Chromecast

[Ash]

Does anyone else use a Chromecast with their TV? What do you like to use it for?

 

[Kylie]

Does anyone else use a Chromecast with their TV? What do you like to use it for?

Never heard of it. What does a Chromecast do?

 

[Grungie]

Never heard of it. What does a Chromecast do?

I have it built into my TV, but it’s a feature where you can screen share content off of your computer, phone, or tablet onto your TV screen. So you can load YouTube or Netflix on your phone, press the icon, and it’s shown on your TV. There are stand alone devices you can buy to enable the feature on your TV, but I think those also function like any other streaming box with the added feature of the “casting”. I could be wrong as I don’t own one.

 

[Kylie]

I have it built into my TV, but it’s a feature where you can screen share content off of your computer, phone, or tablet onto your TV screen. So you can load YouTube or Netflix on your phone, press the icon, and it’s shown on your TV. There are stand alone devices you can buy to enable the feature on your TV, but I think those also function like any other streaming box with the added feature of the “casting”. I could be wrong as I don’t own one.

Thank you or this information. I have a Roku device right now. Do you think Chromecast is the better choice?

 

[Grungie]

Thank you or this information. I have a Roku device right now. Do you think Chromecast is the better choice?

I’ve never used a Roku before, so I couldn’t tell you with full confidence, but the Chromecast for my TV can be spotty. Sometimes it works seamlessly, other times I have to close and restart the app on my phone more than once to get it to work.

I have an Apple TV in the living room, and a Firestick in my bedroom, and I’ve used both of those more than my Chromecast due to reliability.

 

[Ash]

What Grungie said basically @Kylie. I have it as a standalone device instead of it being built into my TV and I just use it to cast certain sports streaming sites onto my TV. I don't really use it for anything else since my TV has apps like Netflix and YouTube already.

 

[Shavkat]

Since we stopped subscribing to the local cable TV here, we are using the Chromcast device to watch movies from Netflix and Disney+.