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Why does it need updating? 4K support? Since the Nexus Player will have Chromecast support built-in (like all Android TV devices), software will hopefully cont

Why does it need updating? 4K support? Since the Nexus Player will have Chromecast support built-in (like all Android TV devices), software will hopefully continue to add support on their end.

moskie 12y ago
> Why does it need updating? This is a good point... it's not missing much in terms of features and functionality. A pie in the sky idea, that none of these devices have tried to incorporate, is to have a webcam peripheral support to enable video chatting. This is the primary thing I still use my HTPC for. Being able to gather my wfie and/or friends into the living room to video chat with friends that live elsewhere, having those friends be able to see the whole room where we're able to sit comfortably, is really a great experience. And at this point, using an HTPC for that is overkill, in terms of horsepower needed. Incorporating a feature like this into a media device would be a killer feature for me. "Casting" a Skype or Hangout video chat.... I'd be all over that.
- matt_heimer 12y ago
  5Ghz or even 802.11ac would be nice. 1 or 2 chromecasts running with not great signal will completely kill my 2.4Ghz network.
- jackvalentine 12y ago
  I'm seriously considering buying a couple of Xbox ones with kinect for that reason. My parents are getting older and my sister lives overseas with a new baby. I live in another city again. The kinect Skype with fancy microphones and the ability to focus on the speaker is compelling.
dangrossman 12y ago
5GHz wifi for one. No 802.11n/802.11ac on 5GHz at all. The airwaves are crowded where I live. There are so many networks and sources of interference that any 2.4GHz network I set up inevitably drops out constantly. I've had 3 different routers. The solution was to move to 5GHz. Pretty much everything else in the house can run on 5GHz and stay connected to the internet that way. Chromecast can only connect to 2.4GHz networks, so I have to run one for it, but it doesn't see devices on the 5GHz network even though they're on the same LAN.
- matt_heimer 12y ago
  My 5GHz devices can seem my 2.4GHz Chromecasts. You don't have wireless isolation on in your router do you? Has to be a router setting. 1 access point or 2?
  - elif 12y ago
    right but if the link from the router to the chromecast is 2.4GHz you're still going to suffer. Source: I couldn't use anything but "low quality mode" in my old apartment building unless i wanted artifacts and buffering every 30 seconds
ianburrell 12y ago
WPA-Enterprise support would be good. I would like to use Chromecasts at work for screen sharing but they won't login onto network. Sounds like this is also a big issue for college networks. Captive portal support would also help in getting on more wireless networks. Chromecast is small enough to take traveling and would be useful to plug into hotel TV. But most hotels networks have captive portals.

Why does it need updating? 4K support? Since the Nexus Player will have Chromecast support built-in (like all Android TV devices), software will hopefully continue to add support on their end.

moskie 12y ago

> Why does it need updating? This is a good point... it's not missing much in terms of features and functionality. A pie in the sky idea, that none of these devices have tried to incorporate, is to have a webcam peripheral support to enable video chatting. This is the primary thing I still use my HTPC for. Being able to gather my wfie and/or friends into the living room to video chat with friends that live elsewhere, having those friends be able to see the whole room where we're able to sit comfortably, is really a great experience. And at this point, using an HTPC for that is overkill, in terms of horsepower needed. Incorporating a feature like this into a media device would be a killer feature for me. "Casting" a Skype or Hangout video chat.... I'd be all over that.

matt_heimer 12y ago
5Ghz or even 802.11ac would be nice. 1 or 2 chromecasts running with not great signal will completely kill my 2.4Ghz network.
jackvalentine 12y ago
I'm seriously considering buying a couple of Xbox ones with kinect for that reason. My parents are getting older and my sister lives overseas with a new baby. I live in another city again. The kinect Skype with fancy microphones and the ability to focus on the speaker is compelling.

dangrossman 12y ago

5GHz wifi for one. No 802.11n/802.11ac on 5GHz at all. The airwaves are crowded where I live. There are so many networks and sources of interference that any 2.4GHz network I set up inevitably drops out constantly. I've had 3 different routers. The solution was to move to 5GHz. Pretty much everything else in the house can run on 5GHz and stay connected to the internet that way. Chromecast can only connect to 2.4GHz networks, so I have to run one for it, but it doesn't see devices on the 5GHz network even though they're on the same LAN.

matt_heimer 12y ago
My 5GHz devices can seem my 2.4GHz Chromecasts. You don't have wireless isolation on in your router do you? Has to be a router setting. 1 access point or 2?
- elif 12y ago
  right but if the link from the router to the chromecast is 2.4GHz you're still going to suffer. Source: I couldn't use anything but "low quality mode" in my old apartment building unless i wanted artifacts and buffering every 30 seconds

ianburrell 12y ago

WPA-Enterprise support would be good. I would like to use Chromecasts at work for screen sharing but they won't login onto network. Sounds like this is also a big issue for college networks. Captive portal support would also help in getting on more wireless networks. Chromecast is small enough to take traveling and would be useful to plug into hotel TV. But most hotels networks have captive portals.