Chromecast

I have had the chromecast for a month or so and just wanted to say it works fine with Linux using the chrome browser. Hard to beat for $35.

I know the major use for this chromecast plug-in unit is for downstreaming HULU ROKU video/TV downstreams using wireless WIFI signals...

I am using firefox browser here and do go to places ON-LINE like 'Watch TV Series' and 'mopvideo' to watch broadcast TV shows ON-LINE that I missed after it was aired live. I have used GOOGLE CHROME browser at times as well but FIREFOX always seems to have less problems for me to use with my older MS Windows XP-PRO operating system.

I think I am reading I can use this CHROMECAST Device plugged into my HDTV HDMI port and can view anything I see on my laptop video screen on the large screen TV set. I think I am reading here that I don't need to subscribe to anything to do this. However if I do subscribe to HULU or ROKU I can watch downstream video HDTV signals probably better than I am currently watching using the free to use mopvideo or watch TV series downstream programs.

My big problem here I have run out of HDMI ports on my DELL M90 Docking station where I have two external 24-inch monitor screens connected to my DELL M90 high end laptop computer setup. If I had another HDMI port I would just use a HDMI cable between the Dell Docking station and my large screen TV HDMI port and select it from the TV menu screen...

I am just trying to come up with a better way to view my missed HDTV shows using my M90 Dell laptop at a later date...

Will the $35 Chromecast HDMI plug-in device help me here without having to subscribe to anything else to be able to view on my large screen HDTV setup what I see on my DELL M90 computer monitor... I can see these video downstreams just fine on my DELL 24-inch monitors using the free downstream programs but I am thinking the Chromecast unit may show these programs in full High Def mode on the large screen TV.

Maybe I would be better off just getting a HDMI driver box with multiple ports instead... I am not interested in subscribing to HULU or ROKU for a monthly fee as I can downstream all of these TV programs using the free to use TV programs..

Will the $35 Chromecast HDMI unit work for me using it this way...

Roy Ken

Got one for Christmas and hooked her up today. Very impressed with the ease of use on my phone and tablet. Great little gadget.

I used ChromeCast an hour ago with a MacBook Pro using a Chrome browser. Works fine. Also works well with my android phone, windows laptop. Have not tried my iPad yet. I like using the laptop on youtube as it is much easier to search with that than using the phone screen.

I am using a Chromecast right now from my laptop - reading the RV forum in one Chrome window and broadcast a YouTube video in another Chrome window. Works reasonably well (occasional timeouts) which you'd not really notice if you were casting presentations but you pick up a dropout on a live video.

I was going to use ChromeCast in our RV but decided just to use an HDMI cable instead. I got this 25' HDMI cable from Amazon Link for $14. It has been working great for me. And.. about 1/10th the cost of the cables at my local big-box store.

Roy, you are correct on about everything you said. Chromecast like any streaming devise can eat you alive if you use it to stream movies on a metered internet connection. Currently you can view anything that you can view on the Chrome browser on Windows 7 or up. It also works on IOS but I can't tell you what version off the top off my head. It will also work through an app for Android or Apple devises.

Currently there are 10 apps that work through Chromecast so there definitely is a limited number of applications at this time. There will be more to come I am certain of that. For $35 I couldn't buy an HDMI cable to run my laptop from my recliner to the TV.

For Christmas, I wanted the in-laws to be able to experience the rest of the family they couldn't travel to see. By having everyone feed the videos and pictures to me through Facebook I knew I could seamlessly play them all one after the other with limited interruption. It won't be for everyone, but I will not be giving mine up.

I'm guessing what you are saying is the CHROMECAST device plugs into the HDMI port of the large TV and talks with any WIFI enabled device like your LAPTOP...

Using it like this is just the same as using a HDMI cable but this is wireless...

The cost will come in when you start downstreaming HDTV signals over the internet to your laptop and then passing up to the big screen using the chromecast device... The downstreaming will eat up a 20GB dataplan each month rather quick I would imagine...

The $35 is a one time cost for the device I am assuming. Seems to me I heard it only works on GOOGLE PLAY or something like that...

I might be interested myself if it works just like a wireless connection between any WIFI enable device and a large screen HDTV set.

Just thinking outloud about what the chromecast unit does...

Roy Ken