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Post by Slinger on Nov 17, 2022 19:59:38 GMT
It goes up to eleven now. Well, it goes up to 4K, anyway, and I've just ordered one, as I still use Chromecast a bit and my current model is a couple of versions prior to this one. They're currently on offer at £39.00 at Amazon, or £39.99 from Google, instead of £59.99 for the 4K version. The standard 1080p Chromecast is either £24.00 or £24.99 instead of £34.99. Unlike previous iterations, they are now shipping with a remote, because they have pretty much the same variety of online TV - both free and premium - as the Amazon Fire TV has built in. It'll be interesting to see whether the Chromecast or the Fire Stick gives me the best Prime Video picture. Anywho, the bumph is here... store.google.com/product/chromecast_google_tv?hl=en-GB |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 17, 2022 20:28:14 GMT
What are the benefits ?
Can't see much more than what we already have with the Amazon Firestick
Can see Alexa speech control, different look to Amazon noting else. Don't have 4k
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Post by MartinT on Nov 17, 2022 21:45:15 GMT
That gives our Rokus a run for their money, especially the 4K version.
However, I do like the Roku interface and very slick usage.
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Post by Slinger on Nov 17, 2022 21:52:34 GMT
What are the benefits ? Can't see much more than what we already have with the Amazon Firestick Can see Alexa speech control, different look to Amazon noting else. Don't have 4k It doesn't need benefits, Mike. I'm a bloke and it's a new gadget. End of.  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 18, 2022 10:13:10 GMT
That gives our Rokus a run for their money, especially the 4K version. However, I do like the Roku interface and very slick usage. Have you tried the Amazon Firestick ? It's by no means perfect |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 18, 2022 10:30:12 GMT
No, we have two Rokus on the kitchen and bedroom TVs, which are non-smart TVs, and they work really well for HD streaming.
The main LG TV in the sitting room streams 4K direct via its own apps.
We have no need for a Firestick or Chromecast.
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 18, 2022 10:40:40 GMT
What are the benefits ? Can't see much more than what we already have with the Amazon Firestick Can see Alexa speech control, different look to Amazon noting else. Don't have 4k It doesn't need benefits, Mike. I'm a bloke and it's a new gadget. End of. I almost bought one after reading your OP, I don't need one but....... 😁 Edit: What puts me off this and other devices like the Fire TV stick is the memory capacity, I mean 8gb, come on, once the OS is on there you're left with 4gb or less, pathetic esp when a lot of apps use a decent sized cache. 32gb needs to be the minimum, 16gb at a push |
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Post by Slinger on Nov 18, 2022 16:24:15 GMT
It doesn't need benefits, Mike. I'm a bloke and it's a new gadget. End of. I almost bought one after reading your OP, I don't need one but....... 😁 Edit: What puts me off this and other devices like the Fire TV stick is the memory capacity, I mean 8gb, come on, once the OS is on there you're left with 4gb or less, pathetic esp when a lot of apps use a decent sized cache. 32gb needs to be the minimum, 16gb at a push Point taken, but I'll be using it as sold, rather than trying to subvert it with all sorts of other stuff. I've got the PC to do that on.  |
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Post by Slinger on Nov 20, 2022 14:37:33 GMT
I've plumbed the new Chromecast in, and although I haven't had time to mess around with the new menu etc. I've got iti streaming a football match (Liverpool FC Women v Brighton Women) from the FA Player on my PC to the 55" LG, and I can see an immediate improvement in picture quality against the older model. Whether it's upscaling or not I haven't a clue at the moment, but I reguiarly use a Chromecast to ship footy from the FA player to the big telly, so the improvement is easily apparent.
The only downside ia, we've just gone 3 - 1 down, but that's probably not the Chromecast's fault.
So far, it's a success. Quite honestly £39.00 for the improvement in picture quality alone is worth it, whatever delights are behind the new menu.
One downside, the setup is fairly easy, but slowwwwwwwwww.....zzzzzzzz.
[EDIT]I've just found this on Reddit...
Which, perhaps, explains things.
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