I've had one in place for about a week. Quick mini-review: The good: Crazy cheap at $35. I got the Netflix code because I bought it right away, so for me it was a net $11. Does what it says on the tin. Streams Netflix and YouTube. Hulu and HBO GO I think are also on board with this, though I use neither. Has a less crippled model for future support by 3rd party developers, unlike e.g. previous Google attempts, AirPlay, etc. Reasonably responsive remote control via mobile devices, once the stream is going. All chromecast-capable devices become remotes for the casted stream, not just the one you casted from. Neat.
The bad: U.S. of A. only. :( Kind of abysmally slow getting the initial stream to start. Seems to be worse depending on what mobile device I use to "cast" the stream to the chromecast. Given how chromecast works (it gets the stream directly from the stream provider, so the mobile device isn't doing any work for those bits), I was a bit surprised by these differences. A 2nd gen iPad was the fastest amongst the 4 devices I tried, and a Nexus 4 was also pretty good. A Nexus S and a first gen Samsung Galaxy Tab were pretty bad. I have crashed a couple different android devices while "casting". The stream keeps working, but meanwhile you are doing a hard reboot of your controlling device, which makes for some pretty darn bad user experience, should you need to e.g. pause the stream. Summary: Fits a quirky little niche, one that I had a desire to fill, but if you already have a Roku or something else to put Netflix out of your TV, it's redundant and inferior. cheers, #!/ben Former Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin (r.i.p.) http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99234 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
