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Boxerfan

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5. I'd avoid Chromecast if your not into signing in every time t is turned on.

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Thu Sep 8, 2022, 01:37 PM

Sep 2022

The Chromecast dongle works fine-but you have to sign in every time you turn it on. If it saved passwords no biggie. it doesn't. And the remote is basically unusable-no enter button or directional. Just a blank circle. I used it for a while till I came to the PIN entry. I was unable to tell what # it had entered. I yanked the damn thing.

Inoperable due to a stupid protocol I can't turn off (required password or pin to use) & a clunky remote. DUMB Google-very dumb.

Got the cheapest Roku & hope it lasts more than 8 months this tiime.

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8 mo old Roku failed to connect to wifi-all attempts to fix failed. [View all] Boxerfan Sep 2022 OP

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I'd avoid Chromecast if your not into signing in every time t is turned on. Boxerfan Sep 2022 #5