issue69:critique
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issue69:critique [2013/01/30 11:29] – créée andre_domenech | issue69:critique [2013/04/12 21:26] (Version actuelle) – [6] gsxfred | ||
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- | I was quite apprehensive about buying this Internet media player as there were so many negative reviews about it, but I decided to take a leap of faith (in Google) and buy it anyway. I’m glad I did! | + | ===== 1 ===== |
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+ | **I was quite apprehensive about buying this Internet media player as there were so many negative reviews about it, but I decided to take a leap of faith (in Google) and buy it anyway. I’m glad I did! | ||
What’s In The Box | What’s In The Box | ||
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Hooking the box up is easy enough. You plug in the power cable and (not supplied) HDMI cable. Plug the power cable into the wall socket and the HDMI cable into your TV. | Hooking the box up is easy enough. You plug in the power cable and (not supplied) HDMI cable. Plug the power cable into the wall socket and the HDMI cable into your TV. | ||
- | I’m using the box by itself, but you can hook your cable/ | + | I’m using the box by itself, but you can hook your cable/ |
- | Configuration | + | L' |
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+ | Ce qui se trouve dans la boîte | ||
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+ | La boîte est petite ! Je m' | ||
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+ | La mise en place | ||
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+ | Connecter la box est très facile. Il faut connecter le câble d' | ||
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+ | **Configuration | ||
When the box is first turned on, it will pair itself with the remote as the remote control is bluetooth. No need to point the remote directly at a sensor. There is none. Using bluetooth means you don’t even need to point the remote, just press the buttons and it’ll be detected as long as you’re within range of the box. | When the box is first turned on, it will pair itself with the remote as the remote control is bluetooth. No need to point the remote directly at a sensor. There is none. Using bluetooth means you don’t even need to point the remote, just press the buttons and it’ll be detected as long as you’re within range of the box. | ||
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The IR blaster is a little widget that you get with the box – which you don’t have to use if you don’t want to, but it lets you control another box with the Sony remote. | The IR blaster is a little widget that you get with the box – which you don’t have to use if you don’t want to, but it lets you control another box with the Sony remote. | ||
- | Initially, I was using it with my TV, or so I thought. I had the IR blaster pointing at my TV’s remote sensor. On telling the Sony box that my TV is a Samsung (and model number), I can now switch the TV off/on using the Sony remote. Nifty! It was only when I noticed the IR remote covered up that I realised the Sony box is actually controlling the TV via the HDMI cable. More on that in a second. | + | Initially, I was using it with my TV, or so I thought. I had the IR blaster pointing at my TV’s remote sensor. On telling the Sony box that my TV is a Samsung (and model number), I can now switch the TV off/on using the Sony remote. Nifty! It was only when I noticed the IR remote covered up that I realised the Sony box is actually controlling the TV via the HDMI cable. More on that in a second.** |
- | Update | + | Configuration |
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+ | Lors du premier allumage, la box reconnaîtra la télécommande car celle-ci est bluetooth. Nul besoin de diriger la télécommande vers un capteur. Il n'y en a pas. L' | ||
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+ | Ensuite, vous avez droit à une brève présentation de l' | ||
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+ | Nous sommes maintenant prêts à configurer la box même. Vous vous connectez avec votre compte Google, choisissez la langue, le fuseau horaire, la connexion au net (câblée ou sans fil) et la taille de votre écran. Puis c'est au tour de l'IR blaster. | ||
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+ | L'IR blaster | ||
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+ | L'IR blaster est un petit bidule livré avec la box ; vous n' | ||
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+ | Au départ, je l' | ||
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+ | **Update | ||
No sooner had I completed the setup, and searched feverishly for Netflix (which I couldn’t find), I was presented with a pop-up telling me a system update was available. Carry on! | No sooner had I completed the setup, and searched feverishly for Netflix (which I couldn’t find), I was presented with a pop-up telling me a system update was available. Carry on! | ||
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Flipping the remote over, you have a full QWERTY keyboard! Pressing function, then search, will enable a backlight to the keyboard, handy for those late night browsing sessions. | Flipping the remote over, you have a full QWERTY keyboard! Pressing function, then search, will enable a backlight to the keyboard, handy for those late night browsing sessions. | ||
- | On the right side of the remote are volume, mute, and channel buttons. The remote is also motion sensitive for controlling games. | + | On the right side of the remote are volume, mute, and channel buttons. The remote is also motion sensitive for controlling games.** |
- | Video | + | La mise à jour |
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+ | Dès que j'ai terminé la configuration et cherché Netflix fiévreusement (sans succès), une fenêtre contextuelle m' | ||
