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Ask HN: Given ChromeCast, how can we now kill hollywood?
For those of you unaware, chromecast (http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/) is a 35 attachment to your TV that lets your basically puts whats on your laptop on your big screen.
Given that, HN, how can we now kill hollywood/use live video in a new way/make journalism new again?
- johnmurch 13y agoThe first thought would be to A) aggregate and priorities content that is online. Dare I saw a digg/reddit version of videos (youtube,vimeo,etc.) that would allow you to get the content and push it to your chromecast. This would work on video that is online, but this device doesn't address live sports/news events that are being broadcast to cable box and/or via antenna. B) Sharing is care - another thought I had was more of integrating a raspberry pi or device to hook into your NAS or external hard drives that have videos/content from DVDs/Music/whatever - which you would want to stream. So maybe a raspberry pi to hard drives (usb) device that allows you to have all your content in 1 location but leverage some p2p secure protocol to allow for others to stream/request the content to their box before pushing to the chrome cast Just some thoughts!
- dragonwriter 13y ago> Given that, HN, how can we now kill hollywood/use live video in a new way/make journalism new again? Is Chromecast even relevant to all of those? 1. Hollywood: Chromecast doesn't change the production costs of high-end movies, so doesn't seem relevant to the main function of Hollywood. There's already vast hordes of lower-end video content produced outside the Hollywood studio system and its foreign equivalents. 2. Use live video in a new way: Chromecast might be relevant here, in that it might extend the potential reach of internet-based video apps into the living room. So I see some potential there. 3. Make journalism new again: video is demonstrated to be a less effective medium (and, in many studies I've seen, a medium of negative impact) for actually informing and conveying understanding of journalistic content -- and Chromecast doesn't really do much to increase the reach of textual content, which is the more effective medium.
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- terrykohla 13y agoIsn't Chromecast accomplishing similar functions as Apple TV? I don't think this is revolutionary.
- adfm 13y agoIt's subtle. I think it's a revolutionary UX. Think of how you watch your big screen. You either channel surf or fumble through a crappy Netflix UI. Opening up your method of discovery is a big deal. Being able to push to a bigger screen using established habits (that smartphone attached to your hand) will make standard TV seem quaint.