Manufacturer : Sony
Model : NSZ-GT1
ASIN : B004D4917W
Price : $
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Internet-Ready Television
Internet-ready TVs use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast.
Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications.
Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision.
Learn more about Internet TVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center.
Sony's NSZ-GT1 Internet TV Blu-ray Disc Player redefines the way a Blu-ray Disc Player looks with its sleek, stylish design. It also makes advances with Google TV on-board: search the entire web, TV listings, and apps to find exactly what you're looking for. Watch TV, browse the Internet, or do both at the same time on the same screen. Plus, finding your favorite content is a breeze thanks to the included, intuitive handheld keypad with mouse. Now you can watch the game while tracking your fantasy team, tweet about the TV show you're watching, or update your Facebook status while viewing TV. Not to mention play back all those Blu-ray Discs and DVDs...
Television, Meet Internet
Google TV Built-in
Google TV delivers a new experience by bringing the TV and internet together. Using your existing cable or satellite service and at no additional cost, Google TV gives you access to more entertainment options and simplifies the process of finding what you're looking for. Plus, you can enjoy both TV and web content at the same time, on the same screen.
Automatic upgrades from the powerful Google TV platform ensure that your Sony Internet device is up-to-date, and you can access thousands of downloadable applications from the library of Android Apps, for new content and capabilities (available early 2011).
Personalize your TV experience with downloadable applications such as:
- Twitter: Keep in touch with people and get real-time updates.
- Napster: MP3 downloads and unlimited on-demand music streaming.
- Pandora: Free, personalized internet radio playing only the music you love.
- Netflix: Instantly watch Hollywood movies and thousands of TV episodes.
- Android Market: Coming in 2011, you will have access to thousands of applications from the library of Android Apps.
- NBA: Check stats while you watch the game. See standings, video highlights and more
Intuitive Handheld Keypad
Use the intuitive handheld keypad for easy navigation of Internet features. An optical finger sensor offers control the mouse pointer, scrolling, zooming in on images, and more; and a a full QWERTY keyboard is provided for entering text.
Superior Processing With Intel
Intel is at the heart of Sony's TV evolution, delivering processing power and intelligence for world-class HD video, audio and advanced graphics.
Built-In Wi-Fi
Enjoy the convenience of built-in wireless connectivity to make accessing your online entertainment--including movies, photos, music, videos and more--even easier. For those who require or prefer a hardware LAN connection, an Ethernet port is provided as well.
Search Across TV & Internet
Whatever you're searching for, Sony Internet TV will help you find it on TV or the Internet. Whether you're looking for a channel, show, or website, spend less time searching and more time watching.
Surf the Web While Watching TV
Navigate between websites and television channels or enjoy both at the same time, on the same screen, with Dual View--check your favorite team's stats while watching the game, or tweet about the movie you are watching.
Blu-ray Disc Playback
With the convenience of a built-in Blu-ray Disc player, watch your favorite movies in Full HD 1080p. The network connection means you can access online BD-Live content as well, and 24p True Cinema allows for viewing video at the intended 24 fps (frames per second) picture quality.
Built-in 1080p upscaling converts lower-resolution sources, so you can enjoy your DVDs in full HD quality (along with music from your CDs).
Network/USB Media Playback
Most of us have an increasingly large number of digital media files these days, and the NSZ-GT1 offers support for several formats. Play back MP3 audio files, H.264 and MP4 video, and JPEG/GIF/PNG image files directly from USB devices. You can also just grab them from your network storage device or computer, thanks to DLNA (photo only) and UPnP (video/music/photo) network standards.
Link to Select Mobile Phones
Add your mobile phone to the Google TV experience. Using your existing Android phone or iPhone as an additional remote control, search content with voice navigation, or share web content between the phone and TV.
DVR Compatibility
Easily connect select HD DVR devices from Dish Network to include your previously recorded content in the search results.
NSZ-GT1 Select Specifications
| Supported Media Formats | |
|---|---|
| Disc: | BD-ROM, CD, CD-R/RW, CD-DA, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, Hybrid BD/DVD, BD/CD, Bonus View, BD Live |
| Video: | AC/MPEG4-AAC, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC |
| Music: | MP3 |
| Photo: | JPEG, GIF, PNG |
| Internet Capability: | Google TV |
| DLNA/UPnP Playback: | Photo (DLNA), Video/Music/Photo (UPnP) |
| Inputs and Outputs | |
| Digital Audio Output (Optical): | 1 (Rear) |
| Ethernet Connection: | 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T (Rear) |
| Wireless LAN: | 802.11.a/b/g/n |
| HDMI Input | 1 (Rear) |
| HDMI Output | 1 (Rear) |
| IR Blaster: | 1 (Rear) |
| USB 2.0: | 4 (3 Rear/1 Front) |
| Weight and Dimensions | |
| Dimensions (WxHxD): | 13 x 2.3 x 9.8 Inches |
| Weight: | 5.3 lbs. |
What's in the Box
Sony NSZ-GT1 Internet TV Blu-ray Disc Player, Keypad With Batteries, HDMI Cable, IR Blaster Cable, AC Power Cord, AC Adapter, Documentation
So, to the review. The Geek Squad guy came and installed it along with a new Yamaha receiver and 55" Sony TV. I already had a home theater set u- from when we built our house so the Geek guy was just replacing old equipment. While this is not a review of the Geek Squad, the guy did do an excellent job and gave my wife and I instruction on how to use all the new devices. When he left we stumbled around a bit following our notes and after an hour or so began to get the hang of it. While the GT1 is not without some warts. It does take some getting used to after which it is a pretty slick little device.
