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Hello @plartoo  The CCU was designed quite a long time ago (2016, which is ancient in semiconductor years). The CCwGTV is much newer (2020). So, it should run cooler in general. That said, I did find some reports of overheating. But, it doesn't appear to be consistent (unlike the CCU, which all seem to run hot). Some CCwGTV units run hot. That could be a manufacturing issue (improper thermal paste application) or a firmware issue. At this point, they've been making them awhile, so I would hope both of those types of issues would be sorted. It is inexpensive and gets very good reviews. So, I'd say if you're in the market for something like this, it's a good option. Worst case, keep the packaging and the receipt and send it back if you're unhappy with it.

Stadia probably can't support Dolby Digital without introducing unacceptable encoding delay (around 40ms), which would require delaying playout of several encoded video frames to keep the audio synchronized. It's not a bad codec for buffered streams, but it has been around almost 30 years at this point.

Hello @gabrier  Just a note while looking through the form – www.gcping.com is not a reliable method for measuring latency to the nearest Stadia game servers. That service is built using virtual machines deployed on Google Cloud – their competitor to AWS and Azure. But, Stadia doesn't run on Google Cloud. It runs on Google's infrastructure, and much of that infrastructure is deployed in locations outside of Google's data centers. Just as an example, gcping.com shows that I have a 35ms latency to their global HTTPS load balancer, which matches response time to the nearest Google Cloud region. However, a quick ping to mail.google.com and stadia.com both show a response time around 10ms, because a lot of Google's services are deployed at a large data center in Chicago (350 East Cermak, one of the biggest data centers in the world, which hosts thousands of servers for a bunch of different companies). But, even that isn't definitive, since Google hasn't disclosed exactly where the actual Stadia game servers are located – just that they have worked directly with internet service providers to bypass the usual path through the public internet in order to get Stadia gaming traffic (as opposed to the front end service hosted by stadia.com) into Google's network via a shorter (fewer hops) path. Long story short, the modern internet is really complicated. Google's own network is both fantastic and connected with the public internet in really interesting ways at thousands of separate points deep inside last-mile internet service provider networks. This makes measuring effective latency for Stadia gaming challenging.

Hello @ButtChew  Stadia is not a PC – it's more like a console in the cloud. So, I just did a quick check of Sony and Microsoft console prices for this game, and it appears to be the same price as Stadia ($60) at the moment. Stadia does have sales regularly, and this game has been on sale in the past – it just isn't on sale right now (though other games are).

Hello @Viridian3965  I was also hoping to see BF2042 land on Stadia. But, I also have a gaming PC on which I play games like CoD as well as Stadia games. It's the best of both worlds – I get to play a few games that aren't on Stadia while still getting the advantages of Stadia for the games that are there. In short, this isn't an either/or situation – you can have both and use them as you choose. I like being able to pick from my growing Stadia Pro library without having to download anything, and play some of those games on my TV occasionally. But, CoD is a requirement as well (for me – I'm going to give R6:Siege a try when it lands, though).

Hello @Scorrettoni  I'd never heard of this game, but it looks interesting. The best suggestion I have is to send the developer feedback requesting this, since it's almost entirely up to them: https://forums.solasta-game.com/forums/feedback-suggestions  You may also want to send Google feedback from the Stadia app, but that won't be nearly as effective as lobbying the game developer directly.

Hello @Rossawilson1  That firmware version (1.49.250946) appears to correspond to a non-Ultra (1080p) Chromecast: https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7124014?hl=en  If you bought this from Google recently, was it as part of a Stadia Premiere bundle, or was it just a Chromecast? If it was the latter, then that would be a non-Ultra Chromecast, which doesn't support Stadia. The Stadia Premiere bundle is the only way to still get new Chromecast Ultra units.

I just checked this on my M1 Mac mini running the latest Big Sur (11.4) and the latest Chrome ( 91.0.4472.77) – I was able to fire up Jedi Fallen Order without difficulty. I don't use any extensions, but that would be my first suspicion if you're having issues.