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FogHelmut posted:I stream 1080p movies all the time? Ditto. No major issues for me with the 3 that I have. An Ethernet adapter would do nothing for me anyway, because I'm not running cables. What am I, a farmer?
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Merv Burger posted:Dude keeps on triggering voice search on my phone when doing these examples. Xbox off
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Kirios posted:Absolutely, AC can't hang with that consistently. I'm just irritated it took them so long...first gen Chromecast is an absolute joke for anything beyond 480p. Your WiFi must have lots of interference. My 2nd gen Chromecasts have had no issues playing high bitrate content wirelessly. My 1st gen Chromecast did have issues with 1080p content here and there (I think that was a hardware limitation, not issues with WiFi), but I don't think I'd ever call its performance a joke.
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Kirios posted:Absolutely, AC can't hang with that consistently. I'm just irritated it took them so long...first gen Chromecast is an absolute joke for anything beyond 480p.
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They literally announced that they partnered with themselves.
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Kirios posted:Does it need the USB port? I power both of mine from the TV as I'm sure most do. Built into the power adapter, so you'd have to use that. You've still had the option for 3 years though.
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Don Lapre posted:They literally announced that they partnered with themselves. About time.
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Its really too bad ethernet over hdmi never got implemented in anything but cables.
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Thermopyle posted:The make or break thing with this Google Home thing is how good it is at recognizing your voice in your house compared to your phone thats always on you. Hard to put that on a feature list though other than say "it does it good". This is probably a non-issue. It'll have a really good mic array.
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teagone posted:Your WiFi must have lots of interference. My 2nd gen Chromecasts have had no issues playing high bitrate content wirelessly. My 1st gen Chromecast did have issues with 1080p content here and there (I think that was a hardware limitation, not issues with WiFi), but I don't think I'd ever call its performance a joke. Hardware limitation may be it. It's more of a distance thing for me personally...I'm not in an apartment so interference isn't really a thing (Nothing with an RSSI below, maybe, -75 at most ever hits my house). Still irritated I'd need the power adapter just for basic ethernet support and the new one's built in. Hooray, more adapters to plug in.
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Kirios posted:Does it need the USB port? I power both of mine from the TV as I'm sure most do. Most TV's don't do this, and infact you are likely using the maintenance port on the TV which can brick the TV since it's not a real USB port. Thermopyle posted:The make or break thing with this Google Home thing is how good it is at recognizing your voice in your house compared to your phone thats always on you. Hard to put that on a feature list though other than say "it does it good". Ok Google. Everything in the house beeps. When I had a Moto 360, and a Nexus 9, and my Nexus 5, when I'd say "hey google" for my watch, everything I owned lit up.
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No...they aren't the maintenance port. They're data ports and they send more than enough to power the Chromecasts.
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Don Lapre posted:Its really too bad ethernet over hdmi never got implemented in anything but cables. HEC was a great idea that should have been used.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Most TV's don't do this, and infact you are likely using the maintenance port on the TV which can brick the TV since it's not a real USB port Huh? Most TVs from the last few years have a usb port for playing videos from a drive or whatever Mine has 3 for some reason
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Don Lapre posted:Its really too bad ethernet over hdmi never got implemented in anything but cables. This is the real answer. It's still not as efficient as CAT-6, but it's far more consistent than power inline or wireless.
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Kirios posted:Still irritated I'd need the power adapter just for basic ethernet support and the new one's built in. Hooray, more adapters to plug in. I'm pretty sure the new Chromecast Ultra is just bundled with a power adapter that has the ethernet port, the one I linked earlier that you can buy for $15. I don't think the ethernet port is actually on the Chromecast Ultra itself.
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Skarsnik posted:Huh? Most TVs from the last few years have a usb port for playing videos from a drive or whatever Even then they aren't designed to power something. it may work, but it's not supposed to.
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Kirios posted:2nd gen Chromecast struggles doing 1080p at times and because it's on 5 Ghz the range is terrible. First gen is only GN so even basic 720p causes it to struggle. An ethernet port was an obvious choice and should have happened earlier. I stream plenty of movies from Google Play onto my gen 2 Chromecast and it never struggles, it's your network.
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Kirios posted:Hardware limitation may be it. It's more of a distance thing for me personally...I'm not in an apartment so interference isn't really a thing (Nothing with an RSSI below, maybe, -75 at most ever hits my house). Yeah about that... quote:Google says the Ultra is its fastest Chromecast, regardless if you have a 4K TV or not, loading videos 1.8 times faster than the standard Chromecast, thanks to improved Wi-Fi connectivity. The company is also including an Ethernet port on the power adapter for users whose Wi-Fi connections may not be able to handle 4K streams. http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/4/13098438/google-chromecast-ultra-4k-youtube-streaming-device-announced-price
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Even then they aren't designed to power something. it may work, but it's not supposed to. One of mine has a big 5v label on it 
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I definitely want Home, it looks rad. Rumour was it's $129 USD? also I don't know if I should get the new Chromecast if I don't do 4k, if it's faster on 1080p than the 2nd gen one then why not? e:fb nice
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Why would you ever watch TV with only voice controls? How do you mute it with out yelling "GOOGLE MUTE" or how do you tune the volume, or how do you pause it quickly? When I watch Hulu with my CC it's always a pain since the volume of all the hulu pre-videos are wildly different, and then the show volume is super low.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Even then they aren't designed to power something. it may work, but it's not supposed to. Thats not true, a number of them even advertise the power rating on the port specifically for this reason.
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https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone What the hell, $18.99 for expedited shipping and it's not even 2 day? 
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Protocol7 posted:I stream plenty of movies from Google Play onto my gen 2 Chromecast and it never struggles, it's your network. The only luck I've ever had is wired to AC wireless on the Chromecast and the Chromecast has to be right next to the router for 4k Video. Wired to AC and GN to AC for 1080p is mostly fine with hitches here and there, which sucks.
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air- posted:https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone atleast 3 people in this thread have already bought and sold one
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Oh good so far it's sounding like the rumor that Home wouldn't allow apps on that were on Echo was incorrect. Whew. Might grab one now.
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Skarsnik posted:Oh god £599 in the uk Add 20% tax. Maths, you've done it.
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Tunga posted:650USD = 500GBP. Its still really loving expensive
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Kirios posted:The only luck I've ever had is wired to AC wireless on the Chromecast and the Chromecast has to be right next to the router for 4k Video. Wired to AC and GN to AC for 1080p is mostly fine with hitches here and there, which sucks. Your poo poo is busted dude, haha. I don't even have an AC capable router and my 2nd gen Chromecasts can play 1080p/~20-30Mbps bitrate content from my Plex server on 5GHz WiFi without any issue. Also lol at how abruptly the stream ended. BYE.
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RIP my Nexus 6 and 6 inches screens...looks like Google isn't interested in anything beyond 5.5 long term.  Edit: wow, that was an abrupt ending
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That was an abrupt ending. "I would like to say good by to everyone joining us on the live stream" *Stream cuts off*
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"with that, gently caress off Internet"
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