Consumers dislike Google TV so much that they are now giving the product back.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904800304576474581913302222.html



A Google TV display inside a Best Buy store last October.

Consumers dislike Google TV so much that they are now giving the product back.

Gadgets that use the company's Google TV software to connect televisions to the Internet are selling so poorly that one of Google's key partners disclosed Thursday that customer returns are outpacing sales.. Logitech International SA, which makes the Revue set-top box and special keyboard built on the search giant's technology, said Revue revenue was "slightly negative" in the latest quarter as more units were returned than purchased.

"There was a significant gap between our price and the value perceived by the consumer," explained Logitech Chairman Guerrino De Luca, in a conference call Thursday. In a bid to spur sales, Logitech said it would lower the Revue's price to $99 from $249. The Swiss company had earlier this year cut the price from $299.

While Mr. De Luca admitted his company misjudged the market, he said the Revue's poor sales are "partly due to the fact that Google TV has not yet fully delivered to its own promises." "We launched Revue with the expectation that it would generate significant sales growth in spite of a relatively high price point and the newness of both the smart TV category and the underlying platform," Mr. De Luca said. "In hindsight, there are number of things we should have done differently."

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1. I doubt sales for HDTV's that have internet built in are selling well either

The set makers thought they could keep prices up by bundling internet apps, but that only keeps the price out of reach for millions of potential buyers.

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2. Now if we could just get rid of Google, the web would be so much better

So many web sites use content from google ads, google analytics, google syndication, and on and on... it slows the web sites to a crawl. Google has destroyed web surfing in general, not to mention that they suck in copyrighted material on to their servers and keep it there forever. Google should be simply shut down and erased completely. Same for Wikipedia. The web would be so much better without them.