Is it worth buying the Chromecast Google TV? Or should i think of another option?

by rrrferreira

Hey there, i am looking for an Android TV for the 70 euros price range, and i'm having mixed signals. I feel that the Chromecast Google TV is the way to go, but do you think i should buy another android stick/box instead?

SirJohnSmythe

We gotta start exporting these Walmart Onn boxes to our foreign friends

€18 plus whatever shipping/VAT/etc

ohlookawildtaco

Seconded for the Onn box. Works great and you can side load apps as well. No Ethernet unfortunately but iirc someone used a micro USB adapter to some degree of success.

nobody2008

Just got CCwGTV for our Samsung 4K and very happy with it. Power button turns on/off both TV and the stick, and the volume button magically controls our Vizio sound bar. Samsung TV is like 3 years old and some apps started show problems already so it is a nice upgrade. Voice search with Google Assistant is great (you can describe a film or show you don't remember the name of, and it can find it for you). We use it for Hulu, Disney+, AppleTV, YouTube, and Prime video. Also good for casting happy memories from our Google Photos.

MinerAlum

I like mine!

nicholasdelucca

I had a Mi Box S, and bought my parents a Fire Stick 4K, I currently have a CCwGTV on my bedroom, and I think it's the best I've ever used. Unless you intend on installing a lot of apps/games, I recommend it.

Elf-Lord

I am looking to buy the new Fire TV 4K MAX, instead of the Google Chromecast with Google TV.

DrVentureYT

I use it and like it

Weavecity

I’ve had the CCwGTV since it came out last year. It was ok at first but became sluggish and buggy over the last year, factory reset only helped a little. If possible I suggest looking elsewhere.

tuneafishy

I've been using an nvidia shield for a while now and my chromecast with Google TV has been demoted to my travel setup. I used over the holidays recently and immediately noticed how sluggish the chromecast is relative to my shield. Personally wouldn't want to use it as a daily driver for that reason, but some people aren't as sensitive to interface lag as I am

EvilDaleCooper

Mecool Km2

redross79

I wouldn't recommend the CCwGTV. It is buggy (e.g. drops WiFi a lot) and doesn't have enough internal storage to hold more than a handful of apps. I have to clear data regularly to give it enough space to update apps from the Google play store. And I it have approx 4 extra media streaming apps on top of what was on there out of the box.

I also have an nVidia shield, and there is no contest between the two.

It is a real shame that there are not any good budget Android/Google TV sticks / boxes in the UK (that I know of at least). For the time being I've switched back to a fire stick 4k on my 2nd TV. If you can live without the Google play store and Chromecast ability, then the fire sticks are very good. It "just works", unlike the CCwGTV.

jojo1159

Yeah you can buy the android tv but 1st you should have some knowledge. There are 2 types of android tv boxes.

  1. Android tv boxes manufactured by Chinese companies.
  2. Android tv boxes with Google assistant support. So, I bought a Chinese android tv box and I suffered a lot. Here is how, when you buy a Chinese android tv box you will get update for certain period of time. Like my box it came with android 6 cyanogen mod, later android 7 and 8 was released. When you will update to android 7 or 8, you will receive update for certain period of time after that updates stops automatically. You will find your android box is now like a rooted device, after that there are tons of problem including applying of custom rom and using magisk of which a single mistake "a giant disaster for human kind" So its better to buy android tv's with Google support as it is supported by Google and updates will readily keep on coming. I fucked up a lot buying Chinese android tv box and I was struggling for 5 yrs to fix it. PLEASE DONT BUY CHEAP CHINESE ANDROID TV BOX.