Google TV’s TV Integration

If you don’t have Dish Network, your experience will be far less integrated — typing “Modern Family” into the Google TV search box will bring up future program listings and web results for the show, but won’t show you that you have a local recording sitting right there on your DVR. You also won’t be able to schedule recordings — selecting a future episode of a show brings up a box instructing you to… program your DVR! It’s an extremely disjointed experience, to say the least.

I see Google TV as more of a proof of concept for cable providers. Until the cable/satellite companies start integrating the Google TV technology directly into their set top boxes, the experience (of TV/DVR integration) will continue to be spotty as Google keeps trying to catch up with new hardware.

Source: Engadget