The PROs for me are it is a Blu Ray player (not my primary goal). While my new SONY TV is "internet connectable", I need a Blu Ray player to get Netflix etc. The GT1 allows this plus being a DVD/Blu Ray player. The real bonus is it allows me to surf the net. All in all it fits well into my surround-sound home theater. [Actually, the Geek guy got my sound system working better than it has ever been.]
The CONs for the GT1 are: small size of the controller and keys on the key pad; my 70 year old finger tips are big and blunt. The manual that came with it is practically non-existent. It would have been a real chore without the Geek guy's kick start. Even after he left, I had some questions he didn't touch on and not explained in the "manual". I went to the SONY online "help guide" where I got a phone number that put me in contact with a guy to easily explained the solution. There is an FN key on the controller that needs to be used in combination with other keys; this is not labeled or explained in the manual. Once I saw that, I understood more about the controller. The SONY help guy was excellent.
So, I am giving this device a four plus rating to counter the very negative reviews. It seems that some of these folks had a SONY axe to grind or were too impatient to try to work through the bugs. I like the device and have no trouble recommending it. It will no doubt get better as it evolves.
First of all, I went to purchase a Blu-ray player with wireless internet. Why? I wanted to get Netflix in my bedroom and I wanted to be able to play DVDs too. I knew I was looking at spending around $200.
I walked by this in the store and gave it a whirl and was already impressed. The menus are not confusing if you have a smart phone with apps. It is pretty much set up like that. Even the keyboard is reminds me of my android cell phone. Then I found out it wasn't that much more money for this than a decent internet blu-ray.
I bought it and took it home. I wanted to wait for my hubby to come home and hook it up, but I was too excited so I gave it a go. I followed the easy start up guide in the box and I had everything set up and running in about 15 minutes. Now this was impressive. It was easy to follow instructions, great on screen commands, super duper easy remote set up. I was set to go. The remote that comes with the unit flawlessly controls my TV/Cable box DVR and this unit.
Now for the best parts of this unit. I can get my Netflixs with no problem. I can even read, send, recieve emails. I can look at my facebook and post and do anything else I normally do. I got an email from my dad that had a photo attached and I was able to pull up the photo on my 37" tv. I love being able to search the internet right in my bedroom on a very nice 37" monitor. It also has a pic-in-pic feature so I can watch my show and google at the same time. I also have a chat forum I am fond of and go there and post. Don't forget Youtube. This is a prime feature of this also. I store my family videos on youtube so now I can view all the family videos in the comfort of my bedroom. I love the optical thumb mouse thing. It is just cool! So easy to use.
My kids also love this unit. While one is on the laptop, the other can still be on the internet if they want to be. My kids are 7 and almost 9. My daugther loves to go to Barbie.com and play the games online there. She wants to go InnerStarU.com but it says that it 'cannot support it'. My son likes to Lego Star Wars and play games there. But he wants to go to some Clone wars thing and it says the same thing, 'cannot support'. Forunately for me I did not buy this unit for them to play video games in MY room. This unit is not really a 'gaming' type of unit. I do not think this is a con. Some people might. Not me.
Okay, so the cons for this unit. I can't seem to figure out if I can 'print' to our wireless printer, but it looks like we may not be able to. I say this because I was googling a recipe the other day and wanted to print it out and nothing happened. Not a big deal, but it would be nice. Another con is that the menus are a bit different than what I am familiar with. It will take some time getting used to.
The biggest CON I can see right now is this: I can't wait to get sick and stay in bed!
Specific annoyances that may improve over time include Comcast DVR compatibility (now I need to revert to my old controller for anything DVR related), accessibility of web content (practically every network prevents you from watching web material that's freely available to users of laptops and ipads), and the complete absence of an "On Soon" complement to the "On Now" feature, which is actually pretty awesome--no more fishing in the Comcast on-screen guide, which is slow, clunky, and foolishly segregated into completely separate HD/SD sections.
There's a lot of potential for greatness here, though, and if Google continues to refine its offerings, as Roku has done, I think I'll be very glad to have the box.
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