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I used this on mine, IMO seems like it may be a little safer, less chance of breaking the TV's hdmi port if you bumped the thing good.
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The Entire Universe posted:Is that a three-inch extension? Is it a cord or is it like a solid plastic pass through thing? Dude, if you get one, tell (in the thread, no PMs for me  ) where they are. I might go to the Best Buy on 72nd, not sure.
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Managed to snag one online today at BB.com and just got my Netflix code, woohooo...
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I tried to order one from BB yesterday (even though I had one coming from Amazon) and they canceled my order saying they couldn't "confirm my identity" (my profile is dead accurate). Funny though, after I saw that email ... they were magically sold out.
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Geno posted:Managed to snag one online today at BB.com and just got my Netflix code, woohooo... ...so the Netflix offer is still good as long as you order from Best Buy?
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Jul 26, 2013 19:45
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EugeneJ posted:...so the Netflix offer is still good as long as you order from Best Buy? Best Buy probably has a stock of codes that matches their inventory. And if anyone who ordered from Amazon/Prime is unsure if they qualified for the 3-months of Netflix, just start up a chat with customer support and ask; they'll look up your order and see if you got in before the promotion expired.
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EugeneJ posted:...so the Netflix offer is still good as long as you order from Best Buy? No idea about B&M.
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Btw for people wanting the chrome cast. I walked into best buy just now and bought one and they printed out the code for free 3 months of Netflix. Hopefully it works. Edit: yep it worked so even though google said they're not doing it anymore best buy printed the code on my receipt 5 minutes ago and it worked no problem.
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I accidentally bought two of these Wednesday barely knowing what they do. Got one last night and was blown away. I really don't see much need for an HTPC anymore with this, and I'm glad I got a second one to go on a second TV. My only issue was some choppiness, but I'm going to install a wifi extender today so hopefully that will be cleared up.
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SLOSifl posted:How about Hola Unblocker, which I mentioned in this thread? That covers a few more things, but still leaves out consoles and streaming devices.
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So mine got delivered, and I've been screwing around with it. Google Music works pretty well... when it decides to. There are a few problems with it. I'm not sure if it's the chromecast itself or my phones connection, but sometimes the app will not load the next song until I go back to the app and reload it. Also if you sideloaded a song on your device and try to play it, it'll tell you it won't work. That's fine, seeing as it's not on Google's servers, but if you sideloaded the album on the device AND have it on Google music, it still won't play it. As far as I can tell, it has to be off the device completely, or else it won't work. Sometimes I'll have albums on my phone in case I can't get a signal, but still want some music. It also seems they did not translate all the resource strings yet. Of course, Google music has always been a bit buggy and this is WAY better than the Google TV one, so I can live with it. Tab casting worked great for me; very little lag, and played back nearly all the stuff I threw at it without issue. Netflix support is pretty cool too. Overall, I'm quite happy with it, especially for the price.
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Just got mine from my Wednesday Amazon order and no Netflix code that I can see... bummer.
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voltron posted:Just got mine from my Wednesday Amazon order and no Netflix code that I can see... bummer. It's been said a few times in this thread but Amazon will mail the code up to a week later. They do that for most promotions. I wouldn't worry I am interested if this will work great with things like NFL Sunday Ticket. If you buy the $100 version of Madden 25 you get access to streaming Sunday Ticket for the season. This might also make Nba League Pass Broadband worthwhile if you can bypass the local blackout restrictions.
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voltron posted:Just got mine from my Wednesday Amazon order and no Netflix code that I can see... bummer. It supposedly should be emailed to you 7 days after it shipped.
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Aphrodite posted:That covers a few more things, but still leaves out consoles and streaming devices.
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SLOSifl posted:We're talking about Chrome and Chromecast here, what do consoles have to do with anything? The original post was a general statement about Canada's lovely media selection.
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Does anyone know if Best Buy allows you to call in, purchase an item and then pick it up later? The nearest best buy is an hour and a half away. I would hate to drive there only to find all the chromecasts have already been purchased.
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Finally home. This thing is slick, gives you lockscreen and notification controls when something is playing. Except it's locked up my phone twice now when I've shut the screen off.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Does anyone know if Best Buy allows you to call in, purchase an item and then pick it up later? The one I went to yesterday to get mine said they'd let me do that when I talked to them on the phone beforehand. Then I mentioned I could be there in 30mins and they said they'd just hold it for me and I could pay at the register. Athenry posted:Finally home. This thing is slick, gives you lockscreen and notification controls when something is playing. Except it's locked up my phone twice now when I've shut the screen off. Is this a rom-specific thing? I get them for netflix and youtube on cm10x but my wife does not on her stock Note 2.
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Wagonburner posted:The one I went to yesterday to get mine said they'd let me do that when I talked to them on the phone beforehand. Then I mentioned I could be there in 30mins and they said they'd just hold it for me and I could pay at the register. Awesome. Thanks for letting me know. The two nearest BBs have zero in stock today but one told me that they get their truck in tomorrow so there might be some on it (it is a college town so I am hoping that the tech demographic helps them get another set of stock in).
