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Will 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 wonder how long until they are available on Amazon.
Has anyone seen thing regarding how setup works? That is, how would I choose a SSID and enter my wifi password since my 'remote' would normally talk to it using wifi?
1) Plug into a computer for first-time setup. It has a USB port for power that can also be used to connect to a computer.
2) The dongle broadcasts a wifi network. You connect from any computer to set it up over a web interface.
Still, nothing that a 5$ HDMI cable from my PC to TV cannot accomplish.
I mean, for YouTube videos it doesn't matter.
But if you are streaming a movie or something, then that may be an annoyance.
But that could just be me.
This is assuming that you have a digital audio source plugged directly into your receiver ofcourse, as opposed to your TV.
Hmm, this specifically mentions Chrome for Mac and Chrome for Windows. That very well may mean no capability for Linux yet. It also doesn't implicitly say Chrome OS, so maybe Chromebooks won't work either.
It says the Chromebook Pixel works. I wonder what it is about the Pixel specifically that allows it to work. I imagine a Linux port isn't that far off, but unfortunately I don't have any windows machines left in my house.
I dont understand how you stream content from your device to the Chromecast. My PC has Windows Media Player, my Windows 8 phone has XBox SmartGlass. Would these applications allow you to stream to the tv. I am abit lost...
* ed: and ChromeOS.
1. Every time someone shows you a YouTube video, you spend 10% of your time watching it and the other 90% thinking about that one video you know of that's funnier. With Chromecast, you can queue that sucker up for nexties right from your own phone, without interrupting the video that's currently playing.
2. Chromecast does NOT use the resources of the device used to control the TV for processing...its don't on the dongle itself. This will save battery power, minimize bandwidth consumption, and you can do other things with your phone while watching things on the TV.
3. If it can run Chrome, it can cast to Chromecast. Apple, Microsoft, and Google devices playing together in one ecosystem. No more throwing the babies out with the bathwater.
4. $35.00. Thirty-five dollars for a device that ups the WAF most HTPC nerds have dreamed of for years! I would have bought this at $100!
This is what the Nexus Q was meant to be, but hardware drove the price down dramatically.
I haven't been this excited about a new piece of hardware since the iPhone. This is a game changer.