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I always have a phone, tablet or computer within reach, so it's not a problem to have no dedicated remote (one less thing cluttering my living room, actually).
by RIMR 11y ago
I always have a phone, tablet or computer within reach, so it's not a problem to have no dedicated remote (one less thing cluttering my living room, actually).
I also use legal-greyarea services like Put.io, which only work on Chromecast because of how open the ecosystem is.
Before this I used a Boxee Box, which I preferred over the competitors because you could load it full of homebrew (including Put.io).
The Chromecast is most-used HDMI device in my house, because it works with everything I use.
- sandGorgon 11y agoactually a lot of people have made the web-analytics-dashboard-for-the-workplace-on-TV using the fire stick. it's fairly open. https://github.com/amzn/web-app-starter-kit-for-fire-tv https://github.com/amzn/web-app-starter-kit-for-fire-tv
- bduerst 11y agoPut.io is such a good service it hurts - it usually takes 60 seconds to go from thinking about watching just about any movie to streaming it on your TV via chromecast. It kind of annoys me that I didn't think of setting something up that was similar.
- discordance 11y agoPut.io's terms are a bit scary for the regular illegal use it's usually advertised for - 'Put.io may disclose specific contact information when we determine that such disclosure is necessary to comply with law, to cooperate with or seek assistance from law enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of Put.io or other visitors to the site or users of the Services. Also, your contact information may be passed on to a third party in the event of a merger, acquisition, consolidation, divestiture, or a bankruptcy of Put.io.'