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Lots of anecdotal experience in this thread about how bad Chromecast is so I'd like to offer my opposite:

Chromecast has been one of the nicest additions per dollar for my home. It has been working well for me for a year or so. I even used it today (for the first time in a week or more) while cooking and it worked like a charm first try.

The only real problems I've had with it, I switched hardware, but used the same SSID and it was confused as all heck. To its credit, though, so was my "Smart" TV. I gave up and just used a new SSID and everything worked again without all of the weird-ass problems.

[rkangel]

I agree. I also regularly say that it's the best value money I have ever spent.

The only unreliability I have is with certain apps that don't appear to have implemented the functionality that well. The "NFL Game Pass Europe" app for instance sometimes forgets that it's attached to the TV and you can no longer pause/stop (there are workarounds). Other apps like Netflix have been extremely solid.

[retSava]

Indeed; bought first-gen LG webos, top of the line, TV. scratch record bad choice. Severally underpowered hw, like a really old tablet. Thus, it cannot update to later versions of WebOS and apps are constantly crashing (did I mention that the regular TV tuner is considered an app in webos?).

To work around this, I simply bought a chromecast as a target to stream youtube on.

[astura]

I've never had any real issues with Chromecast other than the volume cutting off a few times. I liked it so much a bought a second to replace the "smart TV" features of the upstairs tv. It's really the best UI in my opinion.

[efrafa]

I have same experience, it works for me all the time.

[sgt]

I enjoy my Chromecast but it does crash about once a week. Then I have to physically unplug it. I haven't experienced any other types of issues as of yet. Ideally I would like to replace this with an Apple TV 4 at some point.

[zeep]

Most homes would probably benefit more by having better insulation... If you are only talking about dollars...

[ce4]

Which Android version do your phones run?