How I tested Chromecast with Google TV HD
How I tested Chromecast with Google TV HD
With that in mind, I tested the Chromecast with Google TV HD on a 15 year old Samsung TV in my garage that has 1080p picture resolution.
The Chromecast connected to my home network over Wi-Fi. There are no inputs for Ethernet on the Chromecast. I then measured how quickly five popular apps launched from the Chromecast’s main menu. I compared those results with the similarly priced Roku Express 4K+, an Amazon Fire TV Streaming Stick 4K and Walmart Onn 4K streaming device. (See a breakdown of the results below under the “Speed test” section.)
Streaming sticks, in general, are marketed for non-Smart TVs with an HDMI port, and to update older Smart TVs in need of refreshed software. So I did the same speed test on a 2017 TCL Roku TV (model: 55S405) to compare the speed of Chromecast HD to an older Smart TV.
The Chromecast is running on Android TV OS 12. I did three rounds of launching apps for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Sling TV and Disney+.
The same 2007 Samsung non-Smart TV was used for testing the speed on all the streaming devices. Using a stopwatch on my smartphone, I timed how many seconds it took for each streaming device to launch an app. I stopped the watch once the homepage or profile page to the streaming app was fully loaded.
The takeaway is that the Google Chromecast HD is, without question, going to deliver faster performance for older Smart TVs and non-Smart TVs, and give you updated universal remote.
The Chromecast remote easily paired with my 2007 Samsung TV and controlled the TV power, volume control and mute function.
Google TV debuted as a TV platform in 2020 on the Google Chromecast with Google TV (4K model). Since then, Google TV has been the Smart TV platform of choice for Sony Bravia Smart TVs along with Smart TVs from Hisense, Phillips and TCL.
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