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Thermopyle posted:Why does everyone need to have every one of the things Right Now? The only reason the Chromecast is flying off the shelves is it's $35 and used to come with a free Netflix promotion. The only people who really bought it as a consumer were the people who wanted it because it's $35. I'm pretty sure no one outside of people who frequent the Internet regularly (nerds? geeks? Whatever they're called now) knew it even came with a free Netflix subscription. Since it had that, people bought it and flooded Best Buy's stores just to buy multiple copies of it. It most likely freaked out Netflix who killed the promotion early. However, since Best Buy still had stock that still had the promotion, nerds ran to buy it anyway and cleaned Best Buy out. Basically, the price is right and there was a promotion.  Once Google realizes it's okay to have a bit too much stock of something, we'll probably be okay. But that may never happen because they've done it with the Nexus 4 and now the Chromecast. The price is so low, people were buying it just because it could satisfy an impulse buy and maybe not break the bank in the process. Also free Netflix. I wonder how much of the general public will buy the Chromecast once BB gets stock without the Netflix promo still attached. Most of the non-techie places I've noticed all say it's not worth buying because the Roku and Apple TV still do more and thus are worth their higher price points. Jesus...this post became incredibly long..
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ThermoPhysical posted:Most of the non-techie places I've noticed all say it's not worth buying because the Roku and Apple TV still do more and thus are worth their higher price points. I honestly have only used my Roku once or twice in the days after I received my Chromecast; it's so much more convenient to just cast everything from my phone/tablet/computer. Also the Roku doesn't do YouTube that well, and the Apple TV is only able to speak to Apple products. I enjoy the fact that when my brother, parents, or friends are over they can all stream poo poo to my TV despite owning a plethora of devices. All that for $35 is kind of ridiculous.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:38
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ThermoPhysical posted:The only reason the Chromecast is flying off the shelves is it's $35 and used to come with a free Netflix promotion. The promotion wasn't ended early. They had a fixed number of codes to give out and they ran out. What's your source on people stockpiling multiple Chromecasts? You can only redeem the code once so I don't see the point in that.
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Aug 9, 2013 07:32
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Tora Tora Torrents posted:The promotion wasn't ended early. They had a fixed number of codes to give out and they ran out. What's the source on them running out of codes? I didn't read anything about that. Mostly just that it ended early. As for people stockpiling, there's quite a few people on eBay selling more than one Chromecast. Also there was someone here who redeemed two codes and it worked fine.
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Aug 9, 2013 07:52
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ThermoPhysical posted:What's the source on them running out of codes? I didn't read anything about that. Mostly just that it ended early. The Netflix offer was always marked as "while supplies last", not sure how that amounts to ending early.
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Aug 9, 2013 08:01
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hotsauce posted:"Chromecasters" blog from Australia? Seems legit. xcore posted:The country that won't see Chromecast for at least a year. I'm dying here. Here's Cnet (linking from the WSJ) saying the same thing you jerks  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57597717-93/amazon-says-oops-chromecast-not-delayed-after-all/
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Aug 9, 2013 14:42
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That only covers people who ordered early though. For people ordering now, it's still 2-3 months which is silly.
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Aug 9, 2013 16:07
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I don't run Cyanogenmod, but hopefully this will work its way into something you can install on anything http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/08/09/koush-demonstrates-streaming-to-chromecast-with-any-media-app-on-cyanogenmod/ quote:Ever since Jelly Bean, the reasons to switch to a custom ROM (as opposed to a stock, rooted build) have been slowly shrinking. But today ClockworkMod Recovery developer Koushik "Koush" Dutta gave us a reason to be incredibly excited for upcoming builds of CyanogenMod. With a little tweaking of the famous ROM family, he's managed to integrate Chromecast streaming across the system, making any video or audio app compatible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTWHL30gyg4
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Aug 9, 2013 16:12
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Sendo posted:The Netflix offer was always marked as "while supplies last", not sure how that amounts to ending early. The articles I read were all posted immediately after they stopped the promo, probably got all mixed up in the confusion of it, oops. Maybe it was more the promotion and less the price?
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Aug 9, 2013 16:58
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ThermoPhysical posted:The price is so low, people were buying it just because it could satisfy an impulse buy and maybe not break the bank in the process. Also free Netflix. At $35, even ignoring the Netflix promo, it is under the decision threshold of "if I forgot this in a hotel, would I care?" I suppose the $40 Roku falls under that heading too, but not an Apple TV.
