I agree with the need for a wired option. It's one of the things I had hoped for in the Nexus Player and might have been enough to get me to buy one (even thou

I agree with the need for a wired option. It's one of the things I had hoped for in the Nexus Player and might have been enough to get me to buy one (even though I haven't run into any issues with WiFi with my Chromecast, it would be preferred). As far as the second part, I'm admittedly not a Chromecast "expert" by any means (only had it for a month now and only use it occasionally) but it seemed to me that I had both options depending on what I'm "casting". When I'm using on online media source like Netflix or Youtube, I prefer using my phone or laptop as more of a remote control so it's not constantly draining the battery in order to actively stream as a wireless extender. Still, I can cast my screen directly if I want to do that. I haven't done that too much since it seems less useful in my personal usage cases but the option is there. The only thing I'd love to see is something more along the lines of Miracast where you have the option of sending content over an ad-hoc connection between your device and the Chromecast. I considered something like a Chromecast for conference rooms at work but since you need to be on the same WiFi network, that's not really an option since the accessible WiFi network at the office has restrictions and limitations that would make Chromecast unusable. It would be nice if I could purchase several of these inexpensive devices that could easily enable streaming from online media providers but could also receive content directly from devices within range (like the laptops and tablets of people in a meeting) without needing to install separate access points just for Chromecast.