It's funny that I have recommended Chromecast to many family members and given them as Christmas gifts. They love them, yet my TV is ancient and I can't use one myself. At the moment, I don't care. I stream on phones, tablets, and my computer, and may go a week or more without turning my TV on.
I may be spending a few days with relatives that have full cable, a nice TV, and no internet. Does anyone know if it is possible to take a Verizon 4G phone or tablet, turn on 4G hotspot, connect Chromecast to 4G mobile hotspot, and stream audio/video from the phone to the chromecast at the same time?
If so, would someone be willing to run the speedtest app and report what kind of upload and download speeds you have when you are doing this?
If that doesn't work well, my other option is to take one of my spare phones with unlimited data and use that exclusively as a 4G Hotspot for the Chromecast to connect to.
Then, I would use one of my other unlimited data lines to stream the media/Netflix etc to the Chromecast.
Lastly, if I end up doing this with two devices vs. one single device, as in my first example, would it be beneficial to spend a few bucks and buy a 4G Jetpack (a dedicated hotspot device) instead of using a phone as my dedicated hotspot?
Honestly, I wouldn't normally have a need for a jetpack, unless it would offer the chromecast better connectivity than a typical 4G smartphone.
I may be spending a few days with relatives that have full cable, a nice TV, and no internet. Does anyone know if it is possible to take a Verizon 4G phone or tablet, turn on 4G hotspot, connect Chromecast to 4G mobile hotspot, and stream audio/video from the phone to the chromecast at the same time?
If so, would someone be willing to run the speedtest app and report what kind of upload and download speeds you have when you are doing this?
If that doesn't work well, my other option is to take one of my spare phones with unlimited data and use that exclusively as a 4G Hotspot for the Chromecast to connect to.
Then, I would use one of my other unlimited data lines to stream the media/Netflix etc to the Chromecast.
Lastly, if I end up doing this with two devices vs. one single device, as in my first example, would it be beneficial to spend a few bucks and buy a 4G Jetpack (a dedicated hotspot device) instead of using a phone as my dedicated hotspot?
Honestly, I wouldn't normally have a need for a jetpack, unless it would offer the chromecast better connectivity than a typical 4G smartphone.