google's chromecast, a $35 hdmi dongle

[damage]

"Google is making another foray into the living room with the Chromecast, a small $35 dongle that allows users to stream videos from a phone or tablet to their TV using Chrome...." 
 
comes w/ 3 months free netflix too

 

[Frunple]

Google "cast" will be added to Google TV soon they say. So if you already have a GTV, no need for a Chromecast.

 

[IVB]

The 3 months of netflix is also applicable to existing customers. So for us, its an $11 purchase.
 
Plus the $4 overnight fee I paid to Amazon.com to have mine tomorrow ;-)

 

[damage]

the netflix promo has been canned due to "overwhelming demand"

 

[sic0048]

I bought one, but it won't ship for a couple of weeks however.  I better get the Netflix offer however because that was what was advertised when I placed the order.

 

[IVB]

Where did you buy it? I got mine via GP, already got the code.
 
The one I got from Amazon today didn't comeHwith a code. Watching Google Play movie right now, tried Netflix too. Both seem fine. Off to soccer in a bit, will attempt Hulu Plus tonight.

 

[brdweb]

I don't understand the excitement with this. You still need another device to stream from. So it provides a limited functionality of say Roku or Apple TV. Especially since Roku has their USB stick device that plugs into the TV as well. $100 price point already isn't that expensive.

 

[IVB]

2 things;
1) the roku cannot play google play movies. I own a few from road trips with kids on nexus.
2) you need two devices with the roku, the unit and a remote. For chromecast it streams directly from the Web, your phone or tablet is just a remote.

 

[IVB]

Btw this supplements my roku, not replace. No device supports all my streaming video needs : Amazon, Netflix, Hulu Plus, Google Play. I have content in each. (and ignoring my local storage, I use Sagetv for that. Can't get plex working reliably for that)

 

[damage]

according to slickdeals, the netflix deal appears to be back

 

[Automate]

according to slickdeals, the netflix deal appears to be back

Thanks,  order went through but it is saying Aug 16 - 27 for delivery

 

[damage]

Thanks,  order went through but it is saying Aug 16 - 27 for delivery

 
slickdeals effect.  i ordered an hour before you and got 08/09-08/13/2013. still waiting on the netflix code
 
update: just got it 10 minutes later