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Chromecast! I've been wanting a Chromecast for a long time but they were only available in the U.S. I was going to get one when I went to the states in December but I didn't end up going. Then I was going to get one when I went to the states last month but they went and released it in Canada. So now I can buy them by the bucket load and have them delivered right to me!
Right, so what is a Chromecast, why do you want one and why is it on a deals site? A Chromecast is a little stick you plug in to the HDMI port on your HDTV or computer monitor. From there you can stream stuff from your Android phone to your TV. Simple as that. Plug the stick in, open up a Chromecast enabled app on your Android phone, hit the Chromecast button in the app and it pops up on your TV. It had been just the Google Chrome browser, YouTube and Netflix that you could be Chromecasted but Google recently opened up the API so tons of apps are becoming Chromecast enabled. There are even a bunch of music streaming services opening it up so you can play music fro your favourite service through your TV sound system.
That all sounds good but why do you, the consumer, want this? Partially for ease of use and partially for the price. We'll get to price later so let's talk ease of use. I don't know how you watch Netflix now but if it's on your TV, there is a chance that the experience sucks. if you are using a smart TV with a Netflix or YouTube app, for example, I can almost promise that it stinks. Smart TV apps are almost universally clunky, slow and outdated. A lot of Android apps are the opposite of that. They are intuitive and kept up to date. Chromecast let's you use the touchscreen interface of your Android phone or tablet to control what's on your TV.
And there is price. Chromecast is only $39. That's right. $39. Compare that to almost any streaming box like a Roku, Boxee, Apple TV or WD Live TV and it's going to be cheaper by at least $60. That's why it's on this site. Even when it's not on sale, it's over 50% cheaper than anyone else. And while another box might have Netflix and YouTube and maybe a few other apps, the Chromecast supports any app that enables it. Making your app Chromecast enabled is supposed to be super easy to just about every video or audio app out there is enabling it. If your favourite app isn't Chromecast enabled, drop the developer an email and make sure they get on it!
If you want to stream stuff from the internet of your personal media library to your TV Chromecast is, without doubt, the way to go.
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