Sony NSZ-GT1 3D WiFi Blu-ray Player w/ Google TV (Refurbished) $85 + Free shipping

Quote from Arrow34 : Mine was shipped, I am going to receive on Monday... Probably.. Update. Nevermind, it actually arrived today(saturday 11/3) So far liking the ui and the controller, nice that it has an ir blaster, but would prefer if the controller didnt have to use an ir blaster to also control the receiver. If this thing had native hulu support, this would be an amazing unit, but without it, it is a great unit. I am going to look into hacking it or figuring a way to get hulu on it.

Root it. Grab 4 USB drives and head over to GTVHacker for the guide. The binaries you'd be installing for root include a modified Flash binary which Hulu (and most other content providers) doesn't block.

Quote from remlover : You can hook up an external HD or thumb drive and it has no problem reading and playing it. I have a lot of different formatted videos and it has played them all for me. Now there might be some files structures you have, that I dont, but in general I have never had an issue with things I throw at it. Don't worry about the quality of the controller. They are built really solid.

I cant get this thing to recognized a 1tb wd HD. Anyone else having this problem?

Quote from antrky : I cant get this thing to recognized a 1tb wd HD. Anyone else having this problem?

If you press the home button, is there a notification on the button right screen that lets you know that an external HD has been connected (or synced)?

Go into the Media player. There should be a settings. Click media sources. Does your HD show up?

I'm using these instructions based off the logitech revue, but I'm sure they are quite similar across platform.

Does anyone think this unit will come back in Sony's ebay store?

Quote from ronnysrv : Does anyone think this unit will come back in Sony's ebay store?

Lawd, I hope so. I needs me dat Sony Google TV with Blu-ray! In fact, I needs me two!!

Quote from Slickd3aler : Lawd, I hope so. I needs me dat Sony Google TV with Blu-ray! In fact, I needs me two!!

Apparently Sony sold 15 of them in their ebay store on 11/20. Is there not a way to have ebay send you a text or something when something goes live? I know the ebay app will send an alert if you are outbid, but not much else.

These are the completed listings sorted by "ending soonest"
http://www.ebay.com/sch/TV-Video-...Complete=1
I'll just have to watch the Sony ebay store like a hawk I guess. Otherwise some used ones are selling for about $150+. Still not a bad deal.

Quote from ronnysrv : Apparently Sony sold 15 of them in their ebay store on 11/20. Is there not a way to have ebay send you a text or something when something goes live? I know the ebay app will send an alert if you are outbid, but not much else. These are the completed listings sorted by "ending soonest" http://www.ebay.com/sch/TV-Video-...Complete=1 I'll just have to watch the Sony ebay store like a hawk I guess. Otherwise some used ones are selling for about $150+. Still not a bad deal.

Wth?? Wow, I've been watching ebay for these off and on and missed them

Quote from Slickd3aler : Wth?? Wow, I've been watching ebay for these off and on and missed them

I haven't seen any others come up in Sony's ebay store, but they are back on sale from Sony's website for $159
http://store.sony.com/p/NSZ-GT1/e...ifications

This might mean that since they have a new batch of refurbs, that the ebay store will sell a few again.
I would probably even buy at $159 with my previous enthusiasm about the player, but that has died down since I discovered mini pc's with HDMI out that run android jelly bean, like the MK808. I may get a cheap blu ray player, and then the MK808.

I did end up buying a NSZ-GT1 off ebay for $70, but it is the unit only, NO power cable, remote, nothing. I just received it last night, with terrible packaging during shipping. I haven't tried it yet, as I ordered a universal AC power adapter (that hopefully works), and that comes in today. Tonight I will decide if I'll keep the NSZ-GT1, or sell it again. I also ordered a Logitech K700 keyboard that hopefully works with it. In a review for the K400 keyboard, someone said they used it for the NSZ-GT1 and it worked well, so the K700 should work. I'll report back.

Quote from ronnysrv : I haven't seen any others come up in Sony's ebay store, but they are back on sale from Sony's website for $159 http://store.sony.com/p/NSZ-GT1/e...ifications This might mean that since they have a new batch of refurbs, that the ebay store will sell a few again. I would probably even buy at $159 with my previous enthusiasm about the player, but that has died down since I discovered mini pc's with HDMI out that run android jelly bean, like the MK808. I may get a cheap blu ray player, and then the MK808. I did end up buying a NSZ-GT1 off ebay for $70, but it is the unit only, NO power cable, remote, nothing. I just received it last night, with terrible packaging during shipping. I haven't tried it yet, as I ordered a universal AC power adapter (that hopefully works), and that comes in today. Tonight I will decide if I'll keep the NSZ-GT1, or sell it again. I also ordered a Logitech K700 keyboard that hopefully works with it. In a review for the K400 keyboard, someone said they used it for the NSZ-GT1 and it worked well, so the K700 should work. I'll report back.

The Logitech K700 does indeed work with the Sony NSZ-GT1; I have both.

Quote from Sephoroth : The Logitech K700 does indeed work with the Sony NSZ-GT1; I have both.

Agreed, I tried it last night. Nothing extra was necessary, I just plugged in the dongle after the player booted up, and it started working. It was a little weird during setup because it wanted me to "pair" the sony remote by pressing function + Enter, but that didn't seem to do anything when I did it on the K700. But I just pressed a few buttons one at a time (not mashing around) and I think pressing escape moved me forward in the setup process.

