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kitten smoothie posted:So what's this about the Netflix offer going away? This blog is correct that Google removed the mention of it from the Play store landing page. Sucks, still want one. I've lived without Netflix before.  It's probably due to people overbuying it JUST for the Netflix bonus. At least it'll be easier to find now.
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Jul 25, 2013 23:10
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Looks like the Chromecast may soon support the Revision3, Pandora, and Songza apps. Oh, and a little app called HBO Go. http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/25/chromecast-hbo-go-dial/
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Jul 26, 2013 05:19
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Jul 26, 2013 05:19
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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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Jul 26, 2013 19:32
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http://gigaom.com/2013/07/29/chromecast-vimeo-redbox-instant-plex/ Vimeo and Redbox have all spoken out that they will officially support Chromecast in the future. Plex has stated they've ordered some for testing and have noticed that people are excited. HBO Go is in talks with Google.
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Jul 30, 2013 19:31
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Red Warrior posted:Looks like my local Best Buy might have just got some in stock. Are people still getting the Netflix credit with them from Best Buy? My fiancee got his on Tuesday and it still had free Netflix on it. I'd say Best Buy might have stock with the code until mid-August.
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Aug 1, 2013 16:15
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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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Aug 7, 2013 00:24
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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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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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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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Aug 9, 2013 00:03
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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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Aug 9, 2013 06:33
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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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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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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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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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Amazon now has the Chromecast as well. Whoops, thought they did. Forgot to clear my cache of the page from a few weeks ago.
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Aug 27, 2013 23:11
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taqueso posted:Managed to try out multi-user YouTube queue with 2x Nexus 7 and an iPhone 4s. When my roommate connected the 2nd Nexus midway through, it cleared the entire queue, which was disappointing. At some point, one of the 7s lost access to the currently playing/queue information. It could still queue stuff up, though. Otherwise, everything worked pretty nicely. The only automatic next episode playing I've seen is on my fiancee's Xbox 360. I don't even think it does it on my PS3...not sure.
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Aug 29, 2013 19:48
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http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/12/chromecast-update.html Looks like the latest update to Chromecast, Build 14651, has an updated home screen along with bug fixes. So far, no one knows what it looks like since it's a slow rollout. The techie blogs claim it's a minor update, but they fail to realize that it's a major revision from the old 13300 to the new 14651. Also, they're techie blogs so...yeah. The hackathon will be Thursday, December 7 to Friday, December 8th. Looks like the SDK will go public around that time.
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Dec 4, 2013 20:12
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http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-chromecast-apps-for-holidays.html VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, PostTV, Viki, Revision 3, BeyondPod, Plex, Avia, and RealPlayer Cloud are all available on Chromecast as of today.
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Dec 10, 2013 17:15
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Looks like you'll need a subscription to PlexPass to use Plex with Chromecast.
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Dec 10, 2013 17:36
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Geno posted:Plex requiring a sub makes me think it won't be awhile until the SDK is open No, it's just Plex doing this for their paid members because they give them the newest stuff. They'll probably release it for non-sub members in a couple of months.
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Dec 10, 2013 18:37
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If you buy a Chromecast and Nexus 7 together from Google Play starting today, you'll get $32 in Google Play credit.
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Dec 10, 2013 20:37
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Mister Fister posted:drat, no Vimeo yet. Did they open up their SDK to developers or is this update a closed developer thing? Seems like it's still closed developer.
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Dec 11, 2013 01:42
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joe football posted:Is there any consensus yet on what needs to be done to be able to stream from a wired PC hooked up to a router? All the random ideas I've tried from the internet so far have not worked I can stream from a wired PC hooked up to a router just fine...what errors are you getting? Are you trying to stream a tab or the desktop or YouTube or something?
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Dec 12, 2013 00:33
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Hmm... could it be a firewall or VPN issue?
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Dec 12, 2013 00:37
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/1son19/til_google_drive_supports_chromecasting/ It looks like Chromecast will soon be able to handle Presentations from Google Drive.
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Dec 12, 2013 18:23
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Jerk McJerkface posted:I wonder if Aero is going to release a Chromecast app. I live in the NYC metro area, so I may be to able to sign up for the NYC service. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57615121-93/aereo-testing-chromecast-app/ Actually, Aereo is testing a Chromecast app right now. CNET posted:NEW YORK -- Aereo plans to launch on Chromecast, with the over-the-air broadcast streamer now testing an app for Google's $35 HDMI dongle, Chief Executive Chet Kanojia said Tuesday. edit: gently caress, beaten
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Dec 12, 2013 21:51
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http://gigaom.com/2013/12/13/chromecast-in-2014-an-open-sdk-big-international-plans-and-maybe-even-new-devices/ Google talked to GigaOM about the Chromecast...looks like they have a lot of big ideas for it in 2014, including international support, the ability for "any" app to use the open Google Cast SDK (which will be made public next year), and possibly new devices that use the Google Cast SDK.
