Sony NSZ-GS7

Sony's new Google TV set-top box has a vastly improved, double-sided remote, but the Google TV software is still buggy and lacks apps.

Ever since CES 2012 we've been hearing that a Google TV push is coming. First at bat comes from Sony, with their NSZ-GS7 (add in a Blu-ray to get the NSZ-GS9) which features everything you love ab

More Info Sony's second try at Google TV brings Blu-ray player, streaming box and a new remote Google TV goes international, Sony NSZ-GS7 set-top box up for preorder in the US and UK Google TV officially switching to ARM, Marvell Armada 1500 CPU to lead the charge If at first you don't succeed, try, try again and that's exactly what Google has done with Google TV.

Can the Sony's first Google TV box app the ante?

Google TV has been, for quite some time now, promising to do for your TV what it's done for phones: smarts, apps, convenience, bliss. It hasn't worked—at all. Now Sony's next stab is here. Maybe next time.

Google TV steps up for another round

Two years after the disastrous Logitech Revue, Google returns for another stab at internet TV, this time partnering with Sony on a standalone box. We can say one thing for sure: With a sleek remote, zippy processor, and fetching (for a streaming device) new curved design, the 1080p NSZ-GS7 ($200) definitely gets the hardware right.

Has potential, but needs more apps to realise it

Google TV is finally here and (for now) it's a little Sony box. Is this the Holy Grail of media streaming?