that is bad ass. I never really listen to music, but I will definitely pass the info on.
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that is bad ass. I never really listen to music, but I will definitely pass the info on.
It absolutely works on a Mac (I use it, and I only have Macs at home, well, aside from one Chromebook), and it's fantastic. It also runs in the background (if you tell it to load at startup) and will continually upload any new iTunes content. I can get an iTunes song on my daughter's iPhone and then, moments later, it download via iTunes onto my Mac and then uploads essentially immediately to Play. Very, very nice, and also Play has free songs as well.
Highly recommended, even if you only use iTunes music.
As of the moment, it's not comparable because the number of things you can do with a Chromecast is very limited. Netflix, YouTube, Google Play, and Chrome tabs are all you can stream.
That will change. Channels will be added. But for now, the primary benefit of the Chromecast over, say, an Apple TV or Roku is the ability to stream Play content if you actually have any Play content. Otherwise, the other devices do more and justify their higher costs.
The Chromecast is a fantastic device for the price. It does what it says it does. But it's not yet as capable as the others.
The alternative? An ATV or Roku 3.
My chromecast is dead on arrival today. Tech support trying to say its not compatible with an airport extreme and I need to downgrade my airport firmware to 7.6.1 Which is not happening. All I get is a tiny color bar instead of the setup screen.
Yup there is already scraps of HBO testing on the current device with the latest software. Not to mention people are already hacking it and adding all sorts of crazy stuff like emulators.
Not to mention the Google Cast SDK for App mirroring that is now open to Android and Web Devs.
That's BS on a number of levels.
First, I'm on 7.6.3 and streaming with a 2012 Airport Express to the Chromecast. No issues. None.
Second, the WiFi has nothing to do with the setup screen you see on the TV until it's setup.
Your 'cast is DOA and they should accept a return on it. However, feel free to say you switched to a Cisco router or whatnot and still see the issue. They're getting hung up on the wrong thing. Or say you downgraded to 7.6.1. Doesn't matter - it's not the wifi.
I have an AirPort Extreme from like 2007 and it is a Japan edition and it worked after tweaking. While on 5ghz, it did not work. On 2.4ghz, it worked fine.
that would be weird that it works with my new airport express but not the extreme....
HBO Go and Hulu confirmed a few days ago that they will make official apps for Chromecast. More will follow, until this is common for every mainstream media app.
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This will be the main reason why I will stick with CM10.2 Kangs on my new Nexus 7. I will also be buying another Chromecast, cause these little things are just plain awesome. Looks like I will be dumping all my Apple TV's now and Roku's within a few months.
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This will be the main reason why I will stick with CM10.2 Kangs on my new Nexus 7. I will also be buying another Chromecast, cause these little things are just plain awesome. Looks like I will be dumping all my Apple TV's now and Roku's within a few months.
Not that you needed any extra confirmation here, but my Chromecast is running fine on my 5th gen Airport Extreme running firmware 7.6.3. But, just like the other poster mentioned, I'm unable to get it functioning on the 5GHz band.
I'm just going to upgrade my Apple TV, it's more useful to me as I buy a lot of iTunes content. I've only ever bought one movie on google play and that was just a test. The chromecast is not available here yet. I will probably still get one when it comes out to play around with as its only $35.
Chromecast just got more useful with AirCast 
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/play-almost-any-video-on-your-chromecast-with-aircast/
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/play-almost-any-video-on-your-chromecast-with-aircast/
There is actually a pretty cool alternative that ranges from about the same price as the Chromecast to about $80. It is called Android Mini PC and runs full Android and hooks up to your TV or monitor. Here is one for $35.
Personally, I am thinking about getting one similar to this one instead of the Chromecast. However, I didn't realize that you could mirror Chrome tabs until this thread on the Chromecast. So, I may get a Chromecast, since I could watch flash videos through the Chrome browser.
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