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  • Tired of crap remotes with no real functionality. Having to press a button to get rew/ff controls and such is annoying. Dedicated buttons for rew/ff/play/pause please. Have no clue how these streaming companies though it was a good idea to make navigations so bass ackwards. Bad enough they all do their own thing for it and handle it differently.

    And no usb-c no thanks. It’s 2020. MicroUSB should be dead. But I can’t tell the connection from the render and DL was as generic as possible. Thanks for stating the obvious, like no shit it has usb. What else would that small opening be. Think they’d use a pin and barrel connector for power? Crack team there. ???? What kind is it? If it’s micro then you’re using the Ethernet power adapter of the Ultra which I can see Google taking the cheap way out.

    I would hope it’s usb-c because then we’d get more use out of the usb-c on the TS4k. Being the lone device with usb-c, there is no real support from Google for it. So fingers crossed that’s a symmetrical cut out at the bottom, otherwise the device is crap. It’s already crap because it’s yet another case of trying to copy apple with form superceding function with the remote. Usb-c with a hub for Ethernet and drive expansion is the only way this device is half decent. Otherwise I’ll stick with the TS4k. Have more faith in tivo making that device solid since Android tv runs their backend for their cable company boxes which is pretty much their future.

    • While I completely agree with your remote UIX rant, it’s not like the USB port on the Chromecast is meant to be unplugged & replugged frequently, which is the main benefit of USB-C. It is possible that frequent travelers– if they even exist anymore– would be more apt to move it around a lot but for the most part, this is a set-it-and-forget-it device. In all honesty, a USB device that gets plugged in maybe 10 times in it’s entire life can probably get away with micro-USB.

  • Take my money. I’m so all set with the smart TV experience where nothing gets updated and runs like trash

  • And still no dedicated “Play Next” and “Play Prev” buttons. What is wrong with Google?

  • They needed this 3 years ago- Using chromescast for movies/pictures is great but sucks for sports when you need to FF/Rewind always having to use the You tube app on a phone or tablet. Hopefully this is ready to go on launch day 9/30

  • I’m excited about this! When we have guests stay over that are older it’s a pain explaining to them how to use the TV through an xbox or via my tablet….

  • I already have this, but mine is called the TiVo Stream 4K. And it has a better remote, and TiVo Software.

    • Yea that thing is a dumpster fire . I got one on release when they lied and said the price would go to 70 bucks and it never did .constant software issues and judging by the daily performance and bugs complaints In the tivostream group the issues are wide spread. I can’t wait to replace that thing with this its been a big disappointment thus far

    • This does support 4k. But it definitely doesn’t fit an “Ultra” tag that Chromecast Ultra once did that offered substantial improvements to the current product listings. I don’t believe this device supports Dolby Atmos sound.

    • The firmware for this device leaked out awhile back and it supports 4K, HDR10 and Dolby Vision. (Maybe HLG too, not sure.)

  • i am glad they are making this in multiple colors. Using a white remote while eating and watching TV, would suck. It would end up with red Hot Cheeto marks all over it.

  • Dolby Vision support (or lack there of) would be the only deal breaker for me. But if Chromecast Ultra supports it no reason to think this won’t, hopefully lol. A huge plus but not expected would be automatic frame rate switching.

    • The original big leak about this device awhile back confirmed that it would support Dolby Vision. And, as you say, the Chromecast Ultra (which this will obviously replace) supports it, so seems likely this would too. I expect that this device will also use the same or similar power cord as the Ultra, meaning it will have an ethernet port there.

  • If it ends up having full 4K w/ HDR (esp. Dolby Vision) capabilities, then I might consider picking it up to replace my Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K…so I’m curious to see what it has to offer!

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