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It's got a fair few improvements in CPU, ethernet, more storage, better remote but the biggest benefit (for some at least) is that it will act as smart home hub so it then is 2 devices in one
It's only 30% more performance than ccwgt…for 300% the price.
Even the nvidia shield from 2019 is still faster lmao
And it still costs $350 for the Pro, because of the fast CPU
but it's not 300% the price.
Matter support, Thread gateway. Whilst many various nameless devices claim to support Matter, that's simply saying that their devices speak IPv4 & DNS….
To my knowledge, this is the first major public issue of a Thread gateway, but seeing as Alphabet is the driving force behind all Threads & Matter, it's likely the first official support.
It'll also be "the hub" of Matter and Thread to come, with Google Dev likely to be watching things very closely early on.
Plus, someone has to pay for the zillions spent on the last generation of AI that Chromcast now uses…
It's not for everyone, it's certainly not needed by all, unless home auto integration with Google is important to you.
@parad0x: All software features (including Matter support, smart home etc) of this device are coming to all Google TV products, including the CCwGTV dongle.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252165/google-smart-hom…
@oerpbqk: Just correcting my post. I’ve been told that the home screen is coming to CCwGTV but CCwGTV won’t be a Matter controller or Thread border router. Apparently.
Anyway this recent Verge article talks about specifics.
https://www.theverge.com/23568091/matter-compatible-devices-…
It has the same processor as firetv stick 4K max from 2021 !!!
Don't most people who want storage (like me) just power off a USB hub which is readily available for peanuts…many already have one laying around.
Yeah, it's not good.
20% faster lol.
And still can't passthrough any decent audio codecs.
if you're spending this kind of money might as well spring for an apple tv and get something with performance that actually matches the price tag and no ads.
I want an easy way to install Stremio and run the kodi addons for ad free fta content. Is this easy to do on Apple TV?
Can you share some more info on said kodi fat addons please Ronnie
You can't. If you want to sail the high seas you'll need android. Fire cube on sale from Amazon is great or just pony up the cash for a shield.
Apple is only good for streaming from official services.
Fire TV Cube goes on sale for half price every once in a while (Prime days coming up in a couple weeks).
Works great, no lag like my previous CCwGTV.
Second this
Ageee. But ATV iptv apps suck.
Nothing beats tivimate on android tv unfortunately.
What do you run through tivimate?
Apple tv does not pass through uncompressed atmos. Only the shield pro does, iirc.
Is that why Atmos doesn't seem to work on my CCWGTV?
ie watching Disney Star Wars universe episodes.
Atoms I guess “works” but sound doesn’t sync with video. I upgraded to Apple TV and I’ll never go back.
Especially now when Apple TV supports VPN. ✊🏽
I don't seem to have any sync problems. Just don't seem to hear much in the way of "height" in the sound.
@Qbagger: I can’t remember now exactly what I was watching but I was using Disney+ with Dolby atmos 4K, and also Apple TV+ with same settings and it was off sync.
Netflix and prime was fine.
I remember noticing how bad it was once I changed to Apple TV. It was super smooth now with zero issues but I missed the vpn feature until recently ofc.
Sounds like you had a better experience than I did 👌🏽
Not being able to pass through audio codecs is interesting, I'll need to look into that… Though it does decode AV1, which I want, unlike the Shield
Confused by this.
I have one set up in my living room - going to LG OLED, EARC to Denon 5.1.2 home theatre.
Atmos, 7.1 TrueHD, DTS:X all work works just fine?
Unless my receiver lies about what signal it's receiving but I doubt it.
The surround formats are compressed i believe. Only the shield pro isnt.
why this thing is so expensive?
Becaus eit has teh ebst feature ever. Find your remote hahahahaha
What's the text input experience like?
Think year 2014 smart TV. Don’t worry we’ll get there!
Tip: use the Google home app on your phone and hit remote then you can input text from your phone.
It would be a great feature for me, I lose my remote all the time!
This thing is pointless.
This has ethernet. Wifi is absolute trash in an apartment complex. This is high on my wishlist.
the old one had a Ethernet plug too.
don't tell fibs, that cost extra and didn't come with it, you had to order it online from google store in sydney and wait a week. This is better just for ethernet.
don't tell fibs
ok, so the Chromecast attached to my main tv doesn't have ethernet attached to it?
