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07-26-2013, 09:04 AM | #1 |
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Based on the way they've described it, my guess is that Chromecast won't be able to play "Flash" necessarily - it can play flash VIDEO. In other words, it doesn't need to process all of the other junk that comes with Flash since they probably just embedded a generic .flv player that can pick up whatever video is in focus on Chrome.
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07-26-2013, 10:59 AM | #2 | |
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07-26-2013, 11:05 AM | #3 |
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07-26-2013, 06:54 AM | #4 |
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Okay, thanks. I'll just pick up an HDMI adapter for my iPhone then
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07-26-2013, 11:52 AM | #5 |
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So I ordered from the Google Play store before 1pm PST the day of the release. I've already been informed that it's been shipped, and I just got the Netflix promo code in my inbox. When I originally ordered, it said it would be shipped in August. Interesting.
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07-26-2013, 12:05 PM | #6 |
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You'll definitely have to give us a review once you get it. For the price, I'm tempted to just get one myself, but I don't really have any use for it until they get more apps on there (two Smart TV's and a Roku). I'd love to know if it's brilliant or yet another clunker.
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07-26-2013, 12:13 PM | #7 | |
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07-26-2013, 12:27 PM | #8 |
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Since I travel a lot, I'm fairly interested. Especially at the price point. Perfect for keeping in my carry on and just hooking up to a hotel TV. Now if I could get Sunday Ticket on this, I'd be set.
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07-26-2013, 04:51 PM | #9 |
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Looks like I may have been wrong in my post earlier. Some reports are that you can push anything that's in a web browser to the TV. Best to wait and see or just deal with the fact that you may have dropped a a third to half what you could have spent on something like the Roku or Apple TV that we already know about.
Unlurking...the Apple TV might be good for that situation too. It's about the size of a hockey puck and you can get SportsCenter on demand. If you could get Sunday Ticket or Red Zone on there? Might push a lot of folks to cut the cable company out. I think the odds of that are slim though. DirecTV will pay for that deal until they go under to keep it exclusive. |
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For something that's not supported like NFLST, it has to actually stream a mirror of the tab from Chrome. That might work, but I bet it's choppy at best, and you'd have to keep your computer with Chrome open the entire time. |
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07-26-2013, 05:07 PM | #12 |
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I actually don't have a TV or cable/satellite anymore. Ends up stealing too much of my time, so I just occasionally hit up Hulu or Netflix. I'm also anti-iOS, so no AppleYV for me.
Might order just to try with the preseason NFL streaming package.
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07-30-2013, 07:39 AM | #13 |
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Got my last night. Set up took a minute and everything worked as expected after that. I have a smart TV that was constantly dropping it's connection and has been unusable. I was streaming Netflix all night and also played a couple of Youtube clips.
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07-30-2013, 06:26 PM | #14 | |
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07-30-2013, 06:24 PM | #15 |
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My brother brought his Apple TV with us on vacation last week. It was a lot of fun. We used Airplay a ton to stream stuff from our devices: music, YouTube videos, GoPro videos we'd shot, and our pics from each day. It was pretty sweet. Not arguing for superiority of Apple TV, just sharing a cool application of this type of tech I'd never thought of.
I kept worry I was going to AirPlay some porn to the TV though.
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