I have a second generation Chromecast on an old TV that only does 1080p. I’m fine with that, I don’t care about the resolution. Someone told me that I might like the new one with Google TV, but I don’t know much about it. I pretty much just cast from apps on my phone, so I’m not sure if there’s any reason to upgrade. The only thing I don’t like is sometimes the Chromecast icon doesn’t show up and I have to restart the app, but I doubt that’s on the Chromecast end.

Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with what I have, but I’ve been looking at comparison websites and they aren’t really telling me what I need to know, which is if I’m missing something good I shouldn’t be missing.

Also, this is not really important, but I’m on Chrome and Google thinks “Chromecast” is a misspelling.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Handling h265 is certainly a plus, although I don’t usually get videos that are h265. But IPtv sounds more interesting… if I don’t have to pay extra for it.

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      1 year ago

      IPtv here is subscription based. Biggest advantage for me would be a cheaper TV provider then the terrible one that comes with the ftth line.