G+_Damian Mongru Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 A lot has been written on the recent Google event, and Chromecast in particular. With TWiT in mind I was just wondering who watched the livestream on Youtube, and who watched the TWiT special. I watched the Youtube stream, with Engadget's LiveBlog letting me quickly check any facts I had misheard. Jeff Jarvis said it was amazing how Leo's opinion of Chromecast changed throughout the announcement, so I watched that afterwards. I quickly remembered why I originally watched the livestream. To TWiT's credit they always point you towards the livestream if one is available, if their commentary isn't your cup of tea. I'm just wondering if I am missing out on any extra value of the TWiT special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eng. Jorge Santana Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Always TWiT.tv for live, the commentary is great. They put everything in perspective... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lenny Fudenna Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Listened to the Engadget podcast from yesterday and it was so how off they were on how the chromecast works. I think both are great but perspective is only helpful if they know what they are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Damian Mongru Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 I have no problem with perspective, but it is very difficult to put a reasoned, thoughtful view together in real time. I appreciate that this isn't all that the TWiT commentary is trying to provide. Sometimes it feels like they are being contrarian just for the sake of it. Even the music choice was mocked. Talking for the sake of talking. If you are talking about the choice of music whilst they are showing an interesting take on getting web content to your TV then you've missed the point. I'm not sure if spoilers are a thing during a presentation. However we are all watching the announcement, and showing the Chromecast page lessens it. When I watched the stream the $35 pricetag was amazing. Google demo'd the item, showed what it could do, what was in the pipeline, and then the price. Whilst the special showed the pricetag, then they asked what it is and what can it do (can it show Netflix?) when the answers were being demo'd in the background. They kind of told us the punchline. I know this information is available on the web and can be found by anyone, but it felt a bit odd when the commentary actually reduces the impact of the announcement. It felt like people talking in the cinema, or the worst kind of director's commentary where very little new information is added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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