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First of all, your TV has to have a USB connection. Second, you have to have a WiFi source. Third, how is this different from a smart TV or smart BlueRay player?

The chromecast dongle will let you browse via your tablet, smart phone or laptop from your living room. Have you tried to do similar things with a remote control or xbox controller? It stinks! Start to play any video and hit the chromecast icon to send that video to your TV. Unlike Apple TV, it doesn't stream from whatever you used to start the video. You basically tell the dongle what to watch and it connects wireless to your home internet for the connection. It is nice to watch youtube videos on your TV.

It plugs into the TVs HDMI port. The dongle itself has a USB port to be powered. A video review I saw had that going into a wall outlet, like a phone charger. So you need a free HDMI port available. Most flatscreen TVs have several HDMI inputs. Tens of millions of Americans subscribe to netflix, HULU and amazon prime. Now I don't have any experience with Amazon Prime, but I have the other two services. Netflix of course is the most popular. Most ppl watch netflix on their computers. And of the dedicated devices I have personally seen for netflix, it's a bit of meh, because the web site of netflix gives you all the features and ways to search/browse titles. On a "device" like a blu-ray player or xbox, you can't browse titles as nicely (I'd say it's really terrible) as via the website.

I have cut the cord and no longer have cable. I just didn't watch TV often enough, let alone cable channels once I got netflix (and since HULU) to justify the expense. I set up a HTPC to cut the cord with an old PC. It has a TV turner card so I can get over the air broadcast and it records them just like any DVR will. So in that sense, I won't be a customer for this device. However, if I still had cable, and hence no HTPC, I'd be over this gizmo like white on rice. Then again, if you have heard about a company called AERO, it is conceivable that this $35 dollar device could be an all-in-one solution for even me.