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Curious to see if any of you guys have been able to get your hands on the new google chromecast?

Also any thoughts on what will be the greatest contribution of chromecast to crestron programmers?

I know apple TV offers much more in features currently. However, the chromecast has already been rooted to expose that it isn't a chrome OS base but rather a modified version of Google TV which was based off android. And they are fairly liberal in there tightening down of OS.

I have already seen talks of bypassing the HDCP/DRM in the works. Which I would be happy to buy a few to play with at 35$

They seem to be going in and out of stock by the day. I ordered mine the day after it was announced on amazon(rookie mistake)& there telling me now mid october. google play says 8/29 if your order around this posting.

You should get it at the shipping speed they had posted when you purchased it. I got mine in about 4 days. I haven't had a chance to play with it more than connecting it to my wifi and streaming a couple YouTube videos from my laptop. It seems well integrated with the Chrome browser but since I have an iPhone its not at the top of my priorities to play with it since I have 5 or 6 different Netflix connected devices already. I'm hoping support for it will grow quickly.

I had a 90 degree HDMI adapter so I thought I would hide the chromecast behind my TV, but the wifi connection was so bad I had to use the HDMI extension it came with to get enough signal to make it through an HD YouTube video on full screen without dropping the connection. Since the USB power sticks out from the opposite end from the HDMI, you end up needing about 6" of space to hide the thing, so a side input on your TV is probably out depending on the model.

There was also a substantial amount of heat for it only being on for 15 minutes, but I have a plasma that hangs about 1/2" from the wall, so that probably doesn't help. If you're sticking it in the back of a receiver or a switcher I guess you wouldn't have to worry about the heat or signal loss too much, but as bad as the wifi was behind my TV, I wonder if a metal rack would be enough to cause problems.

--- In Crestron@..., "doug_h_encinitas" <dghardy@> wrote:

Curious to see if any of you guys have been able to get your hands on the new google chromecast?

Also any thoughts on what will be the greatest contribution of chromecast to crestron programmers?

I know apple TV offers much more in features currently. However, the chromecast has already been rooted to expose that it isn't a chrome OS base but rather a modified version of Google TV which was based off android. And they are fairly liberal in there tightening down of OS.

I have already seen talks of bypassing the HDCP/DRM in the works. Which I would be happy to buy a few to play with at 35$

They seem to be going in and out of stock by the day. I ordered mine the day after it was announced on amazon(rookie mistake)& there telling me now mid october. google play says 8/29 if your order around this posting.

Does it output a video signal when it's just sitting there at idle, not actively streaming anything?

I'm wondering if you could stick one (or a couple) into an input on a DM, and detect when someone has sent a stream to it, then perform some power-on magic in the room as a result.

Otherwise, you're kind of left with the 2-remote problem where you have to get the system up and running first with your MX remote, or Crestron app, etc., then use the Chromecast app to "control" it, right? I guess you're still stuck with the 2-remote problem when it comes to volume control, etc.

It sounds like a fun little gadget, but not very integratable.

--- In Crestron@..., "logantv" <logantv@> wrote:

You should get it at the shipping speed they had posted when you purchased it. I got mine in about 4 days. I haven't had a chance to play with it more than connecting it to my wifi and streaming a couple YouTube videos from my laptop. It seems well integrated with the Chrome browser but since I have an iPhone its not at the top of my priorities to play with it since I have 5 or 6 different Netflix connected devices already. I'm hoping support for it will grow quickly.

I had a 90 degree HDMI adapter so I thought I would hide the chromecast behind my TV, but the wifi connection was so bad I had to use the HDMI extension it came with to get enough signal to make it through an HD YouTube video on full screen without dropping the connection. Since the USB power sticks out from the opposite end from the HDMI, you end up needing about 6" of space to hide the thing, so a side input on your TV is probably out depending on the model.

