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Google Chromecast WiFi HDMI
Site details the new $35 device. Plug the dongle into an HDMI port and stream video over WiFi. Looks to be app based rather than require android, which is a plus. Biggest drawback that I see right now is it requires a micro usb plugged in for power.
Still, at $35 bucks, WiFi based, setting up a power supply for it seems to be a pretty good option.
Still, at $35 bucks, WiFi based, setting up a power supply for it seems to be a pretty good option.
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- If you mean with use with the OR, I think this would be a good temporary fix. Let's just hope the latency isn't too bad.
- I got the impression it's not actually streaming the video, just sending commands like "load particular movie", "seek to 1:15", "pause", etc.
"eshan" wrote:
I got the impression it's not actually streaming the video, just sending commands like "load particular movie", "seek to 1:15", "pause", etc.
That is correct. It tells the TV to fetch streaming video content from a separate network connection. It is basically a wireless remote control that just happens to plug into the HDMI port.
It also needs to be periodically plugged into a USB port to recharge its battery.- It does screen sharing too (via Chrome on a PC), so technically it can be used as a wireless display device. There is some questions as to if it will be able to Miracast (it might), and some Miracast implementations are pretty low latency (one vendor claims "as low as 20ms"), but it's not clear yet if it will, and if it does, if it's done in hardware or software.
FYI, the WiiU uses Miracast over 802.11n (5GHz) for the WiiU tablet. If you've used one of those, you have an idea about what the latency of Miracast is like. "guspaz" wrote:
It does screen sharing too (via Chrome on a PC), so technically it can be used as a wireless display device. There is some questions as to if it will be able to Miracast (it might), and some Miracast implementations are pretty low latency (one vendor claims "as low as 20ms"), but it's not clear yet if it will, and if it does, if it's done in hardware or software.
FYI, the WiiU uses Miracast over 802.11n (5GHz) for the WiiU tablet. If you've used one of those, you have an idea about what the latency of Miracast is like.
Interesting. And yeah, didn't read too much into the chromecast.- I should clarify that the current screen sharing is basically like remote desktop and would have super horrible latency, and if you want to do Miracast with low latency, both ends have to be doing it in hardware (even if the ChromeCast does end up supporting it, it would probably be in software).
- Egh, well screw that then.
