cheap way to ad Chromecast to your 40's and 50's Televisions

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Originally Posted by earlyfilm

OK, what would the benefit be of doing it this way have over cannibalizing an old VCR or such for a modulator, or even using a surplus agile modulator, which would seem to be less expensive and much less complicated.

Can someone explain this in analogue English?

I've seen Chromecast advertised, but the adverts never say what it does. As far as I know, no stores where I live carry them.

James.

It's carried at Best Buy or order it online from Google, Amazon, Walmart and others. https://www.google.com/chrome/device...y.html#instore

It's nothing like a modulator - it's a streaming media player that supports YouTube, Netflix, Pandora, Hulu and more.

Now you do need to connect it to WiFi and control it with a tablet or smart phone which serves as your remote control.

At $35 though it's less expensive and a lot smaller than something like a smart bluray player or playstation.