There was also a substantial amount of heat for it only being on for 15 minutes, but I have a plasma that hangs about 1/2" from the wall, so that probably doesn't help. If you're sticking it in the back of a receiver or a switcher I guess you wouldn't have to worry about the heat or signal loss too much, but as bad as the wifi was behind my TV, I wonder if a metal rack would be enough to cause problems.

--- In Crestron@..., "doug_h_encinitas" <dghardy@> wrote:

Curious to see if any of you guys have been able to get your hands on the new google chromecast?

Also any thoughts on what will be the greatest contribution of chromecast to crestron programmers?

I know apple TV offers much more in features currently. However, the chromecast has already been rooted to expose that it isn't a chrome OS base but rather a modified version of Google TV which was based off android. And they are fairly liberal in there tightening down of OS.

I have already seen talks of bypassing the HDCP/DRM in the works. Which I would be happy to buy a few to play with at 35$

They seem to be going in and out of stock by the day. I ordered mine the day after it was announced on amazon(rookie mistake)& there telling me now mid october. google play says 8/29 if your order around this posting.

It has a splash screen that it sits on when idle. I have no idea if there's a chromecast app on android, but with the iPhone it's just a button within apps that support it, more like "send to Apple TV". When you're using Chrome browser there's a chromecast app that installs and gives you the same button.

Currently the only apps that support it on iPhone are YouTube and Netflix, and supposedly the YouTube integration is pretty crappy on the iPhone, so I haven't been in a huge hurry to play with it just to watch Netflix.

--- In Crestron@..., "floyd1212" <floyd1212@> wrote:

Does it output a video signal when it's just sitting there at idle, not actively streaming anything?

I'm wondering if you could stick one (or a couple) into an input on a DM, and detect when someone has sent a stream to it, then perform some power-on magic in the room as a result.

Otherwise, you're kind of left with the 2-remote problem where you have to get the system up and running first with your MX remote, or Crestron app, etc., then use the Chromecast app to "control" it, right? I guess you're still stuck with the 2-remote problem when it comes to volume control, etc.

It sounds like a fun little gadget, but not very integratable.

--- In Crestron@..., "logantv" <logantv@> wrote:

You should get it at the shipping speed they had posted when you purchased it. I got mine in about 4 days. I haven't had a chance to play with it more than connecting it to my wifi and streaming a couple YouTube videos from my laptop. It seems well integrated with the Chrome browser but since I have an iPhone its not at the top of my priorities to play with it since I have 5 or 6 different Netflix connected devices already. I'm hoping support for it will grow quickly.

I had a 90 degree HDMI adapter so I thought I would hide the chromecast behind my TV, but the wifi connection was so bad I had to use the HDMI extension it came with to get enough signal to make it through an HD YouTube video on full screen without dropping the connection. Since the USB power sticks out from the opposite end from the HDMI, you end up needing about 6" of space to hide the thing, so a side input on your TV is probably out depending on the model.

There was also a substantial amount of heat for it only being on for 15 minutes, but I have a plasma that hangs about 1/2" from the wall, so that probably doesn't help. If you're sticking it in the back of a receiver or a switcher I guess you wouldn't have to worry about the heat or signal loss too much, but as bad as the wifi was behind my TV, I wonder if a metal rack would be enough to cause problems.

--- In Crestron@..., "doug_h_encinitas" <dghardy@> wrote:

Curious to see if any of you guys have been able to get your hands on the new google chromecast?

Also any thoughts on what will be the greatest contribution of chromecast to crestron programmers?

I know apple TV offers much more in features currently. However, the chromecast has already been rooted to expose that it isn't a chrome OS base but rather a modified version of Google TV which was based off android. And they are fairly liberal in there tightening down of OS.

I have already seen talks of bypassing the HDCP/DRM in the works. Which I would be happy to buy a few to play with at 35$

They seem to be going in and out of stock by the day. I ordered mine the day after it was announced on amazon(rookie mistake)& there telling me now mid october. google play says 8/29 if your order around this posting.