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(More customer reviews)I don't normally write reviews for products. However, in the case of the Sony NSZ-GT1 GoogleTV Blu Ray player, I decided to do so. The many one-star, bad reviews for this device almost convinced me to not buy it in favor of the Logitech REVUE which I would have purchased instead. I saw the GT1 at Best Buy but bought it from Amazon because of a better price. At my local Best Buy, no one knew how to make the device on display work. That too almost changed my mind. I went to another bigger Best Buy across town where they had a working GT1 which the sales guy demonstrated and then let me play.
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.
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