How long does it take to arrive after ordering?

I'm assuming you can you cast Kodi from PC to Chromecast?

This or new firestick?

thick question but what's better about the chromecast 2 over chromecast 1 please. debating upgrading if they're better.

How does this even get heat after Google has been pretty much giving this away over Christmas with the £20 cash equivalent play store credit among other things for the last couple of months ? :laughing:

​Cheers for that. Ours is an LG Smart TV and we can cast via miracast or it opens the app in the store. Not quite the same it seems and didn't want to replicate the experience!

I got the game of thrones deal they had a couple of years ago but this is still pretty good

​guess not :/

Overrated (both tech and movie). Far better devices to spend your money on imo

Some advice if you would guys: I would like a set up where I can get access to Now TV, Amazon Prime, and ideally some form of Kodi build (The Beast or Blackbox for example) all from the same source - keep things nice and neat. Question is which is better? Get these programs on a tablet and cast to one of these? Or get a dedicated input device (some form of Android media centre/mini PC)? Thanks for the advice as always

That is not quite right, Chromecast has 4GB (at least the 1st gen did I can't be bothered to check for 2nd gen) internal memory it is simply not user accessible (so your reasoning is quite right). I am quite sure someone managed to hack it though, but it is not easy and I haven't heard of anyone actually using something like that.

All in all if you want a good Kodi/Plex client I would go for something else, Fire TV stick is roughly in this price range and does the job really well. The boxes (Nexus player, Fire TV, Nvidia Shield TV, Razer, loads of usually bad Chinese boxes) are probably even better but haven't seen a good one under 50£ (not counting 49£ for the Nexus one).

I suppose your tv has miracast or some such thing in it, as you mentioned casting.

Chromecast is in my opinion much better than miracast because far more apps work well with it, if you want to cast the whole screen that is another story.

All in all I believe a Google search would give you a better information or you need to tell us a bit more about your use case for anyone to be able to give you some meaningful advice.

I've found a common fault with this (seems common once I'd googled it) is that it seems to have an audio sync issue. My tv is a LG smart tv if anyone else is in the same boat.
And yep, the 20 quid credit ran out on the 16th.

I did got one of this. Very good deal. :smile::wink::smiley:<3

I have the chromecast 1 and 2, the latest is a lot quicker.
I like the idea of the new audio chromecast.

Voted cold I'm afraid, deal is better when with a new release and definitely sweetened when £20 credit was available. The 2 months free nowtv Sky movies subscription is still available to the end of January, but check the t&c first as you may find you're not eligible.

Can it power from tv or does it need mains?

Can Kodi be installed on this ?

Just for info regarding powering it I found that using the usb from the TV resulted in intermittent crashes and loss of casting. Switching to using the supplied mains adaptor sorted it out. In summary, def worth a shot using TV usb but if you have problems use the mains.

Yeah I missed out on the chance to get it from work for £20 with my discount, but just never got round to it, bummer

Yeah, I thought the credit was expired or about to expire. That was a good offer. The Equaliser doesn't sweeten this deal as much as the voucher would have. £22 is ok.

Do you know if the Chromecast two still has the £20 credit @ google play store?

The Two is faster at loading but thats about it and the wifi thing too

Ok thank you

Nice one..