I did get it online from Google (not their Sydney store, didn't know they had one), it's was part of their Chromecast + ethernet+ 6mth Netflix bundle back in 2021. i think i paid $130.
see my comment directly above yours.
@G-rig: so i said
the old one had a Ethernet plug too.
i have one and it has an ethernet plug. not sure why you & adam got your knickers in a knot. I never said it "came with the device" although it did. But the original comment was excitement about having ethernet.
For streaming 4K I would only use wireless if I had to (even though my Ubiquiti setup can easily handle it).
We have 3 TVs, 2 of them 4K.
Why on earth would you use all that WiFi bandwidth when a cable is ALWAYS more reliable and faster?
"I prefer wireless anyway not everything would work using the cable."
Using a cable should always work. Wireless is actually far more finicky. Convenient, sure and certainly renters may have it as only option but if you can plug it in (cabling is in the house) you should always use it when you can for devices that are stationary.
@G-rig: "Anyway people can do whatever they want, whatever works"
Of course - Just didn't really understand why the poster said not everything would work with the cable but fact is if the device has an ethernet port and you can plug it in to the router, it's far MORE likely to work reliably and faster than wireless.
There's only so much bandwidth you can push over the air and share with all of your devices.
Home ethernet is evolving from 1Gbs to 2.5Gbps PER DEVICE.
In the enterprise world 10-40Gbps is now in use.
Wireless won't touch that. And as I'm sure you know - you don't get what's printed on the box - those are just theoretical speeds with no other devices on the network :).
@Ramrunner: Just sort out your network.
OFC cable is great but wifi just as good for my use case (like most people, and get 107 on a 100 plan so it's certainly fast enough, no dropouts). That's also on fttb which is usually crap. Get a good Asus router and don't use the telco supplied stuff.
Pointlessly arguing about this crap, and not running out to buy a new Chromecast either).
@G-rig: Fair call. I'm fully Ubiquiti with multiple access points throughout the house so no issues there. Agree Telco supplied router not the best idea. I wire what I can wireless the rest. I have two teenagers living with us though streaming everything they can everywhere through out the house. Kitchen, restroom, shower you name it. 4 laptops, 3 tablets, 4 phones. The airwaves here can get pretty busy LoL.
Anyway I'll leave you to it thanks for the chat.
@Ramrunner: Ubiquiti stuff is top shelf, good work.
Anyway I agree cable is foolproof and people's milage will vary for sure. I've tweaked my setup and pretty good for fttb so far, including setting frequencies and channels but for an apartment in a CBD it's very solid
Cheers
@Ramrunner: Erm.
Consumer ethernet. 1 gig, magbe 2.5.
Wifi 5, 3.5 gig.
Wifi 6, max about 9.6 gig.
Wifi 7, max about 46 gig.
Wifi 8 is set to target 100.
Deduct quite a bit of margin for the real world, but wifi is certainly getting there.
@Ademos: "Home ethernet is evolving from 1Gbs to 2.5Gbps PER DEVICE."
This is true - TP Link Archer, Asus ROG, Netgear, the lower end Ubiquiti Gateway. All have 2.5Gb ports. It IS evolving. No need for you to go "Erm"
And the rest - Really? "you don't get what's printed on the box " a BIT of margin?
The FASTEST we've tested WiFi 7 is about 3.5Gb here in our offices. I've seen real world results of about 3.9. 46? Are you joking?
And that is MAXIMUM. If you hang your 20 devices at home of it they're all sharing that bandwidth. It's not 2.5G per device.
So Lets say WiFi 7 is hitting the 3.9 that most results seem to show on the internet. If you send a large file from 1 PC to another provided nothing else is talking over the airwaves that's close to 2G PER device so maximum 2G speed. Add another device trying to chat at full speed it will drop to about 1.3 per device. That's how WiFi bandwidth works. It's finite.
2 PCs plugged into a 2.5G switch/router will actually talk to each other at 2.5G if all the cables are done properly (Cat 6/6e minimum).
