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I actually find it much easier to search or browse for content using my tablet or phone, then choose to throw it up on the TV via Chromecast, as opposed to sear
by ben1040 13y ago
I actually find it much easier to search or browse for content using my tablet or phone, then choose to throw it up on the TV via Chromecast, as opposed to searching for content using a remote like on a Roku or my Xbox.
It just seems easier for me to do this in my hand than ten feet away, especially when I have to try to enter text into a TV interface.
- untog 13y agoI found Chromecast OK when I was using it by myself, but sharing it is a problem. It's difficult to have two or more people crowded around a smartphone screen deciding what to watch. The big screen interface works much, much better. Even that aside, my girlfriend doesn't want to use my phone to navigate, so she has to install Netflix on her phone too. And set up the user account there. Multiply that by every service we have (and Amazon Instant isn't on Android)... it's just clunky. Fine, but clunky. Having it all centralised on one box works better, as far as I'm concerned.
- chetanahuja 13y agoThis thread is perfect. I'm compiling a first-world-problems encyclopedia and needed material.
- untog 13y agoIt's a thread discussing an on-demand video streaming box that costs a hundred dollars and is designed to solve a first world problem. What exactly were you expecting to read in here?
- chetanahuja 13y agoheh.. humorlessness is a treatable condition. Chill pills are often effective against it ;)
- jsight 13y agoI agree... I really like the Chromecast most of the time. Browsing for content on the phone or tablet is much easier than via a remote sometimes. But there are other times when I wish there were another option available as well.