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What do you get for your money? That's the question everyone looking to buy a piece of tech asks themselves. It also happens to be the question this recurring feature tries to answer. Is it worth spending extra on high-end gear, or do you get what you need with cheaper models? Every month, we'll look at some of the cheapest and most expensive products in a given category, testing each to see what their limits are and help you figure out when you can cheap it out, and when to plunk down some extra cash to get what you need. In this month's high/low review, we compare two devices for casting your media from a mobile device to a HDTV, the $35 and the $99. We may be living in the era of near-omnipresent streaming media, but there is still something to be said for sitting down in front of the Tee Vee every now and then.
It's the biggest screen in your home, and the most comfortable place for watching. But if all of your media lives on a tablet or cell phone, how do you get your media easily onto the big screen?
Simple: you plug one of these devices into your TV, and it wirelessly bridges the gap between the new world and the old. Sure, both of these devices do more than just cast. They each have their own app ecosystems and their own content stores. And yes, there are many devices playing in this field—the and among them. Let's explore the two and see how they differ.
Tv Cast For Mac
Google Chromecast Google goes for a minimalist approach with the Chromecast, a small thumb drive-sized device that plugs into two ports on your television: the HDMI port, and a USB port, where it draws the electricity needed to power the device. If your HDTV doesn't have a USB port, or if the port on your TV doesn't supply enough juice to power the Chromecast, Google also throws in a USB power adapter. The internals of this dongle are simple: it is really little more than a Wi-Fi interface and a few chips that output a video image.
Most of the heavy lifting is done by your mobile device: a phone, tablet, or PC using software from Google or one of its partners that supports Chromecast. Alex Washburn/WIRED This is an important bit: If you're going to cast from an app on your phone, the app has to be written especially to work with Chromecast. You can't stream music or video from an unsupported app. Apps written by Google (like YouTube) will of course work, regardless of whether you've got an iOS or Android device. Support for other services is less widespread: on an iOS device you can send content to a Chromecast from HBO Go and Netflix, but many other iOS apps won't work. Unsurprisingly, the support for Chromecast on Android devices is much wider, as you can stream content from HBO Go, Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and many others. Some Android devices that run Android KitKat or later (and most PCs) also allow you to screencast, where the device's screen is mirrored on the TV.
This provides a way to use other apps (like VLC) to play an unusual video format, or to stream your own files. Certainly, the biggest win here is that if you're using Google's Chrome browser, just about any video you view in Chrome—which is just about any video you find on the web—can be sent to the Chromecast and viewed on your TV. Apple TV The Apple TV is designed primarily to run as a standalone streamer.
The small, puck-shaped box has its own processor and plug-in power supply, and it hooks up to your TV via HDMI. It can pull from a variety of streaming services (Hulu, Netflix, and many others) on its own. But it also uses Apple's own AirPlay protocol to cast audio and video from the device you're holding on the couch, as long as that device supports AirPlay. And all Apple devices do: AirPlay has been built into Macs since Mac OS X Mountain Lion and iPhones/iPads since iOS 5. Unlike with the Chromecast, support for casting doesn't have to be baked into the app.
AirPlay is built in at a system level on iOS devices, so the app doesn't need to be written especially to use it. Almost every app on your Apple hardware that displays photos, plays video, or plays audio can be AirPlayed to your television. But that also means that there is little to no support for streaming media from an Android device to an Apple TV. That's the thing to remember about these devices: the manufacturers don't expect you to have mixed allegiances.
Tv Cast For Manifest
If you buy a Chromecast, you are buying into Google's world. With the Apple TV, you are joining Apple's. For example: if you have a Chromecast and an iPad, the number of things you can do is limited. You can stream music from Google Music to your TV (but not from iTunes). You can stream movies on Netflix from the iPad to the Chromecast (but not TV shows from Hulu or iTunes).
Likewise, if you have an Android tablet or phone and want to stream to an Apple TV, you're pretty much out of luck. There are ways around this (such as rooting the Apple TV and installing XBMC), but these involve a level of hackery that will make many uncomfortable. The Simple Conclusion By now, you can read the writing on the wall.
Samsung Tv Cast For Mac
If you have Apple devices around the house, the AppleTV is the best choice for casting. AirPlay is simple to use and only takes a couple of taps to cast something to your TV. If you have an Android mobile, then the Chromecast is the best pick. It has the best integration into the Android system, and tossing video from the Chrome browser on your laptop is a huge plus. The Chromecast isn't as simple to use as AirPlay, though, and it relies on apps having support for the Chromecast built in, which not all do. With new features like screen mirroring being added for Android Lollipop, that gap may become narrower. But for now, its limitations are more clear.
But you may not feel so bad about that since you only spent $35 on it. UPDATE: This review was updated on 17 December to correct information about which iOS apps are Chromecast-enabled.