We have Guru Productions offices with 24 port 10G switches transferring fully edited 4-8K video between production nodes at close to full 10G speeds with up to 10 PCs conversing with each other at a time.
If you think ANY kind of WiFi now and in the next 5 years can come close to that time to do some re-education.
Please don't believe the hype and do some real world testing. Of course manufacturers are going to throw out large figures they want you to buy their routers. The theoretical limits might be achievable in a vacuum in space though.
Happy to be proven wrong but myself and the two other companies I work with have been doing networking for a while (decades in my case). The amount of disinformation is astounding. Worse is people believe it :(
@Ramrunner: WiFi is usually faster than the NBN plan people are on so it's fine for the majority. Unless you are copying gigs of data across the network all day (but probably still fine).
I can stream 20-80GB files on streamio without any issues, I think WiFi 6 is a good improvement and having decent router/access points/mesh to ensure good/full signal.
No point trying to convince everyone to change to cable. Of course it's ideal but not always convenient and wifi pretty solid these days.
The FASTEST we've tested WiFi 7 is about 3.5Gb
Because you clearly don't know about the standard, beamforming, 2x2 vs 4x4, etc, etc etc. The fastest you've tested is that speed because you don't know what you're doing.
So Lets say WiFi 7 is hitting the 3.9 that most results seem to show on the internet. If you send a large file from 1 PC to another provided nothing else is talking over the airwaves that's close to 2G PER device so maximum 2G speed.
Thankyou for clearly demonstrating you have absolutely zero idea about networking.
Granting your mostly incorrect statements, 2 gig is still double the vast majority of home ethernet connections, never mind internet-of-things devices. So you played yourself there, champ.
Of course manufacturers are going to throw out large figures
Manufacturers don't set the standard. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers does.
If you think ANY kind of WiFi now and in the next 5 years can come close to that
Guy makes insane claim, shifts goalpoasts from the other end of the field to mars in order to try and claim he wasn't talking complete nonsense.
Have the day you deserve.
You can get an official charger with Ethernet plug for the old chromecast bruh
Amazon fire 4k max frequently on sale at $60 mark provide much better value, also can passthrough all audio format
https://www.amazon.com.au/All-new-Stick-Stream-Sports-Netfli…
even Apple TV 4K can be cheaper than this if you find the right seller
Where can ATV 4k can be cheaper? 2nd hand on Facebook Marketplace?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/295910081738
Brand new Wi-Fi only version with full warranty
In stock from time to time
I paid 129
Cheers, will keep my eye on it
Will it sync with my Nest thermostat & cams, also Home Hub so I can watch my kittens fight live on cam?
Never seen Apple TV 4K anywhere near this price, can you provide a link?
Looking at the deal history, you'd be looking at about 165 for the cheapest new Apple TV 64gb.
Via the Googlestore with the 10% studentbeans discount: $159 - 10% = $143.99 incl shipping
Might be better deal if one has store credit left or has a Google One sub that gives store credit.
The student bean discount code is for phone and buds. Could not find one that works on the Google tv.
google store is having a sale starting Friday.. so maybe wait
the same as last time, this item doesn't appear in the search results when I login through SE. I found the GG EB listing separately, but the code doesn't work with it.
Add it to cart first then go via the StudentBeans and apply the coupon code at checkout. Works better via apps on phone.
bizarrely, that worked. thanks. (but only on mobile)
Why didn’t they just keep the Ethernet port in the power adapter? I loved that sleek of just one cable going into the chromecast.
I’ve got two of the old ones and this isn’t an upgrade that will sway me.
Agreed. This is ready dumb
The unit only has WIFI 5, no 6 or 6e.
Homatics Box R 4K Plus appears to be a better choice, has Wi-FI 6 and includes passhtrough of TRUE-HD (not DTS-HDMA though).
Matter & Thread. Home Automation
This is why it costs "so much" before you whinge and complain. If you don't know what that means, safe to say it doesn't apply to you and you don't need to buy the expensive version.
For those awaiting things to come, it's a small price to pay. Most gateways of any sort start around $50 let alone the first of its kind.
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Still don't understand why this is priced so much more than the standard Google TV 4k