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Miracats dongle with non internet compliant tv

Chromecast is unique.

It uses a protocol called DIAL - discovery and launch - and runs just a browser with a player, and a network stack.

Yes, depending on your model phone or tablet, you can screen cast to it.

It allows you to get a lot of programming from a number of sources, without using your mobile device as anything other than a remote control.

Chromecast rocks.

Miracast has been around for a bit longer and is a failed specification. It has been built in to a number of devices but often in non-compatible ways with other devices. In that regard, it's like DLNA on a Samsung TV - yes, it's there, no, it doesn't just work.

Miracast has one use - screen casting a mobile device to a TV.

If you ONLY want to screen cast a Samsung, probably your best bet is Samsung's dongle made for exactly that.
 
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