Introducing Google Chromecast

[Solid-Stark]

disolitude said:

Solid-Stark said:

superchunk said:

disolitude said:

"No name" and "low quality" can be debatable when all you are doing is providing a wireless HDMI signal transfer and don't insist people use your products and services.

Frankly, I really don't understand why you are so eager to start using Google services and workarounds for something they absolutely don't need to be invovled with.

1) I already use all of Google's services. Have few hundred songs in Google Music, all my pics/videos in G+ (500GB+ of data) and if I were to buy movies (I only rent anymore with RedBox), it would be digitally from Play.

2) What work-arounds? The only 'odd' thing is putting your local URL in for a movie stored on your PC. However, I'm sure in the very near future we'll see media players adding this casting feature (likely even Google themselves). Its already know Pandora and Hulu Plus are finalizing their app changes.

I say no name and low quality because that is what it is. For instance, Best Buy has the rocketfish product ($79). I've owned two different products by them and they both sucked.

There is a reason this thing sold out in minutes and when I called my local Best Buy the person answering the phone knew her stock situation for this brand new thing without even looking it up. In fact I joked that she knew it off top of her head and she laughed as she's been getting calls on it all day. Its a hot item and at $35 (actually $11 if you already have Netflix anyways and count that 3month savings) the real question is, why the hell wouldn't you want this?

Superchunk, why do you even bother so much? It's great that you are very enthusiastic about Google products and services.

Disolitude (and I'm surpirsed not to see the other usuals) is in every one of your new Google product informative threads and he's always shooting down anything that does not have to do (and in this case it does) directly or indirectly with Microsoft products and services. Come on, they are launching this new device for THEIR services (and more!) and it serves as another choice for consumers, but here he is telling you what HE has at home already. Lulz.

A neat device, but since I already have a WiiU and a PS3 sitting under the TV, I won't be needing this (I also have a HDD with tons of content hooked up on my PS3 and a HTPC that streams to the PS3 as well). Chromecast would actually make it a more direct connection to the TV but I'll have to wait and see.

Haha...yeah ok there. This is the only Superchunk thread I've posted in over a month. Im sure he made many threads where he talked about how Google DRM is awesome and Gmail saved kittens.

Wonder if you or Superchunk even heard of WiDi or Miracast before Google announced this. If you wanted this feature, you'd have it already...you wouldn't wait for Google to tell you what to use and how to use it.

Careful, don't fully reveal yourself there. That wasn't necessary and he's never claimed that to my knowledge.

I have. Never made the choice to use or buy it. My choice, and had nothing to do with Google since I couldn't care less. You see how it works?