Does NowTV support Chromecast ? Not as good as AppleTV but pretty close, and when

I say it isn't as good I am not being an Apple fan. It's just that with AppleTV you can Airplay anything to it pretty much. And just mirror your desktop / device to it. Whereas with Chromecast if you want to stream local media it is a bit more of a pain in the arse - certain formats and has to be streamed via Chrome browser.

Both work fine. Apple TV just has a few more features which is why the price is a little higher. Having said that the prices here just dropped by 20 euros to 79 euros so it's not expensive. Fantastic bit of gear.

But I installed a Chromecast for a friend a couple of weeks ago and she's more than happy with it. Worked great with the apps which supported it. Is great with streaming content. Just not as easy to stream local content as the Apple TV was. But then I only played with it for 10 minutes.

Oh, and you get an Apple Remote with the Apple TV. You can also use the remote app on your device but you have a small aluminium simple remote control which is handy. With the Chromecast you have to use your device with the Chrome app.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on March 13th 2015 at 13:55:34

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I'm thinking of cord cutting but my head hurts. (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 13:49:05
- Freeview HD, BT Sports and connect a computer to TV (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 13, 16:50:52
- do you guys have roku 3's in th UK ? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 13, 15:11:12
- Get yourself an android box. (n/m) (General Chat) - hoolahan, Mar 13, 14:34:18
- Now TV is pretty good. I like it and do you really care about HD that much? (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Mar 13, 14:13:38
- I was looking at my Sky bill the other day.. ?50 a month (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Mar 13, 14:10:41
  - I've got used to weaker streams, and chromecast google to the tv, and then (General Chat) - pants, Mar 13, 14:43:15
  - and then compare it to the license fee (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 13, 14:14:15
    - I am still gobsmacked by the prices there. My TV is 9 euros a month. No license fee. Then (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 13, 14:18:40
    - Will do (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Mar 13, 14:16:17
- Sky are going to be upgrading their box later this year that's rumoured to include fullHD (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 13, 13:59:45
  - Yes, there was some noise wasn't there? (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 14:05:19
  - 1080p? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 13, 14:02:08
    - so this says of the rumours (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 13, 14:05:08
- Does NowTV support Chromecast ? Not as good as AppleTV but pretty close, and when (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 13, 13:55:34
  - Yeah Now TV is on chromecast (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 13, 14:44:37
  - I like the look of Apple TV - may just go iphone next time anyway. (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 14:03:13
- You can do NowTV via Chromecast in 720p and that is totes android. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 13, 13:51:39
  - However - didn't you say your sticks-locale means not great bandwidth? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 13, 13:52:59
    - Depends what not great bandwidth is. My fixed bandwidth is shit - officially it is (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 13, 14:03:44
    - Well... I might be able to get this WISP wifi thing which works off buildings or somesuch (General Chat) - norway, Mar 13, 14:02:07

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