I earned some serious smart-mom points when I ordered a Chromecast for our house before anyone else here had heard of it. This was a huge win for me. In our 4-person household I am considered the least tech-savvy, and with Chromecast, I gained some respect.

Quick and easy to use; great value for the price

There were a few "dead" moments before my computer picked up that Chromecast was connected

I bought a generic name brand and spent 4 hours trying to install it and finally had to return it. I got this and it took less than 10 minutes to install and use. It was super easy. I did the tutorial on how to use it. I wish I got this first.

I bought two additional Google Chromcasts from Staples. I use them to stream Hulu, Netflix and HBO now. It's very convenient to use my phones or tablets as a remote. I had them shipped to the store which is only a couple of minutes from my house.

Good idea but horrible piece of hardware. My Chromecast 2 either reboots or freezes at least 10 times for every 1 hour video I attempt to cast to my TV. I have tried resetting to factory condition & starting over numerous times. I have tried putting my laptop very close to my TV.

Great picture & sound when it works

it only works 10% of the time

Device good.

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Terrible product. I have tried to connect to my network multiple ways. Second one that I have had. First one was completely unreliable, connects and then does not connect, requiring constant resetting. This second one just won't connect. Tried everything.

The Google Chromecast isn't many things – it really just is a receiver for an HDMI TV. Read more here:

Compact; Simple to set up and use; Affordable; Good picture quality

Requires companion device; Fairly limited in its current form

It's an extremely affordable way to turn a "Dumb TV" into a Smart TV. One thing to note is you need a relatively quick network to stream in HD and to stream quickly.

Very easy to setup Streams quickly on a fast network Tons of apps supported

Does get a little bit hot after streaming video for a while; but it doesn't seem to effect performance

You can get better solutions with more options from other manufacturers.

As described

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