Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

Re:Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used? by mrweasel on Saturday November 27, 2021 @03:04AM (#29358464)

The Chromecast was never amazing, and having to use a phone or Chrome to control your TV is really weird. Having a Chromecast was better than nothing though.

However if you’ve used an AppleTV you realise that the Chromecast is actually a pretty terrible solution, compared to just having a device with apps.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used? by johnwalkr on Saturday November 27, 2021 @05:48AM (#29359190)

I have an apple TV at home, but for the price chromecast works well. It's really great for 2 cases:

1. Connected to a tv in a workplace, anyone on the local network can easily use Chrome to share a screen instead of passing around an HDMI cable.

2. Lately hotel rooms sometimes have a chromecast or apple TV, and it's a welcome feature of the room to open netflix on my phone and cast to the TV. In fact I think I should ditch the HDMI cable I keep in my suitcase and replace it with a chromecast. They are pretty small, too.

In both of those cases, I would prefer to only use casting/mirroring and not actually login to the device and/or install apps.

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