Far Cough 2:59 Thu Dec 18
Google Chromecast: Any good?
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For example, streaming a live match from my laptop to the TV?
Thanks all
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Cheezey Bell-End
12:39 Fri Dec 19
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You set it up once which takes a couple of minutes, then it's done..
And you can control it from anywhere, not just within cable length and can use any device that supports it, including phones.
Plus you can have sound coming from your PC and TV independently rather than all out of the TV.
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diehardhammer
12:32 Fri Dec 19
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IMO its just a more complicated way of using a HDMI cable, you have to set up the wifi etc when with the cable it's plug in and go
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Bud Fox
11:59 Fri Dec 19
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I bought this and set it up, only for it to disappear from my wifi options and never appear again.
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Sydney_Iron
7:36 Fri Dec 19
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Easy to use and cheap to buy, its like a plug into the mains USB, it then finds your Wifi and as long as you have the app on your phone or PC, away you go
Picture Quality is good for most casts, some though are not as good particularly older stuff but that’s maybe down to the quality of the day rather than Chromecast, sound quality A1
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Cheezey Bell-End
4:33 Thu Dec 18
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Far Cough 3:55 Thu Dec 18
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Yeah but HDMI on a laptop, doesn't pass through audio, or does it?
Mine does. Before I got the chrome cast I used to use the TV as a 2nd monitor and the sound only came from it.
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Far Cough
4:29 Thu Dec 18
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HDMI works good and audio, just tried it
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Cheezey Bell-End
4:29 Thu Dec 18
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Far Cough 3:20 Thu Dec 18
You download some software from the chrome website that integrates with the browser. When you are in chrome, you have a little symbol to click on to cast the tab. If you are in a page that chromecast has an app for like youtube, it recognises it and the app starts up on the dongle and streams directly but you use the youtube player on chrome to control whats on tv.
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Joe C
4:25 Thu Dec 18
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More expensive than an HDMI cable though
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Driz
4:24 Thu Dec 18
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How much is a chromecast?
Exactly. Buy it.
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WHOicidal Maniac
4:18 Thu Dec 18
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Joe C 4:14 Thu Dec 18
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Far Cough
4:15 Thu Dec 18
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OK thanks
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Joe C
4:14 Thu Dec 18
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FC - yes, I suspect in Windows you have to change your audio output device once it's plugged in
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,
4:12 Thu Dec 18
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Mine does though I've only streamed football.
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Far Cough
3:55 Thu Dec 18
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Yeah but HDMI on a laptop, doesn't pass through audio, or does it?
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,
3:45 Thu Dec 18
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maniac, that's what I do and the TV picture is superior to my laptop.
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Far Cough
3:37 Thu Dec 18
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Cor, cheers
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WHOicidal Maniac
3:36 Thu Dec 18
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Its a fancy way of not using a HDMI cable.
We ditched ours moths ago. Pointless gimmickry.
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LAD
3:33 Thu Dec 18
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But you've clearly never kissed a girl, Blimey.
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Cor Blimey
3:32 Thu Dec 18
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I stream our games from my imac to my tv via chromecast. I use wisiwig. Mostly very good
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Far Cough
3:20 Thu Dec 18
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Cheezey, how does that casting from Chrome pages work?
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Far Cough
3:18 Thu Dec 18
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Cheers
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