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I wonder what prompted the new form factor. I rather liked the simple HDMI stick aesthetic.
by Omni5cience 11y ago
I wonder what prompted the new form factor. I rather liked the simple HDMI stick aesthetic.
- bossx 11y agoBecause the stick is easy to break, and this has a replaceable cable.
- DavideNL 11y agothe old one i have has a flexible extender cable as well
- xd1936 11y agoAgreed.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoTwo likely reasons. First, the previous form factor didn't fit in all TVs, so they had to include a tiny HDMI extender cable; this form factor has built-in tolerance for tight fits. Second, the new form factor allows more room for hardware bits and heat dissipation.
- bduerst 11y agoAlso probably because some television sets can block wifi signals up close. I had a weak wifi connection on mine and a 3 ft hdmi extender fixed it (which was probably overkill).
- pan69 11y agoI had this as well. Took me a while to figure out it was my Chromecast. When I watch TV I basically have to turn of my Chromecast because of the otherwise interference it causes.
- xpect0 11y agoTrue that.,
- izacus 11y agoProbably the fact that you couldn't plug it into a lot of TVs without using an HDMI extender cable (due to how ports are laid out). That's why the HDMI connector is now on a flexible cable.
- PuffinBlue 11y agoThe 'original' version comes with a flexible adaptor.
- Florin_Andrei 11y agoI just installed a couple old CCs at the office, and the old rigid form factor can sometimes be tricky to plug into some TVs, due to the mounting brackets sitting right on top of the video connectors. Bad design from the TV makers? Yes, but the flexible dongle would never have this issue.
- STRiDEX 11y agoI believe the flexible part also includes a longer antenna for the dual band receiver and as others have stated the poor fit with some tvs. source: google roommate beta testing in our living room
- sandGorgon 11y agoit would have been nice to have the flexible part as a replaceable micro-hdmi to hdmi cable than a built in part.
- matthewmcg 11y agoDid anyone else notice that the audio only version is styled to resemble an LP?
- darkstar999 11y agoYes, they pointed it out in the announcement, so it is intentional.