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