The key word here is 'casting', as in broadcast.
You can broadcast anything you see on your computer
screen using Chrome to any Chromecast device in any
room.
With the Google Chromecast you don't need an HDMI
cable running across the room from your lap top to the
back of the TV set. You can broadcast using your home
Wi-Fi.
You'll need to be having Wi-Fi N network in your house
and a speedy broadband connection.
Then you can unplug the Comcast - get rid of cable.
Now this may be impractical for some and something a
rich guy living in heaven on earth wouldn't even want
to bother with, because:
1. You can afford cable and all the premium channels
2. You can't get free HD reception from a local station
3. You have built-in cabling to all your devices including
cable, ethernet, and HDMI, built inside the walls of your
house, basement and attic and patio floor.
P.S. I used to connect my Ultra Book to the TV set using
a 25 foot HDMI cable, which cost me at least $100.
After the grand kid tripped over the HDMI cable FOUR
TIMES IN ONE DAY, and one time jerked the whole laptop
out onto the floor, I decided do get rid of he cable.
Also, Rita didn't like the cable running across the room.
On 9/21/2013 8:24 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm completely baffled by the enthusiasm for turning TV sets into
crude interfaces to content on the Internet when computers are vastly
better suited to the task. If I need to see Internet content on my TV, I
connect the TV to my Macbook.
So, what is Chromecast?
Broadcast to your TV with the Chrome browser on your laptop computer.
Anything you see on your computer screen, you can cast it to your big
screen TV. That way you can see your YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and
Amazon. And you can subscribe to Google Channels.
Get rid of cable! Did I tell you that the Chromcast is $35.00?
You plug in the Chromecast dongle using HDMI, Then you install the
Mozilla Chrome browser on your laptop. After you complete a short setup
on the internet you can connect and cast via your home Wi-Fi network.
Casting from my Ultra Book:
Chromecast dongle on HDMI2:
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