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Chromecast available in Argos now. €40

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  • #122
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Guys, have a spare reservation code for Argos in Naas if anyone needs it.

    Brother sorted me with one from the north earlier, Argos texted me with my reservation code for one I had ordered about an hour later.

    First in with pm will get it.

    Good until close of business, 14th may.


  • #123
    mugs11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭mugs11


    If anyone is using this with the Zyxel P660 router could you let me know how you got it to work. Having zero luck here.


  • #124
    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    mugs11 wrote: »
    If anyone is using this with the Zyxel P660 router could you let me know how you got it to work. Having zero luck here.

    You most likely need to change the channel the router broadcasts on, chromecasts seem to only able to see channels 1-10.


  • #125
    mugs11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭mugs11


    Tried that. Went to Network > Wireless (LAN) > Channel Selection

    And then I tried every channel but to no avail.


  • #126
    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    mugs11 wrote: »
    Tried that. Went to Network > Wireless (LAN) > Channel Selection

    And then I tried every channel but to no avail.

    Seems your not the only one to have a problem with that router. Time to get it replaced I think.


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  • #127
    Lucious Sweet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭Lucious Sweet


    Fresh Pots wrote: »
    Seems your not the only one to have a problem with that router. Time to get it replaced I think.

    Yep, I had one of them routers from Eircom and Chromecast wouldn't work. I phoned them up, explained the story and they sent out a new router, no questions.


  • #128
    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    Pardon my ignorance, but what other benefits have this got, as i'm used to playing files off a memory stick on the mediaplayer on my Samsung TV.
    I've also got wifi on my bluray player, could i use that as an advantage?

    Could the chromecast be handy for streaming football?

    Thanks.


  • #129
    DK224
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭DK224


    Lucious Sweet wrote: »
    Yep, I had one of them routers from Eircom and Chromecast wouldn't work. I phoned them up, explained the story and they sent out a new router, no questions.

    I also had the same problems with my older Zyxel P660 router but got the newer d1000 router sent out by Eircom and Chromecast has worked perfectly since


  • #130
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    mugs11 wrote: »
    Tried that. Went to Network > Wireless (LAN) > Channel Selection

    And then I tried every channel but to no avail.

    It doesn't work with that router from what I can see - I got one at Xmas for my mate and he had to wait for his Fibre install when he got his new router for it to work....


  • #131
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    My Zyxel P660 Eircom lumbered me with works fine with the Chromecasts (both US ones bought on ebay) I have, with no settings or anything else changed from default. I Must have got lucky somehow or another.


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  • #132
    clintondaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭clintondaly


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057056609&page=42

    Just a reminder, but there is an extensive thread on the chromecast at the above location too.


  • #133
    odddavey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭odddavey


    Spotted over on hukd- Miracast
    20 +5 PP and possibly parcel motel 3.50
    approx 35 euro all in

    https://www.dealcloud.co.uk/National/-19-99-for-a-Miracast-streaming-media-player-for-all-Android-devices/349405?awc=4778_1400069370_705d3d73365ece140595863008b2e0f8

    chromecast any better?


  • #134
    moodrater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    odddavey wrote: »
    Spotted over on hukd- Miracast
    20 +5 PP and possibly parcel motel 3.50
    approx 35 euro all in

    https://www.dealcloud.co.uk/National/-19-99-for-a-Miracast-streaming-media-player-for-all-Android-devices/349405?awc=4778_1400069370_705d3d73365ece140595863008b2e0f8

    chromecast any better?

    Despite being a supposed standard lots of miracast senders and receivers won't actually work together. Plus you'll get that same thing from china for €18 and probably have it in the same time.


  • #135
    trev44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭trev44


    Fresh Pots wrote: »
    Seems your not the only one to have a problem with that router. Time to get it replaced I think.

    ive had huge problems with that router in the past.. its a POS.. i could not get it to allow network traffic internally (exactly what the chromecast needs)

    bin it..


  • #136
    flemishgael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭flemishgael


    Doesn't Mac Airplay do exactly the same to my apple tv and wd tv live? Not sure if it makes sense to get a chromecast.


  • #137
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,761 ✭✭✭degsie


    flemishgael wrote: »
    Doesn't Mac Airplay do exactly the same to my apple tv and wd tv live? Not sure if it makes sense to get a chromecast.

