Google chromecast

[Smoke]

don't see what the big fuss is about this thing? besides it being wireless.

just hook laptop up to 50 foot hdmi cord. ghetto balling.

unless quality is 50x better or sawtin?

[Russian Rocket]

just hook laptop up to 50 foot hdmi cord. ghetto balling.

[Louisvillekid1]

don't see what the big fuss is about this thing? besides it being wireless.

just hook laptop up to 50 foot hdmi cord. ghetto balling.

unless quality is 50x better or sawtin?

Nominated

[wagerjunkie]

russian you laugh pal

but i sit in my pleather recliner every saturday there is a PPV UFC fight on or game that is not televised and just run the hdmi to the tv.

and you have the option to mirror. so basically desktop screen on the TV and not frozen on the PC/laptop. so you can post/multitask at the same time.

[Russian Rocket]

russian you laugh pal

but i sit in my pleather recliner every saturday there is a PPV UFC fight on or game that is not televised and just run the hdmi to the tv.

and you have the option to mirror. so basically desktop screen on the TV and not frozen on the PC/laptop. so you can post/multitask at the same time.

it sounds like you got a pretty good setup going for yourself out there, but now just for 35 bones you can get a chromecast and have a freedom from your cables

I would also recommend to get a set of Sennheiser wireless headsets - that would increase your pimp level by at least 5 fold

[Smoke]

Rusher rocker buried

[Russian Rocket]

Rusher rocker buried

[Smoke]

[wagerjunkie]

it sounds like you got a pretty good setup going for yourself out there, but now just for 35 bones you can get a chromecast and have a freedom from your cables

I would also recommend to get a set of Sennheiser wireless headsets - that would increase your pimp level by at least 5 fold

the funny thing is my TV is literally about 5 feet from my recliner so I dont even need the huge cable

[Russian Rocket]

the funny thing is my TV is literally about 5 feet from my recliner so I dont even need the huge cable

dude even if you have LCD screen on your cawk - stay clean and lose the wires...

[ParlayininHTown]

I just called all the Best Buys in the Northeast and told them to be on the lookout for a short, pudgy, degenerate thief who is sporting what is obviously a toupe on the top of his head.

If you want to steal that chromecast, JJ, you'll have to roll into Best Buy with your chrome dome exposed.

[Optional]

You dont need a long HDMI cable for your laptop to make it wireless.... just buy a wireless keyboard/mouse.

[The Kraken]

Rocket Can you give me a list of must have things to mke my life more comfortable. I don't know tech. More things like this and the headsets, please.

[InTheDrink]

Puker doesn't actually have people over to his house so it's a push here for him

Puker you can stream from your phone with the chromecast mother fukker

[wagerjunkie]

Puker doesn't actually have people over to his house so it's a push here for him

Puker you can stream from your phone with the chromecast mother fukker

they make mini usb to HDMI so you stream that way to fool

burnnnnnnn

[InTheDrink]

they make mini usb to HDMI so you stream that way to fool

burnnnnnnn

how convenient

hows it work with an iphone gueyeeye

puker just spend the fukkin 35 bones and nix the rope across your living room pal

[Russian Rocket]

that's how you need to roll Puker

[wagerjunkie]

how convenient

hows it work with an iphone gueyeeye

puker just spend the fukkin 35 bones and nix the rope across your living room pal

i need details.

shouldn't their be 2 hdmi plug ins? one that goes in tv wireless and one in pc/laptop theres only one? or is there one and then a disc with software on it?

[Russian Rocket]

i need details.

shouldn't their be 2 hdmi plug ins? one that goes in tv wireless and one in pc/laptop theres only one? or is there one and then a disc with software on it?

[wagerjunkie]

come on russian work with me here.

there is just one penetrating thing that plugs into the tv. how the hell does that work.

you're computer magically picks up the signal? I'm lost

[wagerjunkie]

oh ok. the little rooster_eater has a Wifi connection in it

[wagerjunkie]

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</aside></header>Don’t try to be smarter than a smart device. That’s the main lesson I learned from an otherwise flawless first Google Chromecast experience.
Chromecast is Google’s new entry into a dizzying array of options to cut (or at least seriously fray) the cable television cord. And like many things Googley, it’s very different from most of its video-streaming predecessors: it’s smaller (about the size of a thumb drive, for those with fat thumbs), it’s cheaper (exactly $35.00), and it’s more limited (only three included video streaming service apps, to date).
But it also has an alluring second streaming capability that goes beyond included apps (which stream Netflix, YouTube and Google Play videos directly to an HDTV). If you use Chrome as your web browser, you can ‘cast any video or other media that plays in a web browser tab to the Chromecast device plugged into your TV, over your WiFi network.
The price made it a no-brainer for me to try. Thirty-five bucks is no typo, and early buyers received three months of Netflix free even if they were already subscribers (as I was; that Netflix promo has since ended). Doing the math of $35 – (3 months x $8) = $11 net cost plus tax, with also-free Amazon Prime shipping.
So I dove in. It took me less than 15 minutes to set up. And then another hour to troubleshoot my attempts to “improve” it.

Install says you what you should see on TV

Initial set up is straightforward. Take the fat-thumb device and plug it into an unused HDMI port on your TV; many modern models have several. Then plug the Chromecast, using an included cord, into either a USB port or an electrical plug for power (the wall outlet is preferred, and I relied on my TV’s power strip). Then, using a nearby laptop or smartphone, download the Chromecast app while connected to your WiFi network and follow the very clear instructions on both your TV and your laptop or phone screen.
Quickly, I tested Netflix and YouTube. Stellar. Avengers and cats streamed at what seemed to be 720p with good sound, directly from the cloud through the Chromecast to my TV (for included apps, Chromecast only uses the smartphone or laptop as an over-powered remote to select and control the video; it doesn’t route those video streams through your laptop or phone).
Then I downloaded the Google Cast extension for my laptop’s Chrome browser, opened a new tab and navigated to the ABC-TV site to select a Jimmy Kimmel clip. There was a noticeable lag between when the video appeared on my laptop to when it appeared on my television – acceptable, because I’m not going to be watching both screens simultaneously – but there was some stuttering in the browser ‘casted video and audio on the TV.

