#Nbc chromecast iphone tv#

In the past, I would have learned everything I wanted to know by watching the detailed forecast on The Weather Channel. was covered in snow-on the busiest travel day of the year. That’s no longer true-which changes everything.

#Nbc chromecast iphone tv#

For news, weather, entertainment, a movie, or a sitcom, the TV set was the go-to.

The almighty TV set was the king of center of home entertainment, and information. Heck, we’ve been “time-delaying” TV programs and movies since the early 1980s. The TV set is becoming a remnant of past behavior. Apart from “NCIS”-which we watch live Tuesday nights at 8PM because my wife enjoys texting with a friend as they watch the live broadcast-we mostly disregard the TV schedule. When Verizon FiOS pixelates the cable version of HBO GO so horribly that it cannot be watched-a very common occurrence-I must choose between “Last Week Tonight with John Stewart” on YouTube, the HBO GO app on my Samsung TV, the same app on my iPhone, my iPad, and DVD player. In time, with the arrival of “House of Cards,” it became clear that Netflix, and these unassuming devices, were a pure form of disruptive innovation-taking place on the very same screen that NBC, CBS, etc. At first, this seemed to be a clever stunt. Many devices now contain apps that allow you to watch specific TV brands (I hesitate to call Netflix a “channel” in the old school linear sense).

If you want to watch Netflix on a TV set, you can connect Apple TV, receive Netflix on your iPhone or iPad, then throw the signal over to the TV screen. These devices expand the capabilities of a TV set by connecting it to the internet. Apple TV looks like a square hockey puck. When I first saw Apple TV, I wondered what it was, and whether it was worth $100. By the time I saw Google’s Chromecast, I thought I understood what it was, and why it was worth $35.