Thursday, February 4, 2016

10:31 PM

Chromecast House Party

I am quite behind on my posting for the year, but I wanted to start off with an awesome item I received from House Party in December.  I applied for their Chromecast party and was selected.  I was ecstatic because I am a huge technology junkie.  I don't know about you, but I can never have too many screens when I am working on stuff.  The Chromecast allows you to "cast" stuff from your computer or phone to your television screen.  This is all done through a cable that is plugged into the back of your television (HDMI port) and it sends a bluetooth signal to your phone to pair with and you follow the instruction to connect it to your computer if it is not have bluetooth capability.  The whole process took me about 10 minutes including looking over the manual and all that was included.  I am a student, as I mentioned before, and I use this ALL the time.  For $35 I think it's a steal.  No more running my HDMI from my computer to my television and when I want to show my family a video or some pictures I have on my phone I can just send them directly to my tv.

This is the actual Chromecast and is connected to the HDMI port on your television.

Screenshot from my phone.

Screenshot