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Aug 9, 2013 17:06
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FogHelmut posted:I don't run Cyanogenmod, but hopefully this will work its way into something you can install on anything I've never put a mod on my phone, but I'm really tempted to do this. Except that the DNA isn't really supported. I'm really regretting this phone :\
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Aug 9, 2013 17:09
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kitten smoothie posted:At $35, even ignoring the Netflix promo, it is under the decision threshold of "if I forgot this in a hotel, would I care?" I suppose the $40 Roku falls under that heading too, but not an Apple TV. The Roku would sort of count too, but I don't see it working that way for most consumers. They want features now, not waiting until later. I could see the Roku winning out that battle for non-tech people. If working for HSN and ShopNBC have taught me anything, people would gladly pay more for features than less for less features (in their eyes anyway). I do still agree it's cheap enough to impulse buy, but you could also return it and just buy the Roku too. I'd say it's tough to tell until more units ship.
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Aug 9, 2013 17:13
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The market will probably change some also after more third-party apps are supported.
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ThermoPhysical posted:The only reason the Chromecast is flying off the shelves is it's $35 and used to come with a free Netflix promotion. That's not what I was asking. I understand why people want this thing. I don't understand why people have to have it Right Now and then complain when it's out of stock. Just wait until it's available!
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Aug 9, 2013 17:56
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But I want it now!
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Aug 9, 2013 17:57
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Does the chromecast have a built in browser at all? I'm basically wondering how it operates with click through agreements for hotel wifi systems. Thermopyle posted:That's not what I was asking. I understand why people want this thing. I don't understand why people have to have it Right Now and then complain when it's out of stock. Just wait until it's available! Because it's very frustrating, in this day an age, for someone to show off a new product, showcase all it's features, and then say "naww, you can't have it yet." Also, google is the master of this. I'm the same way right now about the Zenbook Infinity that Asus showed off earlier this year. I want it NOW, not Q4. Don't even tell me it exists yet if I can't buy it. It's also just bad from a marketing perspective. You lose the buzz from your unveiling after they quietly make it back into stores months down the line. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Thermopyle posted:That's not what I was asking. I understand why people want this thing. I don't understand why people have to have it Right Now and then complain when it's out of stock. Just wait until it's available! Apologies, completely misunderstood. Now my giant post was for nothing.  I agree with bull though.
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Aug 9, 2013 18:09
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bull3964 posted:
Would you rather know about the product sooner or wait longer until they have a lot of stock? I mean, the only difference between the universe we're in now and the universe where there's plenty of stock is that you don't know about the product for a month or two or three or whatever. Personally, I'd rather know about the product as soon as possible. Hell, if they would run a real-time blog detailing how the design and manufacture of a product goes from the very inception that would be awesome. bull3964 posted:It's also just bad from a marketing perspective. You lose the buzz from your unveiling after they quietly make it back into stores months down the line. Sure, but that's their problem, not mine. You could make the argument that the device becomes less valuable to have when less people in total have it, which is what you end up with if the marketing falls flat, but...it's a $35 dollar device that out of the box provides a ton of value.
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Eh, it's just best not to over-think it. Google made a product that's an impulse buy and I can't impulse buy it. It's as simple as that, frustration. It's as much about scratching the impulse buy itch is it is getting the product itself. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Aug 9, 2013 18:27
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drat, I was going to go to BB this morning at like 11 since the associate I called yesterday said they were getting a shipment in last night, but they already sold out the moment they opened. The gently caress. Are employees able to buy items before they hit the shelves or something?
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Aug 9, 2013 18:50
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Employees probably buy them first thing then put them on ebay for $70-100.
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teagone posted:drat, I was going to go to BB this morning at like 11 since the associate I called yesterday said they were getting a shipment in last night, but they already sold out the moment they opened. The gently caress. Are employees able to buy items before they hit the shelves or something?  ing their website, not camping the front door.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I believe stock for in-store pickup releases at some point overnight, so you should have been up I didn't have the the time this morning to be hawking the Best Buy site . No big deal, I can wait for my second Chromecast. I'm just amazed how fast this thing sells out.
