02-09-2014 19:22
02-09-2014 19:49
02-09-2014 22:17
03-09-2014 20:50
04-09-2014 9:57
Havign thought about this again, if Now TV are using the Chromecast correctly, then the Chromecast SHOULD take up an extra device slot.
When you are casting from your phoen to the chromecast you are NOT pulling the stream data into your phone and sending it accross the room to the Chrome cast. All your phone is doing is telling the chromecast that you want to watch XXX and the chromecast is downloading it direct from NowTV. Therefore 2 devices are accessing the NowTV server.
In theiory if you start the cast session from the NowTV menu on your phone then the phone shouldn't pull any movie data off the NowTV servers so shouldn't ever register its self as a device... Of course by then you'll already have watched a movie on your phone so it will be registered as a device.
04-09-2014 10:02
My test last night showed that it's possible to continue watching on the Chromecast without the mobile being present. I'm guessing it would also then be possible to start watching something else on the mobile after disconnecting.
04-09-2014 12:06
My current setup is 2 now tv boxes - for main tvs, 1 ipad (son uses), 1 laptop (daughter).
I would love to have NOWTV on my phone so when I was out and about I could use nowtv, so when I heard chromecast support was available I was hoping I could use the phone for my device and when I want to display the screen on the chromecast that would be fine. The phone can only display on either the chromecast or the phone screen so it would seem to have made sense that way.
Unfortunately if I was going to use the Chromecast instead of the NOWTV (all TVs have a chromecast) then the children would lose their devices and ultimately I will have lost out - gone from 4 devices to 2 devices.
I hope that Sky rethink this - was going to make NOWTV a fantastic service as it is I don't view the Chromecast addin as useful at this point.
04-09-2014 12:14
An extra device slot when it takes 2 devices to watch 1 stream? Do me a favour! The Chromecast can't run independently from another device so the tablet/phone becomes nothing more than a remote control....
04-09-2014 12:20
@Anonymous User wrote:An extra device slot when it takes 2 devices to watch 1 stream? Do me a favour! The Chromecast can't run independently from another device so the tablet/phone becomes nothing more than a remote control....
Whilst it requires a device to start it, it doesn't require it to continue running. Nor does the other device actually need to be one of your four.
04-09-2014 12:53
@Anonymous User wrote:
@Anonymous User wrote:An extra device slot when it takes 2 devices to watch 1 stream? Do me a favour! The Chromecast can't run independently from another device so the tablet/phone becomes nothing more than a remote control....
Whilst it requires a device to start it, it doesn't require it to continue running. Nor does the other device actually need to be one of your four.
You are correct it doesnt require the device to be running after starting the stream, but it is inevitable that you have to keep it running to control the Chromecast, also if you just let the stream run without the device the device cant play any Now tv content as if you start the app it re-connects to the Chromecast, as for the device not having to be one of your 4 it inevitably always will be otherwise 99% of users wouldnt have installed the app in the first place.
The best solution for both Sky and their customers in my opinion would be to have a device and their first registered Chromecast paired and counted as one device and all subsequent Chromecasts take a slot each.