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| Thread ID: 143864 | 2017-04-28 19:06:00 | Barebone PC to power a 49 inch screen | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 1434720 | 2017-04-28 23:42:00 | Not Plasma,LCD IPS Here at Noel Leeming for better spec's www.noelleeming.co.nz |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1434721 | 2017-04-29 01:09:00 | Chromecast relies on wifi to work. You will also need a spare usb socket on the tv to supply power to the chromecast, although I am fairly sure any suitable (powerwise) 5volt supply would do the job. I have the first model, the second is slightly different, think it can get power from the hdmi but not sure. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1434722 | 2017-04-29 01:57:00 | Not Plasma,LCD IPS Here at Noel Leeming for better spec's www.noelleeming.co.nz I would hope so at twice the price, is it twice as good? I saw plasma in the link and didn't notice it was an LCD, oops. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1434723 | 2017-04-29 03:22:00 | Chromecast relies on wifi to work. You will also need a spare usb socket on the tv to supply power to the chromecast, although I am fairly sure any suitable (powerwise) 5volt supply would do the job. I have the first model, the second is slightly different, think it can get power from the hdmi but not sure. You can power the Chromecast with the wall wart it comes with. USB from the TV isn't required. And no you can't power it via HDMI. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1434724 | 2017-04-29 04:23:00 | The TV is probably cheap because it's a plasma and they are disappearing in favour of various LED technologies, probably clearing old stock. . I'm in favour of clearing old stock. If it does what you want, cheap is great. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1434725 | 2017-04-29 05:15:00 | My Chromecast (1st model) which I bought new in a sealed packet only came with a usb cable for power. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1434726 | 2017-04-29 05:18:00 | My Chromecast (1st model) which I bought new in a sealed packet only came with a usb cable for power, so Renmoo should make sure to get the latest version. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1434727 | 2017-04-29 06:12:00 | The newer 2nd gen and Chromecast Ultra (Does 4K and has ethernet) both came with a standalone USB adapter. Needs 1.2mAh output. All run on WiFi, except the Ultra, which has the *option* of ethernet. 2nd Gen has 802.11ac and 5Ghz support The 1st gen Chromecast only handles 720p, it can do some 1080p but only lower bitrate, it's just not quite fast enough for 1080p all the way. Chromecast is far easier to get going, though there are some limitations of course. As the others have mentioned, it's not about "powering", and the screen size itself makes no difference, it's all about the resolution that is being output to the TV (eg 720p vs 1080p etc) Any entry-level NUC should be able to handle 720p YouTube, though some of the lower end dual-core Celerons may struggle with 1080p, depending on the onboard GPU. If YouTube is what you mainly want, Chromecast is *definitely* the go! Get a 2nd gen, they're super cheap and absolutely amazing. Unless you have shoddy WiFi, you'll get no benefit from the 3rd generation Chromecast Ultra, due to the TV you're looking at being 1080p. Let us know how you go :) |
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