bklaas wrote:
>
> Add in that you get 3 months of free Netflix and that's something you
> might already be paying for, it's really $11.
>
They have dropped the Netflix discount as I've understood:
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-ends-chromecast-netflix-promotion-20130725,0,483513.story
bklaas wrote:
>
> Third, it's extremely analgous to Apple AirPlay in what it does (though
> not in how it accomplishes it), but way more open and way cheaper.
> Fourth, they released an SDK, and while it is not particularly
> open-source friendly (really, no surprise there), if they sell as many
> as I think they are going to, 3rd party development will follow and the
> device will become more useful over time.
>
Agreed, it feels more like an AirPlay competitor than something that
tries to replace a full blown AppleTV/GoogleTV.
However, if I just consider my personal use case, I use my AppleTV 95%
of the time for Netflix and for the remaining time it's used for
AirPlay, so maybe this thing will replace the AppleTV for users who
primarily use Netflix.
bklaas wrote:
>
> Fifth, it's super tiny and thus super portable. Your phone or tablet + a
> chromecast becomes your roving A/V entertainment system. Wherever an
> HDMI-capable TV or receiver and an available WiFi is, you're good to
> go.
>
I wonder if I'm the only one who is starting to run out of HDMI inputs
on my TV, guess I soon have to select which devices I really want to
use.
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