I've had one for a while now, and it's great ... when it works. For some reason I have more problems with the wifi where I work now, so the connection to my Plex media server isn't stable enough. I've moved my Intel NUC into my living room instead, and while it is a more complicated user experience (keyboards and mouses and stuff!), it is more stable. Plus it gives me more options. The ease of just using my phone to play anything on my Chromecast was awesome, though.a chromecast
Ok, I'm in the process of setting up my media center. I am building a PC, I have a big flatscreen TV, and I plan on watching exactly 0 cable television. How should I configure all of this for maximum media experience? I've been thinking about using my existing (though old and battered) laptop as my primary media console, but I can't see an advantage to having two computers doing what one could do.
That sucks that you're having issues with it. I did as well until I realized that the hdmi 'extender' thing that came with it was actually a wifi booster. Now the only time I have streaming issues is when there's a few torrents downloading at the same time while I'm streaming. I think it's more though that my torrents and plex are on the same box.