The Chromecast has a Netflix promotion, and... it’s gone

Google is no longer offering three months of Netflix with the device.

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[AnniesBoobs]

sanchezl[/url]":3v617rpa]...but its ability to stream video while letting users continue about their business on the device feeding the video to the Chromecast seems pretty nifty.

Your device does not feed the Chromecast. All your device does is tell Chromecast what to stream from the internet. Makes you wonder what's going on when you stream a chrome browser session.

Not sure that's entirely accurate. In this hands-on, they're streaming a local MKV file through a Chrome window to the Chromecast, so there is some feeding going on between your device and this stick.

Edit: Forgot to add link to the hands-on:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/07/ ... hromecast/

 

[AnniesBoobs]

Ostracus[/url]":aunvmvio]So how does this compare to those Android on a Stick devices, some as low as the Google Device price-point?

For those Android sticks, you'll need input devices, while this thing is just a receiver that really just needs a phone/tablet/browser to drive it.