Sony Google TV Box In Australia
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:42 am
I've been using a US version of the Google TV box for two weeks now and I can answer a questions that is being asked by a few people in this and other forums. Yes the US version that I have just plugged into the wall with an Australian figure 8 power cord. No problems.
On the other hand, I would rather spend the extra and get the Australian version when it comes out, why?
Reason 1:
Well you can't tell it what country you are in so when you set the US box up it only allows you to enter a US post code. This defeats half the features on the box, when you do a word search on the box, it will tell you what's on TV in your area at that very point in time, yeah. Well this doesn't work with the US box and Australian TV content.
Reason 2:
All the apps that come on the box are for US TV stations, there isn't any Australian built-in catch up TV apps which I assume will come with the Australian version. There also aren't any Australian catch-up TV apps that will work with the Sony Google TV box in the app store either, I'm assuming that since Sony just signed a deal with CH10 about 2 months ago that a CH10 app may be included with the Australian box (just a guess though). I know you can go to the website and view them all that way, but it's a pain in the [fish-sticks], not easy like it should be.
These are my main beef with the US version of the box, I know they aren't a deal breakers for some people, but when you lose a big feature on the box like location aware content and TV searching, for some people this will cause some grief. For these people they should stick to buying the Australian version, plus you'll also get a warranty, surly that's worth a few bucks.
I have made a short video of my favourite features on the Sony Googles box, I hope you enjoy. http://youtu.be/zQiVLs-qag0
If anyone has any questions they would like to ask me about the Sony Google TV box, please feel free to ask.
On the other hand, I would rather spend the extra and get the Australian version when it comes out, why?
Reason 1:
Well you can't tell it what country you are in so when you set the US box up it only allows you to enter a US post code. This defeats half the features on the box, when you do a word search on the box, it will tell you what's on TV in your area at that very point in time, yeah. Well this doesn't work with the US box and Australian TV content.
Reason 2:
All the apps that come on the box are for US TV stations, there isn't any Australian built-in catch up TV apps which I assume will come with the Australian version. There also aren't any Australian catch-up TV apps that will work with the Sony Google TV box in the app store either, I'm assuming that since Sony just signed a deal with CH10 about 2 months ago that a CH10 app may be included with the Australian box (just a guess though). I know you can go to the website and view them all that way, but it's a pain in the [fish-sticks], not easy like it should be.
These are my main beef with the US version of the box, I know they aren't a deal breakers for some people, but when you lose a big feature on the box like location aware content and TV searching, for some people this will cause some grief. For these people they should stick to buying the Australian version, plus you'll also get a warranty, surly that's worth a few bucks.
I have made a short video of my favourite features on the Sony Googles box, I hope you enjoy. http://youtu.be/zQiVLs-qag0
If anyone has any questions they would like to ask me about the Sony Google TV box, please feel free to ask.