Google Nexus Q Home Media Streamer

$299 living room component that has no interface of its own (other than a volume knob), and requires an Android phone or tablet to control. All it does is play music and video from the Google Play store. And judging by The Verge’s video review, it doesn’t even play video acceptably. Sure, it has a 25-watt amp, but how can this thing cost three times as much as an Apple TV?

I’m calling this thing a soon-to-be-forgotten turd.

★ Thursday, 28 June 2012