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.
I’m curious about the next gen chromecast as well. I heard/read that it could manage h265 content as well as it having google tv which you can use for IPtv.
Handling h265 is certainly a plus, although I don’t usually get videos that are h265. But IPtv sounds more interesting… if I don’t have to pay extra for it.
IPtv here is subscription based. Biggest advantage for me would be a cheaper TV provider then the terrible one that comes with the ftth line.
Essentially all chromecasts do 265, some even do the better AV1 but it’s very inconsistent at the moment