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I know a lot of people seem to love Chromecast, but for some reason using a phone to control TV never made sense to me. I prefer the physical remote. And for se

by yumraj 5y ago

I know a lot of people seem to love Chromecast, but for some reason using a phone to control TV never made sense to me. I prefer the physical remote. And for sending screen to the TV, the quality was never good. Our Chromecast and the one included with TV haven’t been used for years.

mrweasel 5y ago
The Chromecast was never amazing, and having to use a phone or Chrome to control your TV is really weird. Having a Chromecast was better than nothing though. However if you’ve used an AppleTV you realise that the Chromecast is actually a pretty terrible solution, compared to just having a device with apps.
- johnwalkr 5y ago
  I have an apple TV at home, but for the price chromecast works well. It's really great for 2 cases: 1. Connected to a tv in a workplace, anyone on the local network can easily use Chrome to share a screen instead of passing around an HDMI cable. 2. Lately hotel rooms sometimes have a chromecast or apple TV, and it's a welcome feature of the room to open netflix on my phone and cast to the TV. In fact I think I should ditch the HDMI cable I keep in my suitcase and replace it with a chromecast. They are pretty small, too. In both of those cases, I would prefer to only use casting/mirroring and not actually login to the device and/or install apps.
indrora 5y ago
That was never the point, though. The Chromecast meant "oh I want to watch a movie tonight" becomes: 1. open chromecast on TV 2. open stream app on phone 3. push chromecast button 4. pick movie * it creates social actions: A bunch of friends sitting around can share youtube videos with each other. * it vastly simplifies streaming audio (e.g. spotify) I bought a chromecast so I could put videos on my tv while I eat dinner. That's legitimately 90% of what I use it for. The other 10% is streaming video from Plex/YT/etc or to dunk my screen for jackbox.
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by yumraj 5y ago

mrweasel 5y ago

The Chromecast was never amazing, and having to use a phone or Chrome to control your TV is really weird. Having a Chromecast was better than nothing though. However if you’ve used an AppleTV you realise that the Chromecast is actually a pretty terrible solution, compared to just having a device with apps.

johnwalkr 5y ago
I have an apple TV at home, but for the price chromecast works well. It's really great for 2 cases: 1. Connected to a tv in a workplace, anyone on the local network can easily use Chrome to share a screen instead of passing around an HDMI cable. 2. Lately hotel rooms sometimes have a chromecast or apple TV, and it's a welcome feature of the room to open netflix on my phone and cast to the TV. In fact I think I should ditch the HDMI cable I keep in my suitcase and replace it with a chromecast. They are pretty small, too. In both of those cases, I would prefer to only use casting/mirroring and not actually login to the device and/or install apps.

indrora 5y ago

That was never the point, though. The Chromecast meant "oh I want to watch a movie tonight" becomes: 1. open chromecast on TV 2. open stream app on phone 3. push chromecast button 4. pick movie * it creates social actions: A bunch of friends sitting around can share youtube videos with each other. * it vastly simplifies streaming audio (e.g. spotify) I bought a chromecast so I could put videos on my tv while I eat dinner. That's legitimately 90% of what I use it for. The other 10% is streaming video from Plex/YT/etc or to dunk my screen for jackbox.

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