Originally Posted By: drakino
Originally Posted By: DWallach
Despite their entreaties to the contrary, everything seems to work perfectly without requiring you to create a "My Plex" account.

If you sign up for a My Plex account, the app on the phone should continue to see your server when you are outside the home network.

What he said. On the same network, the account has never been necessary.

The Chromecast is a pretty great little device, considering the cost, but even though I have it hooked up to my home theater I never use it. I must be old school, but I HATE using my phone as a remote control. I simply can't stand it. Even just as a mechanism to start a movie and pause it a couple times during playback, I still don't like it. I need a physical remote.

I think you're OK with your purchase, Dan. First of all, I don't think there have been any rumors of a Chromecast 2 (there are far more rumors about Android TV), and second it's $35 freaking dollars! Whatever I feel about the Chromecast, there isn't a single better way to bring this kind of content to your home theater for $35.
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Matt