Fire TV Arrives In Time For Christmas
by Raverstead
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) has been launched in the USA. It costs $40.
Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46
Roku Lead Narrows, Apple TV Loses to Chromecast
by Raverstead
Sales of Google’s Chromecast streaming media stick surpassed the Apple TV in Q1-Q3’14 – although Roku devices still lead. Chromecast sales were not counted in 2013, but were comfortably ahead of the ageing Apple …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 48
Walmart Sparks Chromecast Competition
by Raverstead
Documents filed with the USA’s FCC have shown that Walmart is planning to launch its own streaming stick, competing with the Google Chromecast. The Vudu Spark will act as a gateway to Walmart’s film …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Walmart
Microsoft Competes With Chromecast
by Super User
Windows Phone Daily has uncovered an FCC filing detailing a Chromecast-like dongle for Windows Phone smartphones. The ‘Microsoft HD-10’ possesses WiFi, HDMI and USB connectivity. It also supports Miracast (used for Windows Phone 8.1’s …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smartphones| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Windows
Dell Streams to TV
by Super User
The Dell Cast device is now available in the UK. Similar to a Chromecast for business users, the Dell Cast is an HDMI dongle that enables multimedia content to be streamed from a tablet …
Tags:Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21
Microsoft Works With Miracast
by Super User
Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34), a Chromecast-like dongle called the HD-10, for Windows Phone devices, was leaked by Windows Phone Daily. Microsoft is now going further down that road with …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21
Matchstick Sparks Kickstarter Rush
by Super User
Mozilla’s Chromecast rival, Matchstick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26), has been revealed, with a competitive price of $25. The device, which was quickly funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/karoadz), uses open-source software. Developers are being …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21
Roku Tests Mirroring
by Super User
Roku is beta-testing a screen mirroring feature on its Roku 3 and Streaming Stick devices. The feature can be used with select Windows 8.1 and Android products, worldwide.
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21
Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle
by Super User
Qualcomm is developing an HDMI dongle to wirelessly transfer video from a mobile device to a TV. Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, has seen a prototype of the unit. He …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21
Google Developing Chromecast 2
by Super User
Mario Queiro, VP of product management at Google, has said that the company will launch a second-generation Chromecast device. Although few details were shared, Queiro said that more advanced hardware will mean that it …
Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Second Screens| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21
Amazon Sticks It To Chromecast
by Super User
Amazon already has its own set-top box (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14), but is now challenging the growing streaming stick market with the Fire TV stick. Streaming OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu …
Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21
