Until I discovered this App I was starting to feel that Chromecast was not all that useful. Now that I have started using this App I am looking into other Apps that tap the Chromecast device in a way that makes it much more useful than Googles direct offerings.
Category Archives: Internet Television
Chromecast
Google’s Chromecast is sort of deceptive. Certainly at $35 it is one of the cheaper devices you can buy to enable your LCD television display to act in many ways it was not originally intended to. On the surface this device is only good for consuming Googles services[ like YouTube or ‘casting’ your chrome browser …
“Look Mom, No Cable!”
Cable Television Providers that is. So Now that you have cut the cord what is next? With a Gigabit Fiber Optic Connection to the internet neither a Cable or Satellite provider is necessary to get all the television you could possibly want. But like most everything on the internet it isn’t a matter of finding enough …
PLEX
PLEX is based on XBMC which is itself derived from a Program called Xbox Media Player originally a product of Microsoft. Where open source development started on XBMC in 2003, Plex, which was initially just a hobby, developed in 2010 into a more ‘respectable’ Commercial product. If your Media Library is mostly Movies and TV shows Plex …
XBMC-Kodi
XBMC originated from Microsoft as a part of the XBOX project. XBox Media Player was it’s original name. Over the years since 2003 when Microsoft stopped development it was taken on as a Open source project and the name still lingered until recently when it has been renamed Kodi. This Program has spawned a number of other …
Roku 2
I bought a Roku 2 in early 2011 soon after buying my first Flat Screen TV. I took home an Apple TV at the time just to see which one I liked more, and despite being a loyal Apple user ( yet not exclusively) I chose the Roku 2 over the AppleTV 2. Today the Roku …
Hulu’s Awesome Tech Support
I can’t say enough about how good customer service can make or break a deal. I still don’t know if there is really one person named Malcolm who provides support for Hulu or whether it is a just a meme that all the tech folks use to interface with the general public. In any event …
PCTV Blog
The Blog about Television over the internet.