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Dec 15, 2013 05:48
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virtualboyCOLOR posted:Nope. Just got it as a Christmas present, don't own an android device or anything google related, and wanted to jump in on it. I vaguely read a few things about it and thought it was like XBMC or something similar. Looks like its a streaming device so I was curious if its possible to hack it to turn it into something cooler like streaming my entire windows desktop. You can stream the entire Windows desktop. You need the Google Chrome browser and the Google Cast extension to stream your desktop and Google Chrome tabs.
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Dec 16, 2013 06:53
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teagone posted:poo poo, really? I don't have plex pass, but drat I thought the plex/web support would come a lot later. I just tried it. There's a Cast button, Google Cast Extension notices it, but it only has Local playback to your computer if you click it, not to the Chromecast.
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Dec 16, 2013 10:14
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teagone posted:Uhh... not sure if this is intended or not, but for anyone who has Plex and isn't a PlexPass subscriber, you can get around not being able to cast from the iOS/Android app by casting directly from https://www.plex.tv/web on your Mac/PC. I tried it with another Plex account/server that isn't Premium/PlexPass and it works just fine. I'm just going to accept this as my Christmas gift from Plex (and from you for letting us know). Thank you! 
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Dec 25, 2013 07:24
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Nihiliste posted:Coincidentally, the page for the Android app on Google Play now says that casting will be coming to all users once it's out of a "trial" period. However long that is. It's been that way for a while. They'll probably keep it exclusive for a few months.
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There's talk on Plex's forums that they may not actually let everyone use Plex on Chromecast until probably 5-6 months from know considering all of their features they promised to have available to all months ago. This isn't really looking good for everyone to use Plex. In the mean time, I might get Plex Pass lifetime...is Plex for Chromecast actually worth that?
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Jan 22, 2014 01:33
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teagone posted:You could always just do the 2.99 a month plan to see if it's worth it to you. I might give this a shot. Thanks for the response! Geno posted:This isn't surprising at all. This actually might affect the Chromecast's popularity. There are people on Plex's forums returning their device just because of what Plex is doing. The common population doesn't even know what Plex is but they hear that "that new Roku thing can do more" and of course there's Apple TV so who knows. Google really needs to get that SDK out fast.
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Jan 22, 2014 02:17
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Hurray! I wonder if Android screen /desktop display mirroring/extending will be a possibility. Koush Dutta made a huge stink about it being available but only for Google or whatever. So it is possible but maybe everyone can do it now.
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Karthe posted:After spending way too long futzing around with AllCast and Avia+PS3 Media Server, I caved and bought a month of Plex Pass. I'm amazed at how it Just Works - after setting up the couple of folders I have everything stored in, I was able to successfully cast a few videos in my hodge podge of a collection with absolutely no issues. Point it to the Chromecast, play a video, and bam, it's streaming in the living room. The only thing that's happened officially is them ignoring questions when asked on their forums after previously deleting them when brought up on the initial blog post when it all went down. It's speculated that it may be at least 6 months as there are a lot of Plex Pass features that were supposed to be separated by now such as the ability to save videos for offline viewing. That was supposed to be made into a separate subscription but Plex Pass owners would get a discount. It's not happened yet. Honestly, it doesn't look like we'll see public Chromecast for a while but that may not matter as the SDK is finally public. We should see more and more ways to use the Chromecast soon and Plex aren't the only ones who do local video stuff (they just do it well enough that you don't need to worry about codecs).
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Now that Google Play Services 4.2 is finally out to all Android devices as of today, the Google Play Services SDK (which includes the Google Cast API) is now available. Previously, only the Google Cast SDK was public but that didn't really mean anything as the API wasn't. When asked why Pocket Casts wasn't jumping to be on Chromecast, the devs responded on Twitter that the SDK wasn't fully public. Now it is. Now we should start seeing a large group of Cast-capable apps since the SDK and API are both public. This took Google WAY too long but hopefully it still works out in their favor. https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AndroidDevelopers/posts/E6hpQxaoL18
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Feb 14, 2014 00:42
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/1yab6z/important_message_from_your_friendly_mod_team/ Reddit wants Google to do a Chromecast AMA. However, Google wants to know exactly what people would want to know before they do it to know who to send and if they can do it without giving away anything private. So, Reddit mods are asking people to give some questions and ideas so Google knows.
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The Dude posted:Also, it seems like they've adopted an unofficial 4-6 month exclusivity rule for "beta" features, so Chromecast support should be coming to the free version of Plex server within a few months. Did they finally make it so everyone can download media to mobile devices? I recall them doing that and it bring a separate subscription than Plex Pass.
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