The EZCast is a screen mirroring device. It’ll mirror
the content & sound from a monitor on a gadget to a monitor on a
television. What’s displayed on the small monitor of your smartphone or
tablet is “cast” to the big-screen on the Television. The content may be
videos, images, documents or music. Except sounds the content display
simultaneously demonstrates on the casting gadget. The wifi EZCast
accomplishes its objective by performing as a remote router to which
your computing gadget connects wirelessly. All content & processing
demand, e.g., a connection to a Netflix account is accomplished via the
computer. The device only casts the monitor. This could be either a pros
or cons relying upon your circumstance. As the datacard is doing very
little in the way of computer processing, it’s tolerant of anything the
computing tool can deliver to it.
When it
comes to Chromecast, the gadget joins your local network via your
router. Apps need to be “Chromecast enabled” in order to play. The
enabled apps list currently includes the major service providers
including Netflix, Hulu+ and others. The list is growing. The number of
video formats supported by the device is limited. Mp4 videos will play
without problems. Other formats such as avi, xvid and mkv will need
conversion. On a desktop computer playing is accomplished with the
assistance of the Chrome web browser and an appropriate add-on. Other
video formats can be played with a Chrome web app called Videostream.
Videostream usually works well, but when it doesn’t, troubleshooting can
be tricky. On mobile devices Chrome does not support add-ons but there
are other apps, e.g., Realplayer, that are Chromecast enabled.
The
setup of both dongles is fairly easy. However, the guide for the EZCast
is pretty easier in comparison to chromecast. The necessary information
will be displayed on the TV screen when the gadget is plugged in. The
Chromecast must join the existing network. The user will need to enter
the password for the network.
So
we see that both gadgets have their good points and not so good points
and what the end user intends to do with the gadget is very important.
Personally, I believe that the installation of the Wifi EZ Cast
dongle on my desktop Mac from which I cast videos to a TV not too far
away is an improvement over the Chrome/ Videostream arrangement.
I would better recommend EZCast dongle if you are after better streaming experience on large TV monitor.
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