![]() ![]() The short answer is no, but I really wish it could. I knew right away that it could replace my WD TV Live streaming media box in my bedroom without a second thought, but it got me wondering whether it could replace my HTPC. Google Home with a Chromecastįive all-in-one keyboards and touchpads for your HTPC ![]() In most cases you can use a USB port on your TV to power the Chromecast. The Chromecast also comes with an “HDMI” extension making you more flexible to connect it to your TV. The down-side: the Chromecast does not support 5Ghz wifi which typically provides better bandwidth. This probably works anywhere in the world, providing there’s enough bandwidth. Instant access to all of my Plex content! I plugged in the Chromecast, connected it to the network and used my iPhone Plex app to move the stream to the Chromecast. The house we rented had internet and a TV with HDMI. So for that I use a button on my TV remote.Īn even greater use-case turned up when I went on Holiday for a week. Auto switching back to the cable decoder is not possible because the Chromecast, when awake, will always send an image. To change to the source of my TV to the HDMI output of the Chromecast I had to set it to auto-detect. Now you can close the iPhone app and continue watching. The iPhone Plex app ($ 4.99) can also be another app, and Android phone or an application/browser on your computer. The iPhone Plex app tells the Chromecast to pull I started the Plex App on my iPhone, played a video and pressed “send to Chromecast”. When it arrived it was connected within 5 minutes using the iPhone Chromecast app. Samsung TV with Plex app? Nice but I don’t have a Samsung TVĪ couple of weeks ago I ordered a Chromecast for € 35, an amount that allows you to buy it, decide it’s crap and give it to someone else.One of the main requests was a huge W.A.F. As a dear friend of mine says: “Why do I need it? Feeling beats relevancy”įor years I have been searching for the best & cheapest way to connect my Plex media server to my TV. ![]() There was an unexplainable attraction but not enough to conquer the “why DO I need it?”. For quite a long time the Google Chromecast had been sitting in my mind. ![]()
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