Yep. I have the Chromecast in my Amazon wishlist right above a $10 HDMI switch since all the HDMI ports on one of my TVs is full. However, I'll probably be using the Chromecast on the TV in the living room which has open HDMI ports.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, a lot of the reviews I've read pointed that out. Another issue for > some is that most TVs have 2-3 HDMI ports that are likely already taken by > DVD/BluRay, game consoles, and cable/satellite. The Chromecast is still a > work in progress (I think even the Pandora support is pending) but if > there's been a huge consumer interest and an SDK released it shouldn't take > long for apps to be released. That being said I don't think it'll be a > direct Roku/Apple TV competitor for a while yet. > Your Touchpad doesn't have wifi? As long as there's a version of Chrome > for it you should be good to go. > > On Jul 25, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, a caveat no one seems to be mentioning: as most TVs do not support > power through HDMI, you are going to be using USB to power this thing. And > unless you have a TV from the last couple of years, you can't get power > through USB either, so you're going to be plugging it into an outlet. > > That having been said, initial hands-on opinions have been positive. It > seems to "do what it says on the tin," to be trendy and borrow a British > phrase. > > http://www.androidcentral.com/chromecast-setup-and-first-impressions > > > http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4553368/hands-on-googles-35-chromecast-a-streaming-tv-stick > > On Thursday, July 25, 2013 9:28:24 AM UTC-4, Luke Jaconetti wrote: > >> I am wondering if this will work with my TouchPad. I am guessing not, >> since it says that the second step says "connect it to your Wifi," and I >> don't think theTouchPad has any functionality to do that. I am guessing >> that it could work with the laptop by adding it to the network by searching >> for it, I guess? >> >> Also, the reviews on Amazon (specifically, the comments to the reviews) >> are hilarious. >> >> On Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:56:21 AM UTC-4, Edward Crosby wrote: >> >>> A reminder that I think this Chromecast isn't supposed to officially >>> ship until August 2nd, I think. So, hopefully pre-order stock will >>> replenish before ship date. >>> >>> ------------------------------**---------- >>> Have a Better One, >>> Edward Crosby >>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:50 AM, James Peluso <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Just bought it through Prime but on a waiting list because they are >>>> sold out. Can't wait to get this setup. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> And access to Prime video is nice too. Not as good as its competitors, >>>>> but it does have some exclusives- and more sources are always better. >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 25, 2013, at 5:37 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Amazon Prime rocks. 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