Uh oh

That’s when, as Lyle Lovett might sing, I made my first mistake. Allow me to fast forward to the end of the next hour to advise:

• If you have multiple WiFi networks in your home, do your first troubleshooting on the network on which you installed the Chromecast. Do not rapidly switch between, say, two 2.4GHz and one 5GHz WiFi networks in a bid to improve the video because Chromecast is smart in a simple way. It will not be able to keep up with what network you are on, and you will lose all ability to change the Chromecast’s settings if it thinks you are no longer on the same WiFi network as it is. It will lead to much unplugging and replugging in of the Chromecast and annoyed looks from nearby family members who are trying to actually watch TV.

• Plug in the laptop you used for set up to AC power before testing the Chrome browser ‘casting feature. Many laptops go into power-saving mode when they’re running on battery power alone. If you’re not plugged in, it will cause you to think there is a Chrome browser ‘casting issue that leads to stuttering when in reality, your laptop is just too tired to go on. And it will ‘cast just fine once it feeds.

• Consider buying a one-level home if you want to tinker during set up. Unless you consider tech support to be your fitness program, repeatedly running up and down stairs between a laptop, TV and WiFi router on different floors is exhausting.

Ultimately, Chrome browser video ‘casting worked great, displaying video at 720p from pretty much any website I could throw at it, all on the original WiFi network I’d tried. Once the laptop was plugged in, it made no difference that the laptop and WiFi router were on the other side of my townhouse a floor above.

The sweet sight of success

I’ve since watched entire movies and long clips via Chromecast’s embedded apps and Chrome browser ‘casting. My scorecard?
Pros: Easy basic set up. Good video (and notably audio) quality. Welcome and rare ability to wirelessly throw video from a web browser directly to a TV. Easier to search for videos than using a regular TV remote with a smart TV’s apps or a DVR. When streaming from included Chromecast apps like Netflix, ability to continue using the “remote” (laptop or smartphone) for other functions, like checking email or texting. And did I mention it was cheap?
Cons: Only three embedded direct-streaming apps for video: Netflix, YouTube and Google Play (but may increase over time). Requires a strong, steady WiFi signal. Troubleshooting can be troublesome.
And it’s that last which illustrates the kind of device Chromecast represents. We are not just in what pundits proclaim as the Post-PC Era. We have moved into the Post-Nerd Era. It used to be cool new tech required a nerd willing to tinker to set devices up, so tech-lifestyle desiring geeks could bask in their bright-shiny glow.
Google’s Chromecast follows in Apple’s Jobs-ean footsteps. Chromecast is a device so advanced, yet so simple to set up and use, that anyone can be a geek without relying on a nerd. For good or ill, it’s now the device, not a techie, that knows what you want better than you do.

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[wagerjunkie]

now I just gotta see if the App for it is compatible with chromebooks which i highly assume it is since by penetrating chrome...then ill be ordering.

[Russian Rocket]

u got it buddy

[wagerjunkie]

got that bish boys.

now I'm a high roller.

1 day shipping.

41 bucks all together. the smart phone what drew me in.

[wagerjunkie]

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[wagerjunkie]

that ain't 1 day shipping.


ckksukers

[wagerjunkie]

looks like I may have just bought the thing for nothing and may have to cancel. it may only be compatible with my android phone and that's it..

I have Samsung Chromebook....but here is the catch...supposedly its compatible with Chrome OS

"The Google Cast extension can be used on any platform running Chrome 28"

I am running version 29. So i think I should be fine.

but the catch is here. so one place it says ANY OS platform 28 or higher then this link above right here it says only "Chromebook Pixel on 28 or higher"

• Chrome OS (Chromebook Pixel on Chrome 28 & higher)

[wagerjunkie]

don't think I could run it off my desk top either in HD shit is like a 2003 Dell running Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40 GHUhz and 2.39GHz, 768 MB of RAM.

Oh and I'm running XP...which isn't compatible. argh.

[wagerjunkie]

unreal.

been on the phone with Chromecast support. only thing it is compatible with is my phone. not compatible with my ChromeBook. and also not compatible with my Desktop either since I'm running XP.

would have to run dual Windows. pain in the ass. about to just cancel the order.

[Russian Rocket]

unreal.

been on the phone with Chromecast support. only thing it is compatible with is my phone. not compatible with my ChromeBook. and also not compatible with my Desktop either since I'm running XP.

would have to run dual Windows. pain in the ass. about to just cancel the order.

who the fukk runs Win XP at the end of the year 2013??? jesus christ!!!

[wagerjunkie]

who the fukk runs Win XP at the end of the year 2013??? jesus christ!!!

I haven't even touched my desktop in years.

I use my Chromebook.

[MoneyM1ke]

Just picked this up at best buy and I can't believe I didn't know about it. This is pretty sick any "show" on youtube you can watch on your TV with a couple clicks, any one know of good sites to watch live tv and movies???

[Russian Rocket]

Just picked this up at best buy and I can't believe I didn't know about it. This is pretty sick any "show" on youtube you can watch on your TV with a couple clicks, any one know of good sites to watch live tv and movies???

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[wagerjunkie]

Just picked this up at best buy and I can't believe I didn't know about it. This is pretty sick any "show" on youtube you can watch on your TV with a couple clicks, any one know of good sites to watch live tv and movies???

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