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Question: I was looking to get this so my mother can get to her gmail account with ease.  Is this the right product?
Document: Not a good product. Impossible to get working with my TV, will not sync at the right resolution, so it's useless. Waited too long, thinking the firmware update would surely address something so fundamental. Big mistake. Now it's too late to return and I'm left with a useless device and wasted time.I got the Google TV because it's "open" as opposed to my Apple TV which cannot do Amazon Live streaming or any of the other many apps available here. Google TV is much more complex to work with.
Before I review, I just want to say that Amazon is awesome. They upgraded me to free overnight shipping right before Christmas. Although Ontrac lost my package, Amazon shipped another one out to me and I had it in two days. Their customer service is great. Keep it up Amazon!I was really looking forward to this device from Hisense. I waited for it to be released for a couple of months and it wasn't available just a week before Christmas, so I ended up with a Roku 2 XD. My intent was always to gift it to my mom, but I also wanted to check out Google TV for myself.One potentially cool feature that this box appears to support is the integration of live tv into the search function.
First thing you need to do is make sure you're IR blaster is discoverable by the REMOTE stick it in a place with out any interference  because when you are typing you might covering the IR. If you're looking for a faster loading  i suggest you buy a smart tv with proccesor (lowest 1k in amazon lol ) and if you are comparing it with your pc stick with youre PC because this one doesn't have a mother board. Watching You TUbe is Very good, buble up apps is great let you stream your media on your network, make sure you configure on your network settings.
The  remote was setup to control basic operations (like volume etc) on my other devices tv/home theater. It worked for a while and now it no longer works. The remote also has an inbuilt mic which was meant for google voice search. But that never worked even with the latest update for the product.Also, the volume doesn't work once in a while and needs a restart. The product needs a reboot ocassionally due to unknown issues. Overall ok for my intended purpose. But not recommended for it;s full capabilitiesFor those of you who do not have a smart tv and looking to add smart capabilties to it.
Also, the remote was a great idea but poor design. The mousse pad on the remote was not working right in conjunction with the arrow on tv to click on links while surfing--it made my husband so frustrated he did not want this unit at all! We decided to return this item the next day and decided to wait for a better product or upgrade to a SMART TV---( I can't wait till internet streaming gets perfected for more channels for live TV so we can finally say good-bye to cable!!!)
I was initially excited about the Pulse Google TV because it was new and I had exploring to do. I wanted to stream Amazon Prime instant videos and was shocked to see there was no Amazon video application. I had to watch Amazon through the Chrome web browser, which was not convenient on a television across the room. I decided to watch Netflix and it did not work - it just froze. I could not get Netflix to work until I did a factory reset of the unit and started over. I continued to be disappointed by the limited selection of applications when I looked for Gmail.
But OK when you get used to it.My biggest gripe is lack of apps: can't load gmail, vnc viewer, vlc player, mobo player, HBO go, showtime anytime, onecast, stitcher, eznetscan, dropbox, google drive, tomato browser, google earth, google maps ...It did install IMDB, though.I'd give it 4 out of 5 if it would load the HBO and Showtime apps; 5 out of 5 if it didn't have a horribly limited set of apps that it's compatible with.
ok where to start awesome product smooth operation easy install can do everything your laptop or pc can if google store doesnt have your app like hbo go or amazon just go online to the web site and stream from there the possibilities are endless the live tv feature is amazing you can run your dvr or cable box through the pulse and all you channels are displayed right there for you as well as netflix movies and other movie channels like starz hbo etc. you click on the movie and pick the destanation in which to watch you can also set to locate only free movies so no rentals are shown.
I've tried since January to get this working correctly. I waited for the firmware update and nothing. I give up. I've have the Western Digital Box in my family room and it works as advertised. I gave my parents a Roku and it works as advertised. I have to keep re-programming it every couple of days. Everything. Date, time, wifi connection. I don't even feel right placing it on e-bay.
To start with I couldn't get it to register for amazon video. Next came the audio issues with the pass through, it played audio at the right speed (meaning lips matched), but the sound was pitched down too low. Every so often it would hiccup and but the sound would be still too low. Now it tells me it cannot connect to the the network. I've "forgotten" and re-joined the network, turned it off and on, unplugged, everything but factory reset. No dice. This isn't even including the features like the microphone on the remote that does nothing and the IR blaster that is such short range it's practically useless.I can not recommend this item.
Answer: Yes you can. You must have a Google account to use it just like an android device