I have the cheapest Chromecast and ROKU Express devices on 2 separate dumb HDTVs and cheap android Tracfones that are cheaper than buying a year of service and can be used as tablets on WiFi even after service ends..
Either device works much better with an android smartphone.
An android smart phone definitely puts Chromecast ahead of the ROKU in ease of access for me.
The phone can also enable much more access on the ROKU using the Web Video Caster app as a browser or by playing stored files from the phone sd card with the ROKU app or Web Video Caster app. I can access some laptop files from my Windows7 laptop with the ROKU Media Player app without a mobile device. Windows10 can mirror to the ROKU but the phone just plays the videos better.
The one advantage of the ROKU is enabling subtitles in movie/video files. If you do not need to see subtitles, I much prefer playing a file with VLC from either a laptop, flash drive, or sd card and rendering the playback to the Chromecast. Video file plays much better than mirroring.
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