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Chromecast - will you get it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23437476
Another attempt by Google to get into the TV market. ONLY £25 ! If it had access to the Play Store it would be hands-down a good choice. EDIT it does ! |
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It's $35 in the US. Probably more like £35 here.
But yes, possibly. |
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Assuming its around £30 here I will get one to try it out although I'm not yet convinced it will get a better uptake than Apples Airplay which few streaming apps support.
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If they do the 3 months free Netflix offer over here it's a no-brainer for me. Hopefully the low price point will help with adoption.
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If they do the 3 months free Netflix offer over here it's a no-brainer for me. Hopefully the low price point will help with adoption.
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Amazon.com are selling it but only in the US. Easiest way to get it is through ebay, but sellers are really marking up the price. Has anyone found a online US site that is selling the Chromecast at the US list price and will ship it outside the US?
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It looks very interesting.
I wonder if this thing will handle the likes of YouTube in 1080P? If it can do that, and play my files from my PC (some of which are HD) then I'll be very tempted. |
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Probably won't get one as I can just use my blu ray player.
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Have a good HTPC so ..... no.
Looks like a nice idea though. And very competatively priced .... |
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It looks very interesting.
I wonder if this thing will handle the likes of YouTube in 1080P? If it can do that, and play my files from my PC (some of which are HD) then I'll be very tempted. |
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anyone know when we are likely to hear about availablity for the UK?
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Looks good. I already have a WD streaming box for my main TV but this could be a good low cost solution for the bedroom TV.
Funny reading so many comments on the Daily Mail site (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...s-just-22.html) that "you just need to use a HDMI cable" which kind of misses the point. Who wants a cable trailing across the room? The main limitation at the moment seems to be that it cannot stream local content (such as from a NAS). Hopefully that will come along soon. |
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I wonder how long before its hacked so it can be used to run XBMC
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Lucky this was at the top of the list.
I seldom click in this forum and was about to post elsewhere. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57595350-221/chromecast-isnt-a-roku-apple-tv-killer-but-at-$35-it-doesnt-need-to-be/ I sort of like it in that it encourages everyone else to also do cross platform stuff. But what I do'nt like is that it also seems to monopolise media supply. So we have the Google tax, and a tax dodging one at that! |
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When is it released in UK.
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For $35/£30 I think I'll get one.
Even if its just to "Chromecast" what is in my browser window to my TV. Opens up a new world of movie and sports streams without having to pay Sky etc for the privelige! |
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For $35/£30 I think I'll get one.
Even if its just to "Chromecast" what is in my browser window to my TV. Opens up a new world of movie and sports streams without having to pay Sky etc for the privelige! |
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For $35/£30 I think I'll get one.
Even if its just to "Chromecast" what is in my browser window to my TV. Opens up a new world of movie and sports streams without having to pay Sky etc for the privelige! Effectively in that case it just takes a webcam image of the action and forwards it on to the Chomekey. It'll look crappy, and won't cope with fast motion well at all. |
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It won't be much good for that.
Effectively in that case it just takes a webcam image of the action and forwards it on to the Chomekey. It'll look crappy, and won't cope with fast motion well at all. it's more like a remote control. that the device you are using tells the dongle to go and do what is necessary and the dongle goes off and does it independently. |
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Yes, I simply read it that your smartphone/tablet acts as a simple remote control/keyboard for it.
Everything streams direct from Google. They will have as likely as not cobbled it together Raspberry Pi like. So 128 or 256MB of Ram? My guess is 256MB for an extremely cut down Apple TV like Chrome OS. |
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I'm sort of tempted, but I'm already using one of these.
I don't know whether it will be worth switching. |
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Yes, I simply read it that your smartphone/tablet acts as a simple remote control/keyboard for it.
Everything streams direct from Google. They will have as likely as not cobbled it together Raspberry Pi like. So 128 or 256MB of Ram? My guess is 256MB for an extremely cut down Apple TV like Chrome OS. My understanding is that it streams directly from the provider. So if you use the iPhone Netflix app, the video streams directly from Netflix. |
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It looks very interesting at an excellent price. This one should succeed unlike last year's Nexus Q which turned out to be vapourware.
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My understanding is that it streams directly from the provider. So if you use the iPhone Netflix app, the video streams directly from Netflix.
Its certainly also got screen mirroring, and by the sound of it should be easily tweaked into an XBMC like media player. The spec in fact seems a reasonable high end stick. |
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