This is the Android set-top box we’ve been dreaming of: Archos TV Connect turns your TV into Jelly Bean device

4. _Bone_ posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:07 0 0

The most exciting thing for me would be live streaming on TV.

5. Crossblade posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:10 2 0

Excellent! This one looks right and the pricing is great!! Hope the 1.5 GHz "multicore" processor is powerful enough to play all videos you throw at it :)

I think I want one!

6. ljade.abadinas posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:12 0 0

Nice!

7. darac posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:24 1 0

Oh so it finally dawned on them !!
About freaking time

9. Droid_X_Doug posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:34 1 0

Is this last year's news? February, 2012 release date.... Based on specs (1Gb of RAM), it would appear to be, but then there is the matter of JB.

11. Droid_X_Doug posted on 04 Jan 2013, 06:13 1 0

What seems to be missing is the content. If content can be sorted out, the folks at iTV will sh*t a brick.

15. SellPhones82 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 09:03 1 0

Now this is why I didn't buy a "Smart TV". Saved hundreds going with the base 55" Samsung LED as I planned on add something like this instead since full blown Android it's much more functional than Google TV or any of the proprietary software any of the TV OEMs currently have out, IMO. Almost bought one of the USB adapters from Amazon that was loaded with 4.04 but this looks much better with the remote/controller it come with. Look forward to seeing some reviews once this launches.

16. devildlm1 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 10:15 0 0

Seems pretty awesome. I just wish that it had tuner/cableCard capabilities so I wouldn't have to pay so much for my stupid Fios STB

17. s1ebee posted on 04 Jan 2013, 10:47 0 0

This looks great... I haven't used anything by Archos before, didn't they used to have their own curated app store instead of google play? That would be a good way to ruin a beautiful idea.

18. MorePhonesThanNeeded posted on 04 Jan 2013, 11:54 0 0

This device looks very interesting and I hope it's a lot faster than the OEM stuff in those smart tv's as of late, my lady recently purchased a smart tv but the smart part of it lags badly and it's a Samsung LED LCD 46". If this device is as smooth as JB on a S4 Pro device then I'm all over this as I don't really want to spend the cash on a dedicated Smart TV as their remotes cost a pretty penny when they break as the girlfriends remote did(battery exploded within it). $150 is extremely cheap, I hope that keyboard on it has soft touch buttons I hate those hard to press buttons that make the device feel s**tty and cheap. Wait if it comes with JB, that means it can do Voice recognition, well now this just keeps on getting better. I will look for this. I intend to buy a LED-LCD tv with the highest contrast ratio I can find, my old Aquos is about done as it can't handle gaming anymore, getting demoted to everyday TV watching. Android is proving to be quite the versatile OS, surprised this isn't a desktop OS by now.

19. techloverNYC posted on 04 Jan 2013, 12:36 0 0

wow I deff going to look into one. I been trying to buy a smart tv forever but I got like another 4 basic flat screens around my house so I cant. GJ

20. JeffPom posted on 04 Jan 2013, 13:04 0 0

This looks awesome. I don't know much about the specs... as I'm not quite that technical. But this sounds like what I'm looking for.

As to streaming TV - can't you do that with ustvnow like with Roku?

24. BattleBrat posted on 04 Jan 2013, 21:09 0 0

I have a google tv, and I'm buying this, google TV has been forgotten by google!

26. Droiddoes posted on 06 Jan 2013, 11:42 0 0

I don't get it. Why would I buy this when a PS3 does all this and more? And WTF @ anyone using (what appears to be) IR technology in 2013? I've always found the concept of a "smart" TV retarded, again if you HAVE to have a web browser and Netflix (Netflix I'll give em, very useful) just get a PS3. It has the added bonus of being a Blu Ray player and media hub.

Also couldn't one just hook up their phone to the TV through HDMI and use a bluetooth controller for the same effect as this thing? I just don't get it...

27. jltommy posted on 17 Feb 2013, 17:46 0 0

What's the point? There's already much better solutions out there. Take for example Pivos and G-Box. The Midnight is the best box on the market and can run Linux, etc and is like $90. This thing surely can't hold a flame to it, especially since the midnight is $30 less and far more powerful and can run XBMC perfectly which i highly doubt this box can do any of that.

28. Remek posted on 04 Apr 2013, 09:14 0 0

Where can I order this?