Maybe it really is the blue ones

After a few days of using the new blue Google Chromecast device (the color is called "Sky" but it's a light blue) for a couple of days, I've discovered that it's not the remote.

Okay, briefly, a new Chromecast device was not working properly. Some remote directional pad presses were not executed, and some executed as if the button was pressed and held. I sent it back and got a replacement. Both were "Sky" blue.

The replacement exhibited the same behavior. This time I did a better job of troubleshooting. I decided to rule out the remote by using another Chromecast remote. The alternate remote didn't make a difference. The odd behavior still happened. It's not the remote. Or at least, it's not just the remote. It's the device itself, it seems.

I'll be sending it back. I really don't want to go through that again. Oh, don't get me wrong, Google makes it easy to return an item. That's not the problem. It's having a device that isn't working right, and having to deal with that, that I don't like. I'll do it after the weekend. I got stuff going on, and I'll keep trying it for a couple of more days, just to be sure, and if it doesn't work itself out by Monday, I'll start the return process.

I wonder why my white one works fine, but two different blue ones don't. They make a pink one (they call the color "Sunrise") and I might try it just to see what happens.

My Streaming Life is usually trouble free, or if there are troubles, it's easy to find out the cause and fix it. This is odd. Why only the blue ones? Makes no sense. Perfect for today's world.