Monday 29 July 2013
Google Chromecast review: can you make your dumb TV a stylish one for very soon $35?
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Chromecast review: can you make your dumb TV a stylish one for very soon $35?
In
the face of the best efforts of Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, LG and others, nearly
all of the televisions in people's home these days are not of the smart assortment.
However, there are hundreds of millions of standard televisions filler HDMI
ports, and Google's new Chromecast device
offer a way to put some brains into those dumb TVs by giving them access to
web-based content. Having a Chromecast dongle connected to your TV means you
can stream videos straight from a Google Play, Netflix or YouTube app, or
mirror the comfortable in any open tab in Google's Chrome browser using a tab cast
feature.
Sure,
we've seen plans with almost the same functionality, like Plair, but Chromecast is backed by Google,
whose relationships with content providers and developers mean that the Google Cast technology
powering it will soon be pop up in even more apps. Not to mention, there's the
price. At $35, it's almost a third of the cost of Plair and also Roku 3 and Apple
TV, the current most popular devices that bring internet video to
your TV. Even for such a paltry outlay, is it a worthy addition to your living
room? And is it really "the easiest way to enjoy online video and music on
your TV" as Google's advertising would have us suppose? Read on to locate absent.
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