re: Amazon FireTV Stick, $19 for Prime members ($39 now) - 11/23 deals for $24

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I don't see the big deal with a remote.

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I have a 3 year old phone and by the end of the day it's battery is on it's last legs. And sometimes I may want to keep playing solitaire while I pause the TV to answer the phone (land line). A remote lets me do that. What does happen to a Chromecast if someone calls your cellphone? Does it automatically pause like my podcasts do? Do I need to answer the phone then go to the app to pause it?

It's not that it's a big deal, it's that a remote is better for me and I already have all the streaming services I need with my PS3 so I would consider losing the remote by switching to a chromecast a downgrade (although the screen casting would be cool).