![]() ![]() The massive difference between this tiny track pad and the large TV screen (about a 50:1 remote-to-display ratio in my tests on a 60-inch TV) made swiping erratic and choppy.Įntering login credentials on the Apple TV, which was required for every content app that isn't provided by Apple, is downright awkward. The 1.5-square-inch track pad on the remote controls gestures across the TV screen. ![]() But during setup, I really questioned the necessity of the Siri Remote. ![]() It combines a touchpad with volume, play/pause, menu, and Siri buttons for the device. Pros and cons of Apple TV's new Siri RemoteĪnother very noticeable physical difference is the new Siri Remote that controls the Apple TV. Apple simplifies setup by transferring Wi-Fi, iTunes, iCloud, and Game Center login credentials to an iPhone within close proximity of the Apple TV. The physical setup for both devices is simple – plug an HDMI cable into the display, and plug into a power source. There's no room on it for additional apps, just enough memory to buffer incoming video from other devices. In contrast, the minimalist Chromecast is a small, bright-colored, plastic disk that weighs almost nothing and is designed to do just one thing – render video and audio streams over Wi-Fi on a TV. The industrial-looking, black-colored Apple TV is relatively heavy (about the weight of a hockey puck) because the A8 Processor and minimum of 32GB of memory to support its app-centric design requires a big power supply. Likewise, playing local content on a device through the browser can't be disconnected either. Games played on mobile devices cast to the TV have to render game graphics and can't be decoupled from the Chromecast. There are a couple of exceptions, however. That means your mobile device or PC will be free to use for other purposes, and all that streaming won't drain the device's battery power. ![]() Chromecast needs an app from each content provider too, but these run on a separate device (it supports Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS devices) that connects to Chromecast over Wi-Fi and casts the video content onto the TV screen. After a video stream is initiated from a provider, it is sent over the network, without the device relaying the stream. ![]()
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