It should work fine in Mexico no matter where you bought it from. Versions from different countries do sometimes have dedicated software for that country (BBC iPlayer for the UK version, for instance), but that doesn’t make any difference outside that country.

Bear in mind, though, that if you’re planning to stream content that has geographic restrictions (Netflix, BBC iPlayer, etc), you’ll have problems with that if you’re not in that country, regardless of where you bought the Chromecast from. There are a few ways round it (we cover one of them here) but it’s not always a simple process. Of course, if you don’t care about that kind of content, there’s no problem!

I keep seeing the ads for the Amazon Fire (or whatever it’s called) but I have to guess it’s going to be the same issue with the VPN so I haven’t thought about shelling out money for it just yet. I see comments above voting for Apple TV, but do you know if it’s the same issue with VPN? Basically, I want it for my apartment here in Belize not really to travel with per se.

Yeah, it’s a struggle when you don’t have control over the network… which is obviously most of the time. And yup, I did briefly mention the web page casting — it’s great for static pages, but I didn’t have much success with streaming video that way.

As a media streamer for home, I think the Apple TV is well worth the extra money. It’s obviously quite a bit bigger/heavier than the Chromecast, though (although far from massive), so a bit harder to justify carrying around unless you’re really into watching shows on the road.

I did try doing that, and it kept stopping and starting so often as to make it pretty much useless. Does it work well for you? What sort of video are you casting?