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So far I like this thing a lot, I only wish that if I was watching a video in a webpage that it would go fullscreen on the tv as well as on my computer.
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Do you think there's going to be an epidemic of teens accidentally casting their porn from their bedroom computer to the family tv?
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SouthLAnd posted:Do you think there's going to be an epidemic of teens accidentally casting their porn from their bedroom computer to the family tv? Simple, just name the family TV "Don't cast porn here"
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Wagonburner posted:The one I went to yesterday to get mine said they'd let me do that when I talked to them on the phone beforehand. Then I mentioned I could be there in 30mins and they said they'd just hold it for me and I could pay at the register. Happened on both YouTube and Netflix on my stock nexus 4. So far so good on my nexus 7. And as someone with no good way to play music in my apartment, music all access and this thing is incredible.
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nimper posted:Simple, just name the family TV "Don't cast porn here" What if my neighbors have a Chromecast. Can I wake them up in the middle of the night with Michael Bolton's Greatest Hits?
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EugeneJ posted:What if my neighbors have a Chromecast. If your neighbors are dumb enough to leave their wireless network open then they deserve any and all Michael Bolton songs at any time of day.
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I have an old G router. Amazon Instant over the browser is not working at all. Also I cannot see my Chromecast from a wired computer on my router. Is Chromecast some kind of retarded WiFi only, ignore the rest of the network kind of thing?
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FogHelmut posted:I have an old G router. Amazon Instant over the browser is not working at all. It wouldn't be from Google if it didn't have some pants on head obvious omission.
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Athenry posted:It wouldn't be from Google if it didn't have some pants on head obvious omission.
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Got one from BB earlier- came with the Netflix code (they said they have enough codes to match the stock of what they were sent originally). Anyone try it with an iPad mini yet? Also, for my desktop, do I need to connect to my network via a wireless card to work with the Chromecast? I don't own a laptop- only an iPad Mini, GS3, and windows desktop and want to share local video / chrome tabs. UncleGuito fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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Is there anything on Netflix that is 5.1? I've tried like 10 movies, all stereo. edit - Someone on XDA fixed my networked PC problem. It's my Verizon router. It has a hidden IGMP settings page, I had to turn that off. FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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FogHelmut posted:Is there anything on Netflix that is 5.1? I've tried like 10 movies, all stereo. Lots of the TV shows list as 5.1 on my ps3
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UncleGuito posted:Anyone try it with an iPad mini yet? Also, for my desktop, do I need to connect to my network via a wireless card to work with the Chromecast? I don't own a laptop- only an iPad Mini, GS3, and windows desktop and want to share local video / chrome tabs. If I recall, iOS is yet to be supported, but will be soon.
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Don Lapre posted:Lots of the TV shows list as 5.1 on my ps3 I don't know if Netflix considers a cell phone not needing 5.1 so it just doesn't send it? Additionally, I've been streaming Netflix from my phone/Chromcast all night, but I signed into the Netflix website and they don't seem to know who I am. Now that I have a solid network connection through my wired PC: -Local video in my browser tab casting is working, but if it doesn't have audio in the Chrome browser, it doesn't have audio when it's cast. Couldn't get WMV to cast at all even though it played in Chrome browser. -Playing these through Plex in the browser works perfectly. -Amazon instant is poo poo. Anything you'd want to watch is full of Silverlight and doesn't work. Certain things that are not Silverlight work well, however. -Porncasting works. edit - Going full-screen with Plex browser player makes 2.35:1 movies distort to 16:9. This might be a function of the Plex browser player, or the fact that I'm still using a 4:3 monitor. FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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So uh, I have it running and set up. How do I play the Netflix on it? This is too hard heh. Is there an iOS app for this thing yet? Wait, you have to leave the chrome tab running to get this thing to work?
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This sounds pretty amazing. I might consider getting one. Are there any owners that would recommend it?
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numbs posted:This sounds pretty amazing. I might consider getting one. Are there any owners that would recommend it? Its very cool as long as you remember that it's meant to share the internet on your TV and not be an all in one media device.
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crm posted:So uh, I have it running and set up. Open Netflix on your device and click the icon. It's like a square with the wifi icon in the corner. They say an iOS setup app is coming soon, but I don't know how it could work. iOS apps can't change the wifi on the device, and in order to set it up you have to chance to the Chromecasts special wifi hotspot to set it up. If you're Chromcasting from a Chrome tab it hays to stay open. That just makes sense.
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numbs posted:This sounds pretty amazing. I might consider getting one. Are there any owners that would recommend it? If all the you care about is Netflix. It's pretty awesome. I can't get the phone version of chrome to go to the TV. Which is the only reason I cared about browsing. But for Netflix it's awesome. And youtube if you're into that.
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