I wonder how long until they are available on Amazon.
I waited to order mine from Google in hopes of getting Prime shipping from Amazon... hope I didn't miss out entirely.
Google Chromecast
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#82> Power cord required (not shown). What the hell is this about a "power cord". The specs and details are totally not clear. Is this not powered by HDMI? If it requires a power cord, these images are deceptive marketing.
Does anyone know if this is actually powered solely by HDMI: www.roku.com/streamingstick
It is, but only works on a TV that supports MHL HDMI. The chromecast stick works on any HDMI port because it doesn't rely on the port for power.
it's too bad it can't use MHL power where available and fall back to external. Seems like an obvious feature.
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#83Nice, since the Play store says "We are out of inventory. Check back soon." https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=chromecast&... I'm confused about it being USB-powered. Does it need to be plugged to both HDMI and USB at the same time? Edit: The Buy button forwards to the Play store, where it's "out of inventory". They could change the wording to "Sold Out!" and then brag about that.
Opening it on my phone said "We are out of inventory. Check back soon.". Opening on PC said "Coming soon" and a refresh of the page let me buy it. Hope that helps.
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#84> Power cord required (not shown). What the hell is this about a "power cord". The specs and details are totally not clear. Is this not powered by HDMI? If it requires a power cord, these images are deceptive marketing.
Does anyone know if this is actually powered solely by HDMI: www.roku.com/streamingstick
It is but it's MHL
Re: Google Chromecast
#85Nice, since the Play store says "We are out of inventory. Check back soon." https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=chromecast&... I'm confused about it being USB-powered. Does it need to be plugged to both HDMI and USB at the same time? Edit: The Buy button forwards to the Play store, where it's "out of inventory". They could change the wording to "Sold Out!" and then brag about that.
Now it's saying "coming soon".
Re: Google Chromecast
#86> Power cord required (not shown). What the hell is this about a "power cord". The specs and details are totally not clear. Is this not powered by HDMI? If it requires a power cord, these images are deceptive marketing.
Does anyone know if this is actually powered solely by HDMI: www.roku.com/streamingstick
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#87Worth noting- the $35 Chromecast dongle comes with three months of free Netflix membership (including for existing users), which makes the thing very cheap indeed.
Just ordered mine. With the three months of Netflix included, my cost is only $11. Ridiculous.
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#88I'm a little confused by this device, and I haven't been able to find the info from Google. Is it that this device acts like an AirPlay receiver of sorts and accepts a video feed from an approved device or is it that the device simply acts as a remote and the device gets its own stream from Internet sources? The latter is much more intriguing than the former, although both have issues for sure, but hard to complain f…
it essentially acts as a remote, your controlling device instructs the chromecast where to stream from, it doesn't actually pull a stream from the controlling device. They said that the device you start streaming from can go to sleep (or, i'm assuming, turn off entirely) and the stream will keep playing.
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#89Will this bypass the need for a Hulu Plus subscription for TV watching? Hulu plus allows you to watch Hulu on a big screen device in addition to tablets.
I really want to know this as well. I pay for Hulu Plus, but the ads are almost as bad as they are on regular television (that's right, you get ads even when you pay for content).
I read a few articles and they say it does work with Hulu out of the box. From what I understand it will broadcast anything in your chrome tab.
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#90> Power cord required (not shown). What the hell is this about a "power cord". The specs and details are totally not clear. Is this not powered by HDMI? If it requires a power cord, these images are deceptive marketing.
sucks. Just bought 3 units. Didn't see it requires a power cord