Comment on Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor
Teknikal@eviltoast.org 1 month ago
Seems like most of the streaming hardware companies (amazon/roku/Google) are going out of their way to make products worse. Someone’s probably going to take their lunch and they’ll all act shocked about it.
Seems a dangerous game to play with so many Asian alternatives and sbc computers getting to the point they could do that job.
Don’t get me wrong this box isn’t horrible just really overpriced for the old specs.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The built in ethernet cable seems almost worth it.
It’s around $15 to $20 to add on a usb c ethernet dingle to the existing CCwGTV dongle if you want high speed connection to it (which you prolly do if you wanna stream 4k or lower latency game with Steam Link )
Better quality dongles are closer to $25 if you dint want it to wrap out.
So, assuming the onboard ethernet is comparable to a higher end dongle, you’d be looking at closer to $75 to get the same experience with the Older CCwGTV model.
Add in the higher specs and the fact that chaining 2 dongles together looks ugly as fuck and easier to fail, and the +$25 is not actually too horrible of extra price.
$100 for a better form factor (the dongle does look bad), better specs, built in ethernet, it’s not terrible ngl.
I game with Steam Link all the time on my CCwGTV so I 100% am gonna spend the money on better specs so I feel like I’m taking better advantage of my 4060ti I’m Steam linking to.