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
- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- GeorgesIV0
finally I know the rules
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- CALLES0
My roku is awesome
- sem0
I have a 2nd gen Apple TV. They are now worth more than the original asking price and sought after more than the 3rd generation for two amazing reasons...
Jailbreak + XBMC
You can't get no better, it runs XBMC better than Rasp Pi and other options. Plus you get AirPlay.
- ernexbcn0
@fadein11 I bought a flat TV back in 2005 when I bought the Xbox 360, the thing isn't a "smart TV" so no USB ports or streaming functionality built in.
I bought a Boxee box a few months ago and use that to stream from my computers or AirPlay.
- ernexbcn0
Chromecast rooted, this will lead to more functionality in the future
- dbloc0
just bought one...$35 why not?
- 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
- 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
- organicgrid0
Installed Chromecast in 10 minutes...works great on my iPhone!!
- 20020
chromecast is just a browser mirroring device. What a crap.
my best experience with devices like has been with Roku.
- 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
- 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
except roku
i like roku.