The coveted GoogleTV
The plan was to get Russell a Blue Ray player for Christmas 2011. After comparing pricing and reading reviews, I decided to go ahead and get a Sony Blue Ray player with Google TV. I wasn’t even sure what all it would do until he opened and set it up, but it was totally worth the wait. There is one remote that controls everything….the TV, the Wii, the Blue Ray player, etc. The best part in my opinion is the ease of switching from one type of media to another, AND the google browser. I would recommend this over AppleTV any day even though I am a heavy mac user.
The set-up of the box was quite easy however getting it setup in our house was a little tricky. We decided to move all the other boxes into the office that shares a wall with the living room. After destroying a drill bit, switching to a different drill and getting through two inches of wood and twelve inches of plaster, we finally made a hole from the living room to the office.
Russell, his drill and glow stick
We set up the boxes and thought everything was fine but of course we started having issues with the wireless internet (a consistent problem for us). There is only one cable outlet in the office that works well, so we had to send the wire down through the wall. After one unsuccessful attempt to find the wire, we pulled the wire out, taped on a glow stick (thanks Liz!) and sent it back in for other try. I spent five minutes fishing in the wall with a wire coat hanger before I was able to pull the wire out and attach it to the cable outlet.
Under the office desk with wire and glow stick in hand
Russell enjoys the Google TV, especially the “picture in picture” feature because he can see his fantasy scores while watching sports. 🙂
"Picture in Picture" Feature
This was quite an adventure in the house project arena.
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