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bull3964 posted:I'm assuming Best Buy was the only retail partner for these things? Looks like Best Buy was the only retail partner, yes. I've looked around Walmart, Office Max, Staples, Office Depot, and even Nebraska Furniture Mart but nothing turned up. I don't think Google let anyone but Best Buy sell it. All Best Buys I've checked at are completely sold out. This kind of feels like the Nexus 4 launch all over again except it was actually in stores this time. 
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Google said during the Chromecast/Nexus 7 event that Best Buy would be the only retail partner. Which wouldn't have been a horrible decision if Google had actually built enough Chromecasts to supply more than, say, a small town in Nebraska.
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Aug 7, 2013 00:39
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For those of you looking in Best Buys to find them, they will be in the computer area, there will be a Google promo endcap showing the Chromebooks, and the Chromecast will be on a hook under the shelf, if they have any. I've tried 3 stores now, and they all had empty hooks in the same locations for the Chromecast.
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Aug 7, 2013 01:03
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Just got my $24 Netflix credit from Amazon. Best $35 I've spent in a while.
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Aug 7, 2013 18:53
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Netflix just updated the app to address the issues with Android 4.3
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Aug 8, 2013 04:56
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Just got an email from Amazon telling me my CC should ship by mid October.
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Aug 8, 2013 07:53
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Rhyno posted:Just got an email from Amazon telling me my CC should ship by mid October.  I was thinking about ordering another one for my downstairs TV, but I'll just I guess. None of the BB's near me have any stock, so I Amazon is my only go to (gently caress the Play store).
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Aug 8, 2013 07:56
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Rhyno posted:Just got an email from Amazon telling me my CC should ship by mid October. I got the same e-mail, it went from 8/21 to 10/17. Dang google, you really suck at releasing physical products. 3 months to get one? Jesus.
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Aug 8, 2013 12:59
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I got that email too, ordered July 27. Eagerly awaiting to get the next one which says it will arrive late November.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:14
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Google store order on July 25 still says it is shipping by August 16.
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Aug 8, 2013 13:40
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ThermoPhysical posted:Looks like Best Buy was the only retail partner, yes. I've looked around Walmart, Office Max, Staples, Office Depot, and even Nebraska Furniture Mart but nothing turned up. I don't think Google let anyone but Best Buy sell it. That's disappointing. It's seems like this launch was better, seeing as people actually owned them this time, vs. no one last time. Hopefully the situation is better once it hits the UK (it won't be).
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Aug 8, 2013 15:28
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Sobriquet posted:Netflix just updated the app to address the issues with Android 4.3 Thank Christ.
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Aug 8, 2013 15:54
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Has there been an ios app put out yet?
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Aug 8, 2013 20:06
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crm posted:Has there been an ios app put out yet? You mean the app that sets up/manages your Chromecast? No, I don't think that's available on iOS. You can download it for Mac OS though.
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Aug 8, 2013 20:14
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Rhyno posted:Just got an email from Amazon telling me my CC should ship by mid October. Yeah I got it too. Goddamn. I guess I should look at Best Buy. Although, how accurate is their online store locator thing? It lists every store within like 50 miles as "unavailable"
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Aug 8, 2013 20:45
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myron cope posted:Yeah I got it too. Goddamn. I guess I should look at Best Buy. Although, how accurate is their online store locator thing? It lists every store within like 50 miles as "unavailable" Could call nearby stores to see if they have any in stock. [edit] Just called the one nearest me and the associate told me there's a shipment coming in tonight and that I should call tomorrow morning to put any I wish to purchase on hold for pickup. teagone fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 20:54
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The thing that bothers me is Google is once again shooting themselves in the foot with a hosed up product launch. They announce this cheap simple streaming solution and everyone gets excited about it. Then you can't buy it. But here's the rub, once you get people excited for something they weren't sure that they needed, they will find a way to make it happen. So now, these same people are going to be buying up other media streamers because they have the streaming bug and Google will have lower adoption numbers than they could have had if inventory was anything close to what it needed to be. I already have tons of ways to stream in my main entertainment area, but I was thinking of grabbing a Chromecast for my bedroom TV and returning the cable box. But now I can't get one. So I start thinking to myself "Well, this cable box is costing me $5.99 /month. Chromecast costs $35 and I can't get one for 3 months. So, if this is really the route I want to take for that TV, I could just buy a Roku now and it would cost me the same amount in the end."
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Aug 8, 2013 21:21
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Has anyone played a PC game then do a stream desktop to TV? How's the performance?
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Aug 8, 2013 21:39
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Geno posted:Has anyone played a PC game then do a stream desktop to TV? How's the performance? Tried to do this with a friends laptop and performance was like a slideshow with a couple seconds lag. His laptop isn't the fastest ever and I wasn't aware that streaming quality could be lowered, so that might help. Now that I think about it, it was probably a pretty high resolution as well.
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Aug 8, 2013 21:45
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Aug 8, 2013 21:46
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crm posted:Has there been an ios app put out yet? I don't really see how there will be since iOS apps can't change Wifi settings. Unless it's just a list of instructions to follow.
