Google Chromecast
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- maquito0
- 4th Gen Ukulele & 2.0 Wireless Pickutopian
- Lolmaquito
- Got a 4k model, and it is MUCH faster than the processor in my Smart TV. I can put up with inaccurate recommendations to get faster YouTube, Netflix and PlexBuddhaHat
- Annoying that you have to click the volume over and over, you can't just hold the button down. Overall it's absolutely worth the money.BuddhaHat
- Thanksmaquito
- You get ads in the interface plus bloatware. Its slow AF. No Dolby Vision and no Atmos processing. It’s basically a piece of shit.monospaced
- Coulda spent a few more bucks and at least for a roku which is also shitty but good if you’re too fucking cheap to get an Apple TV.monospaced
- But if you don’t really care about the best picture and dont have a need for atmos I guess it’s fine.monospaced
- It’s fine then! thanks for your kindness, asshole.maquito
- It’s fine. I’m not an asshole though.monospaced
- I know, it was a friendly “asshole” :)maquito
- Have them on every TV in the house. They work great. Nice usable UI toofyoucher1
- I like the UI, and the experience setting it up was pretty nice as well.maquito
- I think it's objectively not slow AF, when navigating between apps and particularly using Plex it's insanely fast. For the fraction you pay it's not a POSBuddhaHat
- and if you're not an Apple ecosystem person then getting an Apple TV is a stupid idea.BuddhaHat
- ideaist0
- If they had a full browser on it or even a more capable iOS; it seems it's going that way...ideaist
- ...I guess the goal is to limit the device and keep all content "in the cloud", thus eliminating physical importance...ideaist
- Why would they add a browser? When has that ever worked for a TVanimatedgif
- not good - works but too lacking in features - like Fisher Price streaming.fadein11
- there's nothing fischer price about it, and it has a fuck load of featuresmonospaced
- Apple TV seems way more powerful than chrome cast. If I didn't have a Mac i could see itjtb26
- Ben993
My Chromecast stop working for no reason suddenly. I've got a red light on it, i've search the web
Fuck that shit!
- HijoDMaite0
Love these things, we have one in every bedroom. The quality of the HD is perfect on any Netflix YouTube or Vimeo videos. Also pandora works perfect.
I can play something from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and still use my phone to browse the internet and use any other app on my phone, not sure about a phone calls though. I do not notice a battery drain on my phone while watching shows ether. We have been using these more often since a couple of our "smart" TV's have a real clunky user interface when trying to use Netflix.
Last night before bed my wife and I were watching the 2014 news fails compilation youtube vid from vid of the day thread and in the middle of it I got up with the phone, went downstairs and out to my car in the driveway to grab something. I figured it would stop transmitting and drop the connection but five minutes later I went back in the bedroom and the video was still playing seamlessly. Impressive!
Also we picked up four of these during cyber monday for $22 each!
- Chromecast has been playing through my iPhone for 3+ hours. Only 3% battery usage.organicgrid
- This is because it actually does not stream from your device. It acts as a remote and tells Chromcast what to fetch from internet.GRAC
- internet. Try using Youtube with 2 devices. You can set up queues etc...pretty cool.GRAC
- streaming video buffers a minute or so in advance - so if you were only briefly outside it would have no effect. if you had stayed outside longer it would have.fadein11
- sorry I was referring to when you lose connection on YouTube or something - it will play for around a minute before stopping.fadein11
- ernexbcn0
- and? why would they help their competitors win?
having said that - surprised they would ban Apple TV - it's shit.fadein11 - well, they have been selling them so far, Apple TV is the 4th best selling at the moment, Chromecast the 2nd (in Amazon US)ernexbcn
- what's next? ban Netflix from using Amazon Web Services? dat shit crayernexbcn
- https://news.ycombin…ernexbcn
- and? why would they help their competitors win?
- 20020
Apple TV very clunky. Exception to airplay. But if I get Apple TV for airplay, thats no different than Chromecast.
- I think it's quite differentmonospaced
- I don't think there's a processor in the Chromecast to stream data from a device, I think it has to come from the webmonospaced
- Apple TV Blows!utopian
- utopian0
Which will come first?
• Chromecast will be obsolete by the of the year
• It fail just like the rest of Google products
and be part of Google Graveyard
- dbloc0
just bought one...$35 why not?
- ernexbcn0
"So if you have music you wish to play on your TV, it need to be uploaded to Google Music"
- if you have any photos or videos on your computer or phone you'd like to play, you're shit out of luckmonospaced
- Supports Netflix, YouTube, Google Play, as well as anything on the web through Chrome browser.ORAZAL
- Yes, but NONE of your stuff on your devices or computers.monospaced
- monospaced0
Cool, looks like a right nifty device!
I still think it's hilarious how Google keeps stepping on its own feet with this area of tech though. They had early Google TV units, and then the Nexus Q, and now this. Seems fragmented, no?
- unless they work together, in which case it would be coolmonospaced
- but I highly doubt itmonospaced
- What I love is how this thing actually controls the TV it's plugged into and turns devices into remotesmonospaced
- Basically they're iterating on their concept until they have something that works. I think it's great they keep cranking out products.zarkonite
- mg330
A friend who is a total Apple hater dubbed this "Apple TV killer" while being too ignorant to know that Apple have big things coming to the next version of it.
- err0
I have both!
Ive used them a handfull of times.
I use my macbook air with an hdmi cable everyday
- 20020
well everything sucks and nothing is good.
the end.
- 20020
No I take that back. Airplay lets you play anything off your device, chrome cast doesn't. Only sanctioned apps and devices.
- Airplay is limited to specific apps toomonospaced
- I like that it's on Audible, but hate that it's not on Spotifymonospaced
- tasty0
I got mine a month ago. Sadly it's not the device i though it would be, but then again it's $35 and the hardware is in place while they make upgrades.
Here's my experience so far:
- Streams extremely well from youtube- I have no idea how to stream from the Google music or video, and I thought that would be where it excels
- I got a web plugin for chrome on my laptop because I wanted to share a webpage or a streaming video outside of youtube to my screen and the lag is unreal. This is where it fails drastically.
- Have used it about 10 times, mostly because I think the youtube experience works nicely. But I'll continue to stick with my HDMI when streaming anything from other video sites.
- yeah I'm assuming it will only get better over timedbloc
- hereswhatidid0
This will be hacked within months to be showing any kind of content. I'm betting XMBC will be streaming to this shortly.
- GeorgesIV0
finally I know the rules
"The ice bucket challenge requires accepting a challenge within 24 hours before pouring ice into a bucket of water. The bucket is then lifted and poured over a participant’s head. After that, the participant can call out a challenge to others. If the person refuses, they have to donate $100 to an ALS charity"
- CALLES0
My roku is awesome