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> It is possible that your memory of a device from a decade ago is faulty. No Chromecast has ever been able to be powered by HDMI alone. That has never been a t
by kuschku 2y ago
> It is possible that your memory of a device from a decade ago is faulty. No Chromecast has ever been able to be powered by HDMI alone. That has never been a thing.
It is not - I still use my 11yo Chromecast Gen1 today. And it still works fine without USB power (as long as you don't try to play YouTube videos).
- ssl-3 2y ago[flagged]
- altcognito 2y agoI also had this device and would concur it was supposed to work without USB power, but in my experience worked extremely poorly.