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| 1397742 | 2015-03-31 20:03:00 | apparently there is,are devices e.g. a laptop, that can be the link between computer and TV - just wondering if there's a smaller cheaper device that'd do the job. Would need an HDMI connection is all, methinks | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1397743 | 2015-03-31 20:24:00 | The answer is yes. Without knowing what you have & what you want to achieve thats my best answer .:p Do you need audio passthrough ? Do you need HDMI because of 'Digital Rights Management' of some devices or vid streams ? Laptops now often have HDMI built in. PC's : you can add a cheap vid card with HDMI & audio passthrough Laptops: you can get USB devices with HDMI output, no audio passthrough on those Many TV's have svga inputs , that may be an option. I used to use SVGA & separate audio cable into my TV from the PC |
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| 1397744 | 2015-03-31 20:36:00 | Do you want to use the TV as a monitor or do you want to stream video files over a network to the TV to play them? | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1397745 | 2015-03-31 21:00:00 | sorry about that, I'm not too knowledgeable re tech stuff so figured be brief -- what I'd like to have is what's on the computer screen to be seen on tv e.g. golf live from the USA or movies - I've got an HDMI cable so could use a laptop as the intermediate link, trouble is I don't have a laptop hence the Q re smaller, cheaper option - hope that clarifies | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1397746 | 2015-03-31 21:25:00 | Chrome cast is a simple way to achieve that. The TV must have an available HDMI port and its quite cheap and easy to do. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1397747 | 2015-03-31 22:19:00 | thanks Clive - could you elaborate please? tv has the port but "Chrome cast?" | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1397748 | 2015-03-31 23:07:00 | www.google.co.nz review here www.stuff.co.nz |
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| 1397749 | 2015-03-31 23:30:00 | great Dugimodo, in a nutshell, thank you very much | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1397750 | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 | be aware, though, that Chromecast is only useful for those things that are Chromecast- compatible, which severely limits its usefulness. I previously tried that app, and was quite disappointed. | atlantis43 (17339) | ||
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