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Aug 8, 2013 21:47
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bull3964 posted:The thing that bothers me is Google is once again shooting themselves in the foot with a hosed up product launch. Their first mistake was giving it ONLY to Best Buy for brick and mortar stores. They would've done better to spread it out like they do the Nexus 7. I've seen that thing pretty much everywhere. Amazon, NewEgg, HSN, Staples, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Walmart, the previously mentioned Nebraska Furniture Mart, Target, Shopko, think I even saw some at Sears and Kmart. The Chromecast won't fail because of "not many features compared to the competition" (which is what a local station claimed about it, saying it wasn't worth the low-cost. Sadly enough, this local station is one of the most popular ones here so people WILL listen), it'll fail because you simply can't buy the thing. I'm not sure if people are already hawking it on eBay like they did the Nexus 4 or Straight Talk AT&T SIMs, but there's that too. Their second one? Giving it only to Best Buy.
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Aug 8, 2013 22:20
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The Nexus 4 was Play exclusive for months and just as hard to get at first.
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Aug 8, 2013 22:22
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Rhyno posted:The Nexus 4 was Play exclusive for months and just as hard to get at first. But the Nexus 4 was never marketed towards consumers like the Chromecast is. It's been mentioned everywhere, even on local news stations.
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Aug 8, 2013 22:58
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The issue at the moment is quantities, not where it's available. If there had been enough units, no one would care much about it only being available through three sources.
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Aug 8, 2013 23:29
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Tora Tora Torrents posted:I don't really see how there will be since iOS apps can't change Wifi settings. Unless it's just a list of instructions to follow. I recall that Google said the Chromecast would work on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows. Nihiliste posted:The issue at the moment is quantities, not where it's available. If there had been enough units, no one would care much about it only being available through three sources. This is the same problem they had with the Nexus 4. They didn't have many and ran out before it even shipped the first batch. LG even blamed Google for not ordering enough. Google blamed LG for not making enough. Granted, this time people have them but Google, again, didn't have enough and ran out. I don't think Google has much confidence in their physical items because they keep making or ordering small quantities. They're still thinking things will be like the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S which barely sold at all.
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Rhyno posted:The Nexus 4 was Play exclusive for months and just as hard to get at first. The nexus 4 was a complex phone. The chromecast is a cheap-rear end Marvell SoC stuck on a PCB with a little ram and two interface connections sandwiched between a cent's worth of plastic. Google should have been able to make enough to stuff in as a crackerjack prize.
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Aug 9, 2013 00:20
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There is a good-sized chunk of aluminum heat sink in there too.
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withak posted:There is a good-sized chunk of aluminum heat sink in there too. While I know JPMorgan is intentionally constraining aluminum supply to make money on commodities trading, I doubt aluminum shortage is the driving concern here.
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Aug 9, 2013 00:25
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Does the CC support Netflix profiles?
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kri kri posted:Does the CC support Netflix profiles? Only to the extent your phone/tablet does. All the chromecast does is display the content your phone/tablet tells it to.
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Aug 9, 2013 01:14
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Roku is scrambling to compete with the $35 wonderstick: http://blog.roku.com/blog/2013/08/08/updatedrokuapp/
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Aug 9, 2013 01:36
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I paid $70 for one because. Clearly Google needs to make them more expensive.
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Aug 9, 2013 02:02
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I ordered from Amazon on launch day, I won't see mine until mid October, and my local Best Buy has been out of stock since 15 minutes after they put them on the shelves. I was really, really excited about this thing, but the supply issue really just makes me want to go buy an AppleTV or Roku instead. Is google ever going to get product launches right? They'd be making money hand over fist if they had more than a few cases of these ready at launch.
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Viper_3000 posted:I ordered from Amazon on launch day, I won't see mine until mid October, and my local Best Buy has been out of stock since 15 minutes after they put them on the shelves. I was really, really excited about this thing, but the supply issue really just makes me want to go buy an AppleTV or Roku instead. Is google ever going to get product launches right? They'd be making money hand over fist if they had more than a few cases of these ready at launch. Amazon sold what, 750,000 of them the first day? I don't think anybody could have expected that.
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FYI, amazon says the chromecast isn't delayed and they had a mistaken date for shipments: http://chromecasters.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/amazon-says-chromecast-is-not-delayed.html
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Mister Fister posted:FYI, amazon says the chromecast isn't delayed and they had a mistaken date for shipments: "Chromecasters" blog from Australia? Seems legit. In all seriousness, like I said a week ago, this thing is a runner. Google will sell millions, provided they can actually make them fast enough. They hit the price sweet spot for an insta-purchase. And it's worth it. If supply catches up, they will dominate the streaming device marketshare for some time.
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Netflix seems to be working much better after the update. No Sleep of Death and the lock screen controls don't randomly disappear anymore.
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Aug 9, 2013 04:13
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Why does everyone need to have every one of the things Right Now?
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hotsauce posted:"Chromecasters" blog from Australia? Seems legit. The country that won't see Chromecast for at least a year. I'm dying here.
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