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Not if the phone is out of battery. Not if you want to pick what to watch with someone else.
> Not if the phone is out of battery. Bad argument. Any remote control can run out of battery.
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Not if the phone is out of battery. Not if you want to pick what to watch with someone else.
With certain apps they actually added a pretty nice function for this. Youtube is one in particular that can queue up videos on a Chromecast from multiple devices.
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> Not if the phone is out of battery. Bad argument. Any remote control can run out of battery.
A phone is guaranteed to run out of battery at least once a day. That's a monumental difference.
But moreover, when your phone dies and you're using it as a remote at home, you likely have the charger right there are home too. When the AAAs in your dedicated remote die (though PERHAPS more infrequently) you need to go running around to see where you shoved that container of AAAs, find that they're all actually the dead ones, and then go to the store.
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I've solved this problem for Apple TVs by spoofing the device's MAC address on my laptop, using the laptop browser to accept the WiFi ads or login or whatever, and then resetting my laptop address and plugging the device in.
smart but only works if the hotel NAC uses mac whitelisting and not more advanced techniques like browser posturing.
Anyone having a Chromecast and able to tell me what I'm missing? Currently I've got xbmc running on a Raspberry Pi. Connected via HDMI, online via wifi and I can stream more or less everything (videos, images, music) from my phone to that thing - not sure if there's a decent way to do that from my laptop running Linux. What are Chromecasts used for? Should I buy one?
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With certain apps they actually added a pretty nice function for this. Youtube is one in particular that can queue up videos on a Chromecast from multiple devices.
Great. It's still worse than sitting on the couch with your wife or a group of friends and browsing Netflix together to pick out a movie to watch.
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> Not if the phone is out of battery. Bad argument. Any remote control can run out of battery.
A phone is guaranteed to run out of battery at least once a day. That's a monumental difference.
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A phone is guaranteed to run out of battery at least once a day. That's a monumental difference.
My phone is the one device I know will always have battery, because it is important enough for me that I always charge it. It's also the one device I know I will always have near me.
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A phone is guaranteed to run out of battery at least once a day. That's a monumental difference.
Well, for starters this is decidedly and completely untrue. But moreover, when your phone dies and you're using it as a remote at home, you likely have the charger right there are home too. When the AAAs in your dedicated remote die (though PERHAPS more infrequently) you need to go running around to see where you shoved that container of AAAs, find that they're all actually the dead ones, and then go to the store.
Battery is only the second worst part about using a phone as a remote, the worst being that a phone is anti-social while watching television (on a television) is social.
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Great. It's still worse than sitting on the couch with your wife or a group of friends and browsing Netflix together to pick out a movie to watch.
So grab your tablet. Or a laptop and cast the entire tab so people can see it on the TV.