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+ | Après la mise à jour, j' | ||
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+ | J'ai installé [Google] Play music, pour essayer l' | ||
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+ | La télécommande | ||
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+ | Comme j'ai laissé entendre plus tôt, la télécommande est très spéciale et a été très critiquée, mais je l' | ||
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+ | De l' | ||
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+ | Côté droit de la télécommande, | ||
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+ | **Video | ||
I haven’t tried purchasing/ | I haven’t tried purchasing/ | ||
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Most of my media is on my desktop PC. Thankfully, getting this playing on the Sony box was easy enough – after installing Plex (paid app, but is less than £1) on the Sony box and on my desktop PC. Plex on the desktop is a media server which will, after initial set up, run through and catalogue all the media in the folders you’ve given it. Plex will then sit and wait for connections before serving up media. | Most of my media is on my desktop PC. Thankfully, getting this playing on the Sony box was easy enough – after installing Plex (paid app, but is less than £1) on the Sony box and on my desktop PC. Plex on the desktop is a media server which will, after initial set up, run through and catalogue all the media in the folders you’ve given it. Plex will then sit and wait for connections before serving up media. | ||
- | Installing Plex on the desktop either means downloading, | + | Installing Plex on the desktop either means downloading, |
+ | Vidéo | ||
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+ | Je n'ai pas essayé d' | ||
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+ | Audio | ||
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+ | De même, je n'ai pas essayé d' | ||
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+ | Média en streaming | ||
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+ | La plupart de mes médias se trouvent sur mon PC de bureau. Heureusement, | ||
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+ | Installer Plex sur l' | ||
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Be patient, as Plex can take a while to catalogue your media as it will also fetch metadata and relevant images. | Be patient, as Plex can take a while to catalogue your media as it will also fetch metadata and relevant images. | ||
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Not only that, but it gives you the option to ‘fling’ almost anything to your box. I could start a YouTube video, then think ‘hey, this is pretty cool’ and fling it to my box to watch on the big screen. | Not only that, but it gives you the option to ‘fling’ almost anything to your box. I could start a YouTube video, then think ‘hey, this is pretty cool’ and fling it to my box to watch on the big screen. | ||
- | If you have a guest/ | + | If you have a guest/ |
- | Conclusion | + | Soyez patient : Plex peut prendre du temps à cataloguer vos médias, puisqu' |
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+ | Plex sait diffuser/ | ||
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+ | Des suppléments | ||
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+ | Une extension Chrome, qui s' | ||
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+ | Et pas seulement ça, mais il vous donne l' | ||
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+ | Si vous avez un invité/ | ||
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+ | **Conclusion | ||
I’ve said many good things about the Sony Google TV box; what’s the down side? Apps. There aren’t that many apps available for the Sony box. While it does use Google Play as its source, you’re limited to only apps that are known to work on Google TV. However, as I write this review, it is possible to ‘side-load’ apps by loading the APK file. There are some good apps in Play like AirDroid, Evernote, and the like. | I’ve said many good things about the Sony Google TV box; what’s the down side? Apps. There aren’t that many apps available for the Sony box. While it does use Google Play as its source, you’re limited to only apps that are known to work on Google TV. However, as I write this review, it is possible to ‘side-load’ apps by loading the APK file. There are some good apps in Play like AirDroid, Evernote, and the like. | ||
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Even with those negative points, I’m a happy chappy. It does everything I needed it to do, and more. Previously, I had to use my Xbox for Netflix and TV, and my Acer Revo for streaming media. Now I have everything in one package. | Even with those negative points, I’m a happy chappy. It does everything I needed it to do, and more. Previously, I had to use my Xbox for Netflix and TV, and my Acer Revo for streaming media. Now I have everything in one package. | ||
- | Now, if we could have a Jelly Bean update... that’d be the icing on the cake! | + | Now, if we could have a Jelly Bean update... that’d be the icing on the cake!** |
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+ | Conclusion | ||
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+ | J'ai dit beaucoup de bonnes choses au sujet de la box Google TV de Sony ; quels sont les inconvénients ? Les applis. Il n'y en a pas beaucoup de disponibles pour la box Sony. Alors qu' | ||
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+ | Bouger entre les menus et les éléments donne l' | ||
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+ | Même avec ces points négatifs, je suis ravi. Elle fait tout ce dont j' | ||
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+ | Si seulement on pouvait avoir une mise à niveau vers Jelly Bean... ce serait la cerise sur le gâteau |
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