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> Chromecast - better than all the alternatives but they could have gone that extra distance to make a whole Google TV apparatus and didn't. It was a super coo

> Chromecast - better than all the alternatives but they could have gone that extra distance to make a whole Google TV apparatus and didn't. It was a super cool tech demo and then they just stopped working on it. I guess it depends on what you consider "Alternatives" but it doesn't hold a candle to the Apple TV, Fire TV, or even a Roku stick IMHO. A remote is key to any TV-based device and no, a phone is not a valid remote (at least as the "only" remote). Watching my friends rave about the Chromecast and watching them have to pull out their phones to pause/play/etc is just mind boggling to me.

Mikeb85 4y ago
> A remote is key to any TV-based device and no, a phone is not a valid remote (at least as the "only" remote). Watching my friends rave about the Chromecast and watching them have to pull out their phones to pause/play/etc is just mind boggling to me. Agree about the remote. But the thing that's much better about Chromecast is that discovery on your phone is much quicker than with a remote and the fact you can simply cast any video on the internet that uses the protocol without any apps. If they made it a box more like Apple TV then they'd capture both people.
- htrp 4y ago
  >If they made it a box more like Apple TV then they'd capture both people. Paging google product
  - ancientworldnow 4y ago
    This is just the Nvidia Shield which is the best streaming device even without hardware updates for years.
- tut-urut-utut 4y ago
  But they didn’t, and that’s the parents point.
  - Mikeb85 4y ago
    They sell it with a remote now. But now Apple TV is growing and becoming its own thing so they've slightly missed the boat.
klondike_ 4y ago
I think Chromecast is excellent. Usually it's easier to find my phone than a remote that gets buried in the cushions somewhere. It's a lot easier to search and type using a phone than an awkward TV keyboard (usually in an infuriating ABC layout). Also, multiple people can connect to it at one time and queue up videos while another video is playing
Doxin 4y ago
So maybe I'm missing something entirely obvious here, but isn't "Chromecast with google TV"[0] exactly the product everyone here seems to be lamenting not existing? I've got two at home and they are great. It's a solid tv experience based on android, with probably the best remote I've ever used -- though I wish the remote wouldn't be so dang slippery. [0] https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv?hl=en-US https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv?hl=...

Mikeb85 4y ago

> A remote is key to any TV-based device and no, a phone is not a valid remote (at least as the "only" remote). Watching my friends rave about the Chromecast and watching them have to pull out their phones to pause/play/etc is just mind boggling to me. Agree about the remote. But the thing that's much better about Chromecast is that discovery on your phone is much quicker than with a remote and the fact you can simply cast any video on the internet that uses the protocol without any apps. If they made it a box more like Apple TV then they'd capture both people.

htrp 4y ago
>If they made it a box more like Apple TV then they'd capture both people. Paging google product
- ancientworldnow 4y ago
  This is just the Nvidia Shield which is the best streaming device even without hardware updates for years.
tut-urut-utut 4y ago
But they didn’t, and that’s the parents point.
- Mikeb85 4y ago
  They sell it with a remote now. But now Apple TV is growing and becoming its own thing so they've slightly missed the boat.

klondike_ 4y ago

I think Chromecast is excellent. Usually it's easier to find my phone than a remote that gets buried in the cushions somewhere. It's a lot easier to search and type using a phone than an awkward TV keyboard (usually in an infuriating ABC layout). Also, multiple people can connect to it at one time and queue up videos while another video is playing

Doxin 4y ago

So maybe I'm missing something entirely obvious here, but isn't "Chromecast with google TV"[0] exactly the product everyone here seems to be lamenting not existing? I've got two at home and they are great. It's a solid tv experience based on android, with probably the best remote I've ever used -- though I wish the remote wouldn't be so dang slippery. [0] https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv?hl=en-US https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv?hl=...