Chromecast

[Rick C.]

Anyone have one?  Is it decent?

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I'm a cord cutter, have the chromecast, roku and Apple TV.

I like it, the ability to stream from the chrome browser is nice if you want to watch media etc.

 

[Joe S.]

I have a chromecast. It's neat, but not for the novice user, it takes some getting used to not having a remote.

You need a tablet or phone to use it, has to be android or iOS, it won't work with blackberry.

To be honest, if it wasn't so cheap I wouldn't recommend it. I mainly use it for YouTube and music streaming. For Netflix and my personal media I use my PS3 and a older seagate media player (which is rock solid btw)

Anyway, not sure if I've helped...

 

[Rick C.]

Downstairs we have an old laptop that we hook up via HDMI to mirror TV streaming sites.  I was thinking Chromecast could do that dirt cheap for our bedroom tv.  We have an android tablet that stays pretty much in the bedroom.  I like the option of streaming what's in my office laptop via a Chrome tab.  Hmmm.

 

[Joe S.]

As long as your computer is powerful enough over wifi because the pc/laptop has to transcode, the chromecast is just mirroring the display. 

Anyway, you won't get what the chromecast offers at a better price
For 29$ you can't go wrong.

 

[Rick C.]

As long as your computer is powerful enough over wifi because the pc/laptop has to transcode, the chromecast is just mirroring the display. 

Anyway, you won't get what the chromecast offers at a better price
For 29$ you can't go wrong.

Agreed.  I'll grab one.  My wife had actually floated the idea of getting a cheap laptop to basically do this in the bedroom.