One other small issue during setup was when it asked me for my tv model, and when I chose LG, it didn't work. I just skipped the step (even though it told me certain things wouldn't work if I skipped the step), and everything seems to work just fine.

As far as functionality of the unit, I haven't played with it enough to say much. This is my first blu ray player, so we watched the latest Spiderman movie, and watched a few Youtube vids, but that's about it. I did a couple of searches in the app store, and confirmed it is limited.

I purchased the iMito MX1 and will play with that this weekend. If it works well, I'm assuming it will render anything "smart" about the NSZ-GT1 to be useless. I'll have to decide if I want to just keep it as a blu ray player, or sell it and just get a plane jane player.

Quote from ronnysrv : Agreed, I tried it last night. Nothing extra was necessary, I just plugged in the dongle after the player booted up, and it started working. It was a little weird during setup because it wanted me to "pair" the sony remote by pressing function + Enter, but that didn't seem to do anything when I did it on the K700. But I just pressed a few buttons one at a time (not mashing around) and I think pressing escape moved me forward in the setup process. One other small issue during setup was when it asked me for my tv model, and when I chose LG, it didn't work. I just skipped the step (even though it told me certain things wouldn't work if I skipped the step), and everything seems to work just fine. As far as functionality of the unit, I haven't played with it enough to say much. This is my first blu ray player, so we watched the latest Spiderman movie, and watched a few Youtube vids, but that's about it. I did a couple of searches in the app store, and confirmed it is limited. I purchased the iMito MX1 and will play with that this weekend. If it works well, I'm assuming it will render anything "smart" about the NSZ-GT1 to be useless. I'll have to decide if I want to just keep it as a blu ray player, or sell it and just get a plane jane player.

If you do plan on keeping the device, I would suggest rooting it to be able to run modified Flash binaries (for much web content) and install software from third party sources (Sony removed this option for some reason in an update).

One work-around for the limited app-store is to manually install APK's (applications will only appear in Play Market if they were specifically marked to not require a touch screen though a few work at least somewhat well despite this). Note though this will not work on pretty much any GL-intensive application (and obviously applications which rely upon hardware the NSZ-GT1 lacks such as a camera or microphone) as most will not have x86 compatible binaries available.

Quote from Sephoroth : If you do plan on keeping the device, I would suggest rooting it to be able to run modified Flash binaries (for much web content) and install software from third party sources (Sony removed this option for some reason in an update). One work-around for the limited app-store is to manually install APK's (applications will only appear in Play Market if they were specifically marked to not require a touch screen though a few work at least somewhat well despite this). Note though this will not work on pretty much any GL-intensive application (and obviously applications which rely upon hardware the NSZ-GT1 lacks such as a camera or microphone) as most will not have x86 compatible binaries available.

I started looking into how to root it before I found out about these mini android sticks. I don't have any experience doing that sort of thing, but I would be willing to spend the time to read about it if the benefits vs. risks made sense to me. Also it depends on if there were another device that would offer the same benefits without having to screw around with it, or if the risks were less. Bricking a device that would also render the blu ray player useless would suck more I feel like.

Quote from ronnysrv : I started looking into how to root it before I found out about these mini android sticks. I don't have any experience doing that sort of thing, but I would be willing to spend the time to read about it if the benefits vs. risks made sense to me. Also it depends on if there were another device that would offer the same benefits without having to screw around with it, or if the risks were less. Bricking a device that would also render the blu ray player useless would suck more I feel like.

The primary benefits of rooting would be installation of applications from third party sources (E.g. Amazon or APKs from other devices) and viewing of otherwise blocked content (e.g. Hulu and online content from Fox, NBC, Viacom, etc. which is what I mainly use mine for along with Plex). The risks are the usual which be voided warranty, a bricked device, thermonuclear war, and rise of the undead. That said the rooting process is a bit more complicated than the average Android device in that you need ~4 USB drives sitting around.

That said, if you don't care for the "Smart" functions and don't use the Google TV overlay then it may be better to just go with a dedicated Blu-ray player due to the lack of any real benefit and the lack of HDMI 1.4.

Quote from Sephoroth : The primary benefits of rooting would be installation of applications from third party sources (E.g. Amazon or APKs from other devices) and viewing of otherwise blocked content (e.g. Hulu and online content from Fox, NBC, Viacom, etc. which is what I mainly use mine for along with Plex). The risks are the usual which be voided warranty, a bricked device, thermonuclear war, and rise of the undead. That said the rooting process is a bit more complicated than the average Android device in that you need ~4 USB drives sitting around. That said, if you don't care for the "Smart" functions and don't use the Google TV overlay then it may be better to just go with a dedicated Blu-ray player due to the lack of any real benefit and the lack of HDMI 1.4.

I would love to have full streaming capabilities from websites, like some of the ones you mentioned. I did watch a youtube video of a guy showing the 4 usb drive rooting method. Definitely doable to me, but after I found out about the android sticks, I think it seems silly to go through that. I'd rather update the ROM on a stick that allows it than push a square object through a round hole
Oh well who knows, I haven't even tried the iMito MX1 yet.