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Many of you would have seen Google announcing "Chromecast" device across many countries. You might also have seen references of "Miracast" too in many blogs. So what are they and how they differ? Chromecast is a hardware device (dongle shaped) developed and marketed by Google. The device plugs into the HDMI port of your television/projector and, plays audio/video pushed via Wifi from a limited set of support devices and softwares/apps. The apps are limited and following link shows supported apps . Miracast is a wireless screen-mirroring/casting standard using Wifi. This can be equated to bluemooth media transfer which you might be familiar already. Miracast thus is NOT a hardware, not a software , but just a standard so that corporations/developers can build their devices (laptop, smartphone, tablets etc..) to push media content to your Television or projectors. Miracast can be better compared to Airplay rather than Chromecast . Thus Chromecast and Mi

Apple is all about quality products and intutive design. Not so far is Mr.Apple TV. Not sure still why the Internet TV revolution is still not caught up, but there is great opportunity out there. Thought of putting forward my review about latest Apple TV, released in March 2012. (let's call it Apple TV3) Some details which could be interesting for you Size and Weight Height: 23 mm (0.9 inches) Width: 98 mm (3.9 inches) Depth: 98 mm (3.9 inches) Weight: 0.27 kg (0.6 pounds)1 Detailed specs:  http://www.apple.com/uk/appletv/specs.html Some tech details 1080 full HD support, airplay full support even with new ipad , use facility of Apple Cloud etc.. Sleek design that’s small, quiet, and energy efficient. (less than 6W) Video formats supported: H.264; M-JPEG; MPEG4 ..m4v, .mp4 and .mov. Hence youtube, high quality movies easily playable. (Only H264 supported at 1080p) Image formats supported: GIF; JPG; TIF (Great to watch your digital images) Wi-Fi (802.11a, b, g or n) ( 802.