I use one of these:
I'd have to see the video quality on non-compatible apps before I got too excited. In those cases, it relies on your laptop or whatever to encode the stream for the chromecast device. The article says quality takes a big hit then.... If so, you'd be better off leaving your computer directly connected to the TV and controlling it with a BT keyboard-type thing.
For the price though, it's definitely worth keeping an eye on.
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