Google TV’s Chaotic Interface
David Pogue reviews Google TV for the NYTimes:
This much is clear: Google TV may be interesting to technophiles, but it’s not for average people. On the great timeline of television history, Google TV takes an enormous step in the wrong direction: toward complexity.
For starters, it requires a mouse and keyboard. That’s right. For your TV. Hope you weren’t going for that rustic look in your TV room.
Another sign that Google TV might not be ready for primetime: Seemingly every TV station and TV streaming service blocks access from Google TV. That’s right, you have many more options for streaming TV content to your PC than to a Google TV device…