    It's different in that the chromecast only receives a 'command' from your android device and then it goes and fetches the media itself. You can turn off your android device and the chromecast will continue to stream the media. You cannot do this with Airplay.


  • #138
    flemishgael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭flemishgael


    degsie wrote: »
    It's different in that the chromecast only receives a 'command' from your android device and then it goes and fetches the media itself. You can turn off your android device and the chromecast will continue to stream the media. You cannot do this with Airplay.
    Oh, that's really cool. Will consider the purchase then.
    I have an intelligent HDMI splitter that automatically switches between blue-ray player, Sky HD Box, WD TV Live and Apple TV and I've put a delay on my Harmony 1100 remote so that it switches automatically to the correct HDMI port so I suppose Chromecast will do the same?
    If not I can switch manually as well.


  • #139
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    what's a chrome cast?


  • #140
    moodrater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    Greenmachine wrote: »
    what's a chrome cast?

    http://bit.ly/1k5T3bi


  • #141
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Is it possible to stream Mobdro from note3 anyone know?


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  • #142
    honda boi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭honda boi


    Am i right in thinking this can stream media directly from my laptop?


  • #143
    flemishgael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭flemishgael


    honda boi wrote: »
    Am i right in thinking this can stream media directly from my laptop?

    You, sir, are correct.


    Chromecast is a digital media player developed by Google. The device, a 2.83-inch (72 mm) HDMI dongle, plays audio/video content on a high-definition television by directly streaming it via Wi-Fi from the Internet or a local network. Users select the media to play using Chromecast-enabled mobile apps and Web apps, or through a beta feature called "tab casting" that can mirror most content from the Google Chrome web browser running on their personal computer. The device was announced on July 24, 2013, and made available for purchase on the same day in the United States for US$35, along with a limited-time promotion for three free months of Netflix.The Google Cast SDK was released on February 3, 2014, allowing third parties to modify their software to support Chromecast.


  • #144
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,857 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Is it possible to stream Mobdro from note3 anyone know?

    AFAIK not yet, but soon ;)

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #145
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    flemishgael wrote: »
    You, sir, are correct.


    Chromecast is a digital media player developed by Google. The device, a 2.83-inch (72 mm) HDMI dongle, plays audio/video content on a high-definition television by directly streaming it via Wi-Fi from the Internet or a local network. Users select the media to play using Chromecast-enabled mobile apps and Web apps, or through a beta feature called "tab casting" that can mirror most content from the Google Chrome web browser running on their personal computer. The device was announced on July 24, 2013, and made available for purchase on the same day in the United States for US$35, along with a limited-time promotion for three free months of Netflix.The Google Cast SDK was released on February 3, 2014, allowing third parties to modify their software to support Chromecast.

    So wireless hdmi?


  • #146
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Xbmc compatible?

    On that note, with all the various Android tv boxes available, is it possible to make your phone an Android tv box?

    Bit of a noob question but I have been wondering this for ages.


  • #147
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,761 ✭✭✭degsie


    Greenmachine wrote: »
    So wireless hdmi?
    You could look at it that way, but it's too much of a generalisation imho. There are true wireless hdmi solutions out there, but they are very expensive.


  • #148
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    degsie wrote: »
    You could look at it that way, but it's too much of a generalisation imho. There are true wireless hdmi solutions out there, but they are very expensive.

    So this is a cheaper option. Are you saying it is not true hdmi? My knowledge of hdmi goes as far as cables and ports.


  • #149
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,761 ✭✭✭degsie


    Greenmachine wrote: »
    So this is a cheaper option. Are you saying it is not true hdmi? My knowledge of hdmi goes as far as cables and ports.

    Don't get hung up on the HDMI part. Take a few minutes to learn what chromecast does:
    Chromecast UK Edition - How it works...and what's…: http://youtu.be/4gKUkmJEBDQ


  • #150
    deegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭deegs


    well i reserved 2 in argos cork. They said it would be in between next tuesday and next thurs next week.
    On a whim I checked online yesterday and I saw 2 available so I picked up one and there was definately one left.
    Then this morning I checked again and there are none available, but you may order them. My order for next week still stands.... how feckin confusing is that?


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  • #151
    odddavey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭odddavey


    Any difference between uk and us versions?
    Mrs is in NY at the moment, going to pick one up over there


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