Hi, I am trying to find a device that will allow me to watch movies from my PC on my TV. Will this work for that?
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Flo, I chose not to buy this because I thought it was expensive. I ended up buying (from apple) for my macbook a cord that plugs into both the TV and the computer and watched tv that way. I understand the Apple TV is wireless and is 99.00 and Apple states it allows you to watch all your downloads on your tv. some man reviewed apple tv on amazon with great detail. I would refer you to look that up first. Good luck.
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Yes it works but everything must have a cable for the network. Just does not work wirelessly. The best solution I found is to use a cable from your computer to your tv. They sell a 25ft hdmi cable if you have that type both on your computer and tv. The new google tv device works pretty well wireless, but you can only watch something using a google chrome browser. It did not work for games or movies. summary = run a wire from computer to tv. Hope this helps.
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Sure you can download files in the PC after you install it an operating system and a hard drive, but I don't know the quality when you try to watch it in your TV. I use mine for recording videos from my security cameras
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If you have Netflix you can stream movies. Another way is to use the desktop to download then transfer it to a micro SD to watch. Works great on video.
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I'm certainly no electronics expert, but shouldn't you be able to use this to play movies on your TV by hooking the drive up to your laptop, and then running an S-video cable from the laptop to the television, and changing the video output (screen) from the laptop screen to the TV screen? I've never tried it, but it seems like it should work. I use my internal DVD drive on my laptop to play movies on my TV by this method all the time.
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Depends on what you consider a PC to be, or what you use one for. It turns your TV into a large Android tablet you can use a keyboard and mouse with. If, like my parents, you use a PC primarily for browsing, email, chat, and other web-focused activities, this works fine. It won't run Windows programs, but for most of the stuff most non-techies spend time on their PCs doing, this would suffice. It's cheap enough to experiment with. If the system ran Ubuntu or some more desktop-flavored variety of Linux instead of Android, it would be closer to a full PC, but so far such tablets/sticks are rare. (I can only think of Vivaldi and PengPod/PengStick to date.)
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This device is used with a USB port to send video and audio to a tv wirelessly, if you can pull up the tv shows you missed on your laptop screen then this device will put the video on your tv, it will not send a tv signal to a laptop though,
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I am not sure that I understand the question. The remote that comes with the device is not a universal remote so it won't work with your television set. It only works to navigate and control the media player.
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Veebeam transmits whatever is showing on your PC or laptop screen to the TV it's attached to. Your results will surely be better with an HDMI cable rather than the traditional cables it comes with. I've successfully conducted seminars via GoToMeeting using my laptop and Veebeam. It plays the source presentation, including videos and animations.
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Hey Wayne. Really, all it does is take a cable TV or off-the-air TV signal into your PC via a USB port and Windows Media Player, and play it on the screen of your computer monitor. Windows Media Player (or the included player) performs a channel search which checks for available channels, locking them in for your selection and viewing. There is no wireless or networking function to the thing, although I suppose you could set up network streaming and sharing to other computers over a wireless (or ethernet) network just like any other media on your PC. Me, I take the signal from my HDMI-out port on my PC and watch over the air TV on my big screen HDMI-in from my computer. Hope this was helpfull to you. Hey Wayne. Really, all it does is take a cable TV or off-the-air TV signal into your PC via a USB port and Windows Media Player, and play it on the screen of your computer monitor. Windows Media Player (or the included player) performs a channel search which checks for available channels, locking them in for your selection and viewing. There is no wireless or networking function to the thing, although I suppose you could set up network streaming and sharing to other computers over a wireless (or ethernet) network just like any other media on your PC. Me, I take the signal from my HDMI-out... » Read More Hey Wayne. Really, all it does is take a cable TV or off-the-air TV signal into your PC via a USB port and Windows Media Player, and play it on the screen of your computer monitor. Windows Media Player (or the included player) performs a channel search which checks for available channels, locking them in for your selection and viewing. There is no wireless or networking function to the thing, although I suppose you could set up network streaming and sharing to other computers over a wireless (or ethernet) network just like any other media on your PC. Me, I take the signal from my HDMI-out port on my PC and watch over the air TV on my big screen HDMI-in from my computer. Hope this was helpfull to you. « Show Less
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I think this device will not help you like cable boxes or smart media/dvd player boxes. Unless you find an apps that will connect you to local programs. This device is very similar to a tablet that's missing a screen so you have to connect to a tv. Try looking for an app in google play for tv program player may help. You can subscribe to Hulu Plus, Netflix and such through device and never had any problem with streaming video.
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No, this will not do what you are attempting. You either need to get a USB to VGA adapter that will allow your PC to output its video via the USB and then a cable to connect the VGA end of the adapter to the VGA input on your TV. Not sure what sort of computer you are using, but I've never seen one that doesn't either have a VGA output or come with a converter to allow VGA output (unless it is a slim Chromebook or similar).
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Mine works great for watching movies via the hdmi. Picture quality is excellent.
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Yes:that is what its madw for. Not only from devices that are directly connected like your computers are but anydwvice that can play a movie( phones, pads Etc)...
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If I am playing any video on my PC .... I just do a screen to screen ( whatever is viewing on my PC will be showed on TV ... my Samasung Galaxy, my Laptop .... anything.... or you must change the device to DLNA I believe and it will stream just about anything !!
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I'm not totally sure since I only purchased it to watch movies. However it does say that you can play music,movies,and view pictures downloaded onto USB and SD cards. Hope this was helpful.
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You could do this on this device. Just keep in mind that downloading movies is a violation of law . If you still do this, make sure your TV has a compatible USB port on it somewhere, and refer to your user manual on how to connect to the USB device.
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Sorry, but I doubt it. This device is for picking up over the air TV signals and storing these programs in your computer. From there you can view the programs on your computer or a larger screen device hooked to your computer.