[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Chromecast is IMO just a Miracast Plus. It is fully capable of screen Mirroring but to date no one has made an App to do it that has gotten past the Whitelisting. I suspect someday that will change....the PLUS is the fact that CCast can play content without having to depend on the device that starts it. This makes the CCast much more efficient as far as method is concerned. Add the fact it doesn't require a direct radio connection the way Miracast does and it opens the device up for use with any device on the network. If they add a Wired Ethernet option in the future it will also improve performance of CCast to close to what the streaming boxes get now.

As for comparisons to AppleTV, GoogleTV, Roku and other streaming boxes the CCast concept is very different in that all of the control is done via any mobile device. Most of the BRAINS (code) and Interface is also done on the Mobile device which makes the CCast as capable as the Mobile device that connects to it. There are literally 1000s of Android and iOS Developers who already have apps that could be made to work with CCast without having to write a ton of code. Just add the DIAL code needed and create a simple HTML based Player that the CCast can load or Mirror the content in CCast compatible format.

On the other streaming boxes the apps are all saved on the device itself. Navigation is done on the box itself. and none of them do mirroring as we speak. They all come with a remote control to navigate, CCast assumes you already have two or three remotes in your pocket, in your briefcase or your desktop. This makes the CCast as cheap as it is because they don't need to put IR receivers and remotes into the Package!

So think of the CCast as a sort of Hybrid between Miracast and Roku/SmartTV, Improving on Miracast's limited radio requirements and device dependency while offloading the Code the streaming boxes use to the devices that connect to it and the need to navigate to an app on the streambox before you can stream to it. It's all done on the Mobile device.

CCast's importance is not in how well it streams media it is in HOW it does this.

DIAL is a very important protocol that if widely accepted by the Big TV manufacturers could revolutionize the SmartTV concept and remove the issue of Does my TV have an APP for.....

Same issue that afflicts the Streambox options today!

If the DIAL protocol becomes a standard then any device that is network connected will be able to launch media to your TV without ever having to hit the menu button and navigate a badly written Smart Menu system again.

Amplifiers could use this to pass signals to any TV in your House that was DIAL compliant, not just the TV it is wired to.

Cable Boxes could do the same thing (but don't hold your breath waiting for that).

So the promise of DIAL is to one day have a TV and nothing else but a Network connection in your room, where all your Home Theater gear is in a closet somewhere connected to the Network, and can stream whatever content you desire to any TV in your house.

All of it will be controlled from any Mobile device or Tablet and what used to be possible only for those who have very deep pockets and are filthy rich will be standard practice with the masses.

So thats why I'm excited for the CCast and why I think it is much better than any of the stream Box SmartTV options out there.

It's implementation may not be as great as the promise DIAL holds right now but it is the first example and proof of concept device for the DIAL way of doing things...

And at $35 it sure isn't prohibitively priced!

If all goes well you won't need a dongle anymore this capability will be standard in TVs where the only ones who will need this are folks with an old TV that has no Sart Capability to upgrade to use the new system.

This thing is still an infant learning how to walk...

But once it is perfected and well supported you will see what makes the CCast so revolutionary compared to streaming boxes and the way SmartTVs work today.

It just needs some time to mature.

Sorry for the Off Topic Rant but I get the feeling people don't really understand what the CCast is really all about because I see them constantly comparing it to Miracast and Roku which both have drawbacks the DIAL method is hoping to make Obsolete because it can do that and with support much more than both combined!.