Copy of the Apple TV? ahahaaaaaaaa.

as opposed to v2

V1?

Is this an attempt at humour?

V1?

I have three of the original chromecasts. Whilst they're absolutely rubbish I really couldn't live without mine. Now try and work that one out!! (It's probably more the apps in fairness rather than the chromecast)

Got mine from Wuaki and agree, they are brilliant. I prefer to use it with my Nexus 6 over the so called Smart features of my Samsung TV.

Just a shame there aren't more Chromecast apps, YouTube, Netflix and Google Photos work flawlessly

Is this google's copy of apple TV?

Hi is there any promo codes that can be used ?

If you have a router capable of 5ghz wifi I'd strongly recommend getting the 2.0 version as it'll likely run a lot better. Even at 2.4ghz it'll probably run better due to 3 antennae rather than 1.

Hot for the price but I'll be paying the extra £10 for the new one myself.

And the V3

waste of money and high price since fire Tv is better and has more options.Its cold. I have both but chromecast i hardly use since we need to have a mobile always to use it and there is no inbuilt app store.

It's simple, extremely cheap, works.
What's not to like?
Upgraded mine to v2 already

Still don't like the fact you cannot mirror your phone as I have a lot of x rated vids I would like to stream

bought and found a 5% off code, thanks op

waste of money

When you consider that some retailers were selling them brand new with 12 month warranty on special offer for about 18 quid, you realize that MyMemory are hoping you have a short memory. Chromecast 2 will be down to about £20 for Black Friday, you mark my words,,,,, :smirk:

^^ Got this for £18 on offer about a year ago?

Not knocking you post OP, this deal isn't so great tbh.

bought an extra one, well worth it.

Brilliant, I use Allcast with mine & es file Explorer.

I browse the share on my server & it streams anything to the TV. This works brilliantly for local content.

Does everyone else get serious audio delays with their chromecast?

Would you be eligible for the special offers from Chromecast again, i.e. 2/3 months Nowtv Movies/Entertainment, 3 months Google play etc? If so...might be worth a punt.

Wait a while and brand new ones will be selling for less than this.

Comment video/audio difference whenever I've used mine, don't know why! :disappointed:

Seem about the price these should be sold for new to be honest. Half the cost of the Fire Stick, half the performance with just a quarter of the storage and no remote control supplied.

I would hedge my bets that Amazon will have another round of £25 sales on their Fire Sticks in the upcoming Black Friday/Cyber Monday events.

These will drop in price for a new one, there is loads of old stock to clear and make way for V2.

Its a really pity you can't sync these for multiroom audio :/ Could be a real cheap way to replace the Squeezebox setup.

Thanks for the heat - I felt this was a great deal, and I love my chromecast.

Obviously you have not enabled developer options with the fire stick and opened up the wealth of options you cannot possibly do with the chromecast.

Chromecast is fine for anyone without a Windows Phone and without smart tv and just wants smart tv functionality.

Just got a second one for the office TV. Great price

​Maybe but don't want to pay for plex when what I do now works flawlessly anyway, besides it would probably upset my poor hp mini N40L it's not the most powerful beasties

I certainly have.... including running Android APK's on it but I could do everything I need to do in other ways... perhaps different for other people but I only really need to cast rather than stream.

I still hold to my statement that this is the price point that these should be sold for given their age and features against both the likes of Chromecast 2 and the Amazon Fire Stick.

I bought a Chromecast when Tesco had them for £15 quite a while ago, however the wifi range on them is absolutely pathetic, I chanced an EzCast at £16 from memory (copy of the ChromeCast) and the wifi range was a lot better and no issues with screen mirroring at all. Just food for thought....

What can the Amazon Firestick do that you can't do using AutoCast on the Chromecast? *Comment Edited*

Run Kodi?

The Firestick can do a damn site more than the Chromecast, with an added remote control provided to boot. Obviously if all you want to do is cast a device then nope, but that's like saying what can netflix on a firestick do that netflix on a chromecast can't do.

OK you got me there :smiley:

Is there a Kodi addon that allows for casting to, like a chromecast? That could be useful.

Yup I was wrong. I'll get one in the future in the Lightning deals/Black Friday to have a mess about with.

I suggest getting an Android box like the MXQ or M8S if you go down the Android route.

I've got an N36L Microserver which I can use. I don't like wifi streaming anything if I can help it.

The boxes have ethernet and use stock Android, that's why I suggest getting one of those instead.

I like the chromecast but I've been having problems with the bt sport app on it although I've tried via phone, laptop ipad. But the frame rates are not consistent at all. Not sure if it's the chromecast or bt sport. But bugs the hell out of me.

Really? So you can sync the output of multiple Chromcast Audios all to play the same thing (as you can with Squeezebox)?

Wow, thanks for that, i'll keep an eye out for it :smiley:

I find the Chromecast a straightforward piece of kit that does what it says straight out of the box, fire stick might be a more glossy product but I had to return mine to Amazon as it wouldn't work!!

