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I have a second generation Chromecast on an old TV that only does 1080p. I'm fine with that, I don't care about the resolution. Someone told me that I might like the new one with Google TV, but I don't know much about it. I pretty much just cast from apps on my phone, so I'm not sure if there's any reason to upgrade. The only thing I don't like is sometimes the Chromecast icon doesn't show up and I have to restart the app, but I doubt that's on the Chromecast end.

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with what I have, but I've been looking at comparison websites and they aren't really telling me what I need to know, which is if I'm missing something good I shouldn't be missing.

Also, this is not really important, but I'm on Chrome and Google thinks "Chromecast" is a misspelling.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a Roku many years ago when it was still super slow and I did like it, but the speed is terrible. We have another TV, a "smart" TV, which is also glacially slow, but it's fairly old now too. I hope Google TV is faster than that!

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There can sometimes be lag especially when you first return to the Home Screen or wake it up, but it is not terrible. I typically use an Apple TV which is overpowered and switching to the Chromecast is a noticeable difference but not enough that it annoys me. If it’s all I used I probably wouldn’t notice.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know! Thanks!