Xtreamer’s latest set-top-box is a small Android-powered device designed to turn your TV into a media center. The Xtreamer SideWinder4 features a good range of ports, connects to the internet over WiFi or Ethernet, and comes with media-centric apps pre-loaded, including the XBMC Media Center app and CheapCast, a tool that lets you use nearly […]
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CheapCast update lets you stream video from PC to Android
CheapCast is an app designed to pretty much turn any Android device into a Google Chromecast. Up until now, that’s meant you could fire up Netflix, YouTube, or other supported apps on your phone or tablet, tap a button and then send it to the device running CheapCast. But there’s one thing you’ve been able […]
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One of these days Apple will probably get around to introducing an iPad mini with a Retina display. But it looks like Apple may have competition in the 8 inch, high-resolution tablet space. HP appears to be working on a tablet called the HP Slate 8 Pro, and if leaked benchmark results are anything to […]
Cheapcast turns any Android device into a Chromecast (video)
Like the idea of Google’s Chromecast, which lets you stream internet video to your TV, but don’t want to buy another device that only does one thing? Developer Sebastian Mauer has released a free app called Cheapcast that turns your existing Android device into a sort of Chromecast. Fire up the app on your phone, […]
Chromecast coming soon: Stream anything from CyanogenMod, turn any Android device into a Chromecast
Google’s Chromecast may be an inexpensive device designed to let you stream video from the internet to your TV. But developers are already hard at work finding new ways to use it. Developer Koushik Dutta is working on software that’ll let you stream anything straight from your phone to your TV without going through an online […]