ordered my phone on 2/23, but have not seen it yet. I did, however, receive the Gear VR on 2/24. That was some of the fastest shipping I have ever seen.
My wife has the S6 so we are able to use the VR with that until my phone arrives. I personally haven't put a lot of time in with it, but what I've done with it I really enjoy. The 360 degree videos are pretty amazing. The unit is able to smoothly track the smallest head movement. I haven't really installed games to try because I don't want to eat up all of the space on her phone. No expandable storage on the S6 you know.
Oh, her phone overheats in the VR pretty quickly when watching a 360 video. I'm hoping that the cooling on the S7 is able to handle it, and give some extra time before getting too hot.
I have it for GS6 Edge+ and it's amazing, will certainly blow your mind. Don't expect hd resolutions on videos in the gear vr, we will have to wait for 4k screens for that. There is a great community for the GearVR in Reddit you can go there for great finds, tips, etc.
I am digging the gear vr. Going to take a bit of getting used to.
I got mine with my Verizon s7. I have a Asus zenwatch already. To be honest me and my fiance are completely blown away. I hadn't used vr in modern times. Really is amazing and I can't wait to get it hooked up with Nvidia shield and playing elite dangerous my favorite part game
My Sprint store rep didn't say anything about the games. What do we do to claim the games?
WeatherTech said:
My Sprint store rep didn't say anything about the games. What do we do to claim the games?
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You have to wait until March 11 for the games.
https://support.oculus.com/hc/en-us/articles/217370708-Samsung-Galaxy-S7-6-Game-Bundle-Promotion-
I got mine Monday at best buy with my phone. Didn't get time to play with it until last night. I have to say, I was extremely impressed and surprised at how cool it is and how well it works. The wife and I had a lot of fun with it last night doing different pictures and videos.
My S7 did get pretty warm but never shut down and everything was smooth and seemed to work well. I might have to get a game to try. If nothing else it will be a cool party toy for the next year lol.
I messed with it a little last night, pretty neat. Then I heard a knock on the door, ups delivered a 2nd VR! So I ended up with 2, all I can figure is that I contacted sprint because I had no order # for the VR and asked them if it was actually placed, and it was. Not sure why I got 2,but I won't complain, lol.
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I messed with it a little last night, pretty neat. Then I heard a knock on the door, ups delivered a 2nd VR! So I ended up with 2, all I can figure is that I contacted sprint because I had no order # for the VR and asked them if it was actually placed, and it was. Not sure why I got 2,but I won't complain, lol.
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Must be nice lol.. btw its the 11th. How we get the free VR games m anyone knows?
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I got the games as soon as I registered last night
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I got the games as soon as I registered last night
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What games did you get. I just logged into Oculus on my phone and noticed it says I purchased:
Gunjack
Esper 2
Star Chart
Herobound: Spirit Champion
Dead Secret
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
I'm guessing that's the six.
I didn't have to do anything to get them.
Yea, those are the ones, I downloaded the app and they auto-installed. I haven't played them yet though.
Im pissed, I bought my phone outright on an upgrade, actually 3. sprint refuses to send me the VR since I didnt lease the phone, BS!
DID all of you lease? Samsung and Sprint actually, just say "pre-order" and you get it.
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Im pissed, I bought my phone outright on an upgrade, actually 3. sprint refuses to send me the VR since I didnt lease the phone, BS!
DID all of you lease? Samsung and Sprint actually, just say "pre-order" and you get it.
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U get it with pre-order full price or an upgraded. I been told. I don't think with leasing it. Atlest not at best buy
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I'm on easy pay, that's BS. I am pretty sure that you still get it as long as you pre ordered.
Nope, i even escalted it, they said no. Its a business plan, so cant upgrade at BB.
Lame
I bought mine outright. No easy pay, no lease. I ordered my phone on 2/23 and had the VR in hand on 2/24. I was very impressed with the shipping speed.
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I bought mine outright. No easy pay, no lease. I ordered my phone on 2/23 and had the VR in hand on 2/24. I was very impressed with the shipping speed.
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Did I miss something? I have my pre-ordered S7 Edge and my Gear VR. I'm not seeing the 6 game pack. I tried on of the titles on the above list, but it wants me to purchase it. Other than registering when you first use the VR, I haven't done anything special.