Chromecast, Apple TV and Roku 3: The Battle for Streaming TV Supremacy www.apphtech.

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Watching shows and movies on your small laptop screen or computer monitor is so 2005. Why sit in a computer chair for hours, straining your eyes to catch all of the action, when you can watch Netflix, Hulu, Watch ESPN or HBO:GO right on your um!o si"e# flat screen H$%& from the comfort of your couch' One of the easiest ways to get those ser(ices streaming onto your %& is through a set top !ox, such as )pple %& or a *o+u' %hese #e(ices ha(e !een aroun# for more than , years, an# !oth companies are currently on their -r# (ersions of their popular #e(ices' .ast year howe(er, Google #eci#e# to enter into the mar+et as well, !ut not with a set top !ox' /n 0uly of 123-, Google release# their 4hromecast, a #e(ice

that they hope will change the entire lan#scape of internet (i#eo an# music streaming to tele(isions fore(er' Bac+ in late 1225, )pple first offere# a pre(iew of what Ste(e 0o!s !elie(e# to !e the future of watching %& an# mo(ies' When it hit shel(es in early 1226, the )pple %& change# the way people thought of streaming content' Su##enly those %& shows an# mo(ies you !ought from the i%unes store weren7t relegate# to !eing watche# on your tiny phone screen or on your computer' /n mi# 1228, *o+u steppe# in to the #igital streaming mar+et an# change# the game again !y offering the first Netflix streaming recei(er !ox' )lthough !oth of these pro#ucts were relati(ely limite# in their scope at first, in time !oth *o+u an# )pple %& release# new software an# har#ware which increasingly ma#e it simple to watch a multitu#e of streaming content on your %&' Both of these pro#ucts were extremely popular, an# !oth ha# their upsi#es an# #ownsi#es in relation to one another' %he *o+u set top !ox offers a wi#e (ariety of apps, with each content pro(i#er #oing things their own way' While this #oes offer the user their pic+ of the litter in terms of which content ser(ices to su!scri!e to, it also can !e confusing as the #ifferent apps all operate# in completely #ifferent ways' On the other han#, )pple has +ept their pro#uct rather minimalist, with (ery few -r# party apps a(aila!le, an# automatic up#ates to all of the )pple software inclu#e#, lea#ing to easier use' %he )pple %& also remains the only pro#uct of its +in# that supports )pple ser(ices, such as /%unes, howe(er it still #oes not offer compati!ility with the )ma"on Prime streaming ser(ice' %he )pple %& also wor+s seamlessly with other )pple pro#ucts, such as syncing with your /Phone, /Po# or /Pa# wirelessly to ma+e it that much easier to !egin en oying your /%unes music an# other content' Google sat !ac+ an# watche# for years as )pple an# *o+u !attle# for control of the set top !ox mar+et, !ut when they #eci#e# to oin the mar+et for streaming online content to %& sets, they too+ a #ifferent route' %he Google 4hromecast is a small 9SB #ongle, not much larger than a flash #ri(e' Once inserte# into a %&s H$:/ port, the 4hromecast relies on a user7s smartphone or P4 to run the apps an# !eam the content from those #e(ices to the 4hromecast, which in turn #isplays the content on the %&' O!(iously, this is a ma or space sa(er, an# the 4hromecast costs only ;-, as oppose# to ;322 for the )pple %& an# *o+u -' Howe(er, there are some o!(ious #ownsi#es to this metho#' <or one, there is no capa!ility for using wire# internet to operate the #e(ice, only a wireless signal will #o, an# if that signal goes out, as we +now it often #oes, this causes issues with the streaming' )##itionally, the 4hromecast ta+es a !it more un#erstan#ing of technology to wor+, as it re=uires you to na(igate your phone to get the apps an# choose the content you wish to watch, rather than ust !eing a!le to #o e(erything right on your

%& screen as with the )pple an# *o+u pro#ucts' )ll in all, there are positi(es an# negati(es to all - choices, an# someone in the mar+et for such a #e(ice shoul# loo+ into the apps a(aila!le to each in or#er to #etermine which woul# !e !est for them'

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