Upgrade to Chromecast 4k today, or wait until Google TV Streamer releases? (lemmy.ml)

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Context: I have a Chromecast with Google TV today that I'm quite happy with, after having heavily customized the thing. However, it's only 1080, and I recently got a 4k TV and would like to be able to get the full mileage out of it.

Now that Google are sunsetting the Chromecast series, is it a bad idea to pick up a 4k Chromecast, or should I just wait for the new device to drop? It seems a bit pricier and I'm not sure if there are any features I should necessarily wait for.

My use-case is basically watching YouTube/Nebula/Netflix/Jellyfin.

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[-] Pardal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

From personal experience, the Chromecast 4K on its is very limited on free space. That means if you want to install more than a handful of apps, you will need to resort to a USB hub, most likely a powered one, to connect a USB flash drive or SD card in order to expand the usable space.

If you think that's not a problem, the Chromecast is a very capable device. I won't put it on the same level of performance like an Apple TV 4K, but it can do everything I throw at it, albeit in some slowness from the UI from time to time.

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