Streaming video to TV

[Emperah]

Wah mi need, and what is the process?

Mi si all kinds of tings dat seh dem do dis, but mi nuh waan pick up sittin bring home fi find out seh mi need sittin else fi guh wid it.

[kia027]

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what devices do this

[CeaBee]

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u mean from the pc to the tv? if that's what u mean then mr cb use something call WD live. him seh that there's also something name voodoo and apple tv?

*run from tech forum before them ask me questions that me caan ansa*

[Emperah]

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This one...

[kia027]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Emperah_dahJah2</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This one... </div></div>
ohhhh!!
well if u in the mawkit fi a new tv, get an internet ready one :whistle;

[Emperah]

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I'm not in the mawkit, mi did buy new tv's de year b4 dem ting come out.

[Gen]

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wah bout the roku one ? is that the same thing ?

roku.com

[Emperah]

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look like a de same ting Gen.

[Wahalla]

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I have an samsung TV and a samsung pad.. press Allshare app and magiclly the film appears on the screen!.... Also the TV has the facility to stream directly from the net or via a media player...

[j-kid]

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Basically it is just playing content through your TV via wireless, or wired.

If all you want to do is broadcast through your TV?

There are a few ways to do this without going to great expense.

[Emperah]

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And they are?

[kia027]

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apple tv
roku
maybe elgato products makes a product that is compatible with pcs... they usually make stuff for macs

[LinSkinny]

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The answer depends on what you streaming and what 'inputs' the tv have.

Example-Most new flat screen have a pc input. You take the appropriate pc cable and hook up to it, change to that input and you'll be watching the pc. You most likely have to play with the pc vido settings to get it to look ok.

Other inputs, Composite video, 75 ohm coax, hdmi. Each of the different inputs have different quality. If you stream a youtube video at 320, it will most likely look like crap on the bigger screen. Now switch to 1080p and you'll have a pretty good picture using hdmi.

So, look on the back of the tv and tell us what you have then we'll need to know if the pc have anything extra, like the previously mentioned hdmi. Until then, all of us just guessing what you need.

[Emperah]

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My Tv and amp have every kind a connection.
So what I need is a box to hook up through the amp (which has vid and audio) cah mi nuh waan fi hook de laptop directly to the tv. I want to be able to stream to the tv wirelessly from the laptop to the tv, for watching webinars, videos for the online class and yeh even youchube.

[LinSkinny]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Emperah_dahJah2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My Tv and amp have every kind a connection.
So what I need is a box to hook up through the amp (which has vid and audio) cah mi nuh waan fi hook de laptop directly to the tv. I want to be able to stream to the tv wirelessly from the laptop to the tv, for watching webinars, videos for the online class and yeh even youchube. </div></div>

In terms of the amp, you're working on two different items. The video, and separately, the audio. Starting with the audio. Most PC/laptops have a headphone jack out. Some have a separate audio out, which is called line level. Some you can switch the headphone jack to line level. It is this line level that most amps expect when you plug into their input jack. Some amps can automatically switch between headphone level and line level, and some you can play with the audio volume on the PC and the amp to get non-distorted audio. So for that you usually need a stereo plug on the pc side, then two rca on the amp side. (left and right.) Then you switch to the particular input on the amp and you have audio. Example cable here.

Next is the video. Most pc/laptop have vga out. Some amp/receivers have vga in on the back. Just run a cable between the two and you have video to the amp and that's pretty much all you need. You will already have the cable from the video out to the tv already, so just switch to that input on the tv and you're done. Again, you'll need to play with the laptop video settings to get an acceptable picture because it will most likely be fuzzy. It is better to connect the video cable directly to the tv, unless you're using the hdmi cables between the amp and the tv. (Sending video via coax cables is usually not as sharp)

There are also other alternatives, like dis link , or dis link . What's the difference here? These boxes combine everything into the hdmi cable. So you run from the pc to this box, to the amp with hdmi in, and from the amp to the tv via hdmi.

It will take a little experimentation as there are different ways to accomplish what you want, and possibly cheaper places to get the cables. I'm using the links as examples only but you should be able to get by under $50US.