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In memory of the Chromecast

On 2024-08-06, Google killed the Chromecast line and replaced it with a more traditional streaming box, the Google TV Streamer 4K moving ...

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Chromecast was the Miracast usurper.

Long live miracast

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- Just read about it, so is it like an open standard Google Cast/Airplay type thing?
  
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  It was the open standard, then Google broke it and introduced Chromecast.
  
  And they've polluted the wording so that Chromecast means both the device, and the protocol, etc etc
  
  I look forward to seeing what they rename the streaming protocol to. Maybe it will still be called chromecast
  
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- Honestly I had problems with every Miracast device I ever used. Beamers and TVs always broke connections randomly. Most of the time pairing didn't even work and failed without an error.
  
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I love the warning at the bottom of that page

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- WARNING: This blog kills fascists.
  
  Read at your own discretion.
  
  Feel free to use that warning anywhere.
  
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So I have two Chromecasts, and this sucks, didn't really want to replace them eith boxes (once they die). What viable replacements are there?

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- Buy a small PC, get one of those keyboard and trackpad things that is the form factor of a TV remote. It's more expensive but nobody can deprecate it from you and you can stream anything you could stream to a web browser or torrent onto a hard drive. I did it earlier this year and regret not doing it sooner.
  
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  That’s basically what the first Chromecast engineer saw his wife doing that inspired him to think up the Chromecast…
  
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  This is only viable if you're a savvy pirate. Streaming services are limiting you to 720p unless you're on some smart TV platform now
  
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- I just use 50ft HDMI cables now. I use a VLC remote control with my phone to load videos and play them.
  
  I've given up on most companies though, they are all failures in my eyes.
  
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- ebay a few now before the prices go up and put them in a closet.
  
  I am actively using 11 Chromecast Audios (long since EOL) in my house to send music to multi channel amps feeding speakers in my house. I ordered 5 of them within the last 6mo from Japan (ebay) at an inflated cost, but they are still available.
  
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I still have my Chromecast. I love it. It's so easy to use and fast. I really only watch streaming and don't want to spend a lot of money on a new smart TV when my old TV still works. I have a small fire TV and it sucks, Amazon makes them cheap and it often crashes trying to load streaming services, never had an issue with the $30 Chromecast.

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- I use Apple TV at home and had my Chromecast with me when travelling for a decade now. Brave little thing.
  
  And yes, Fire TV sucks monkey balls. It either dies immediately or gets problems after a few weeks.
  
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Did Google ever write that they are actually discontinuing the older Chromecasts? I only see that they released a new device that does not have the name Chromecast.

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- https://blog.google/products/google-nest/chromecast-history/
  
  After 11 years and over 100 million devices sold, we're ending production of Chromecast, which will now only be available while supplies last.
  
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  Thanks!
  
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