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Thermopyle posted:That's not what I was asking. I understand why people want this thing. I don't understand why people have to have it Right Now and then complain when it's out of stock. Just wait until it's available! Consumerism helps us forget that we are powerless in the face of a horribly corrupt system designed to limit our social mobility that is also killing the planet. We need a dopamine fix somehow.
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bull3964 posted:Does the chromecast have a built in browser at all? To get Chromecast working in a hotel, you'll probably need your own wireless router or other device that's capable of creating a hotspot and sharing a connection with it.
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FogHelmut posted:I don't run Cyanogenmod, but hopefully this will work its way into something you can install on anything As a CM user, this is awesome news and further cements my CC purchase... as soon as they're actually purchasable, that is.
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FogHelmut posted:I don't run Cyanogenmod, but hopefully this will work its way into something you can install on anything Seems like it should be possible to have a Chromecast app/service installed that pops up in the normal Share menu, like what everything else uses.
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FlyingCheese posted:As a CM user, this is awesome news and further cements my CC purchase... as soon as they're actually purchasable, that is. Yeah, my phone/tablet is pretty much the ultimate Plex remote now. Still excited to see when Plex officially bakes the Chromecast button into the actual app though 
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FogHelmut posted:I don't run Cyanogenmod, but hopefully this will work its way into something you can install on anything This is amazing- Koush is the man.
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bull3964 posted:Does the chromecast have a built in browser at all? Does not work on hotel networks at all. That and I could never get it to work with my hotel TV due to it being locked down and not accepting HDMI inputs. Source: me, as I've been in hotels for the past 4 months. Edit: in case anyone is wondering how I confirmed it doesn't work on a hotel network when the TV HDMI is locked down...I stayed at a different hotel last week where it did work on the TV. Didn't work on the hotel's network where you have to authenticate. hotsauce fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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FogHelmut posted:I don't run Cyanogenmod, but hopefully this will work its way into something you can install on anything That's pretty awesome. Will be even better if they will add something so you could mirror your phones screen to the chromecast for browsing your gallery, using browser, maybe even simple games would mirror. I copy/pasted your post to the rooted thread btw.
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The only two things keeping this from being an absolutely killer device are no 5ghz wifi and Google not ponying up for audio decoders for Chrome's integrated media player. That said it's 100% worth the $12 or whatever it is after the Netflix promo, even just as a cool toy.
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I was just browsing the amazon marketplace and there's roughly 40 just launched sellers trying to get $60+ out of these things.
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My order on the Play store from July 25 just shipped.
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hotsauce posted:Does not work on hotel networks at all. That and I could never get it to work with my hotel TV due to it being locked down and not accepting HDMI inputs. If the hdmi appears locked down, unplug the LodgeNet RJ11 poo poo from the back of the TV, restart the TV and try to access the input again.
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Welp, I just built a HTPC instead. The Chromecast is a cool little device. It really just turns your TV into a smart-tv-lite. As long as the app you're using supports casting, it's great. As long as the video you play in a chrome tab uses a supported codec, it's great. As soon as you try to venture out past its stated features, it doesn't work. I mean, I'm able to cast MKVs of my DVD collection on to my tv, but it's less convenient than XBMC, or transcoding it to a PS3 compatible format and just streaming it directly over the network that way. Also I cancelled my netflix account years ago because they were doing that "we'll only send you the lovely ones" shell game with me. Thankfully a spare motherboard and CPU turned up and I'm able to use that instead. CrazyLittle fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Aug 10, 2013 |
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Does it happen to anyone else when casting videos to YouTube the audio get out of sync after a while? The only way I can remedy it is by rebooting Chromecast (at least to my knowledge). [Edit] Only have seen it happen when I cast youtube videos from my phone so far. teagone fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Aug 10, 2013 |
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I had that problem happen with other videos I was trying to cast from within Chrome. So no, not Youtube, but definitely out of sync audio (by several seconds). The only fix I found for my audio issue (without rebooting)was to stop/start the video and then skip back to where I was.
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teagone posted:Does it happen to anyone else when casting videos to YouTube the audio get out of sync after a while? The only way I can remedy it is by rebooting Chromecast (at least to my knowledge). How do you reboot the Chromecast? Just unplug and replug it?
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Rubicon posted:How do you reboot the Chromecast? Just unplug and replug it? You can push the reset button on the device itself, or reboot it remotely via the application you installed on your PC/Mac to initially set it up.
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