Bought another as I keep unplugging mine to move between TVs

Chromecast is great - my only moan is that it refuses to work if it doesn't have internet access
even if locally streaming

That's the plan. Fully synced multi-room playback from multiple devices.

I. Cannot. Wait. :smile:

Just a theory, but couldnt u run kodi on your android fone then cast the screen to chromecast?...Ive not tried it it with mine but it should be technically possible

Yep as PurplePerson said, and its coming soon :smile: I already have one and pairing it with

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lepy-2024A-LEPY-Plus-Amplifier/dp/B00SATAEEA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445015471&sr=8-1&keywords=lepai+lp-2020a

Just add some speakers and your good to go :smiley:)

http://reviews.gizmodo.com/chromecast-audio-review-a-cheap-way-to-teach-your-old-1734708179

"The chomecast audio also has a Optical out, I think its built into the 3.5 mm jack.
This was not mentioned in the article."

"Does this new gen of chromecast/app support multi-point casting? Think like living room and an outdoor speaker setup, sometimes you might want both playing the same thing synced up.
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bangishotyou
MarshawnsMissingChromosone
10/15/15 4:48pm
It will support multi-room audio streaming, but not until later this year.

At present though it does not."

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bangishotyou
10/15/15 6:39pm
Once that hits, it will put a SERIOUS dent in Sonos! You can use this with your EXISTING equipment, and add Sonos like capabilities for a TENTH the price!
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bangishotyou
jnemesh
10/15/15 7:25pm
Pretty much. I’m looking forward to when that rolls out, the multi-room thing, and I’ll pick up a few when it does."

Thanks I'll keep an eye out for deals on the V2 then.

I already have the rest of the Multiroom AV setup: Multiroom Amp, ceiling speakers throughout the house, etc. However, it's currently running of a Squeezebox system. Major issue is since Logitech dropped support, stuff like streaming Spotify is only supported by third part plugins. Those don't work on my current version of Linux on LMS and I really don't want to mess with a working system.

These seem relatively cheap, looks like they are being developed by Google going forward. So a good route to go from Squeezebox. Moreover, I can recoup the cost by selling of my Squeezebox stuff.

Couple of more questions:

Does the previous ethernet adapter work with the new Chromecast?

How well do they work with Apple devices? I know Spotify iOS now supports casting. Other then that I'd probably want to stream any on device music and possibly web audio (youtube).

Do they support Web Radio stations directly? I.E. I start the cast from my phone, but it doesn't stream through my phone.

Currently I have a 8 channel Multiroom Amp. Each of my Squeezeboxes are connected to it. Obviously I don't want the Amp on 24/7 sitting idle. So I have the LMS (Server) setup to WoL (Wake on LAN) and one of those USB triggered power saving plugs running of it to power the AMP. So when LMS wakes, 5v shows on USB connected to Power Saving Plug, it switches power on to the Amp connected through it. Anyone found a suitable solution for triggering connected AMPs to power on with these? Or even an alternative mini amp as I can probably get rid of my Multiroom Amp to fund replacement mini Amps.

Thanks again to all the help. Or perhaps you can point me to the best place to ask my questions :smiley:

Hah, that's a lot of questions, will give some of them a go! In reverse order lol, what you could do is use an amp like the one I posted or similar which could be left on all the time. You could then use tasker + autocast. This allows you to set triggers and preform casting functionality. For example you could have it setup so that when your phone connects to the wifi it starts casting your music (for when you return home from work say). Tasker is quite a beast so what you can do with it is limited to your imagination really, there are a ton of tutorials out there though with some very cool tips. I imagine you can even use it with your current system to wake an amp, although I guess that will require more creative thinking :smiley:

Edit: yep, looks like WoL is a go: tasker-profiles.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/auto-wake-on-lan-when-returning-home.html should be plenty other tutorials out there as well :smiley:

Regarding the web radio, that is how chromecast works, your phone/tablet is just a remote, the chromecast streams the signal. You can turn your phone off for example and the music will continue being streamed by the chromecast.

There is support in iOS for chromecast now, it is limited the apps that support it though. iOS doesn't support it natively like android though so there will always be cases where it will do more on android, for most people though this isn't an issue I guess. For example on android you can cast your entire screen and whatever you are doing on it, on the regular chromecast.

I didn't know chromecast had an Ethernet adapter tbh so can't help there!

Just noticed you mentioned the V2! No my comments are in regards to the new chromecast Audio, which has just been released, rather than the regular chromecast.

Oh and forgot to mention you can stream your local iOS content with allcast. As for just the YouTube audio, have to say it didn't work for me the other day but I didn't try very hard lol

I seems like they work fine, although you will probably have to connect wirelessly first before connecting the wired adapter.

for screen mirroring you need LG or nexus. to cast a movie use es browser with Chromecast extension or airwire

I wish Amazon prime worked with the Chromecast as I have prime but its sometimes useless as I can't steam only mirror my tablet which with the new Amazon prime video update won't mirror sound now.

Can you download apk apps on to these. Like showbox, cartoon HD, movies Hd etc?