My Laptop does not have something called WiDi. Will this gadget work for me? I don't have Netflix and I just plant to see TV show's I missed.
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Hi. You don't need widi. Just hdmi on your tv and USB on you laptop. This thing works pretty good but does not have the greatest range. You need to be in line with the receiver antena.
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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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It might, but Google's Chromecast is probably a better device. I had all kinds of trouble getting this to work and eventually gave up. I also don't understand what you mean by the netflix comment. You do need to get the content from somewhere. If not from Netflix then from Hulu or Amazon Prime etc. This device (or Google's chromecast or any other device) certainly won't help you with *getting* the content, just casting it to a TV when you have it.
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All streaming video that I have tried so far works great but I do not have a Netflix account so I can not answer from personal experience as it is entirely possible that they may have a "block" on the output. It works fine with Crackle, Hulu, DroidTv(PVR), YouTube, and iMediaShare.
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No it didn't work. We wound up having to hook it up by wire to our wireless router in order to get Internet access for Netflix.
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If this device will not provide high quality images from my laptop to my older (but wide screen) TV, what device would you recommend? I would like to play movies and stream video from my laptop through my TV. Thanks!!!
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No, no Netflix. But it can pull data from a USB flash drive or connected external drive in addition to the hard drive installed in the unit. It also has wireless capabilities if you buy a compatible wifi USB device. Great product, a little noisy, but very satisfied.
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Jim, could you send me a link to where you read this information? I checked Sony's website and could not find anything mentioning netflix streaming on this device. Thanks -
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The wireless never worked on mine so I couldn't get Netflix. I returned it.
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Absolutely, this is a great device for movies. If you subscribe to Netflix or hulu or something like that you can stream shows. You can also dowwnload them or copy them from you desktop or laptop to watch when you don't have a good WiFi connection.
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Yo, the laptop w/widi is its own transmitter. The non widi laptops require the USB transmitter, but it needs to meet the system requirements .
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You would likely use sn HDMI cable which you have to purchase separately to use a wifi enabled player. The TV has two HDMI; one VGA; one cable; yellow/white/red composite; and red/white inputs. I have streamed Netflix and DVD using the VGA and audio through the headphone jack cable with a laptop that does not have an HDMI jack.
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Ok, that is my problem. I want the one that can connect to Netflix and is wireless. Is there such a thing out there? The prices are almost the same so I would like to get the best version. It is getting late, I have to buy. Please help..
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I looked through the owners manual and I don't believe this TV has wireless capabilities, which you would need to have Netfilx on it. You might need to look at getting some type of add on device or a wireless capable DVD player. That's how I got Netflix on my TV.
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This device and program should work with any computer system that sends out via wifi. But you may wish to hold off on this purchase. These devices are not yet really perfected and are sometimes difficult to program your computer and/or router to configure. It is my understanding that these devices will be incorporated as a feature in flat screen TVs in a couple of years. At that time the programming process will be much easier than it is now. Then you will be able to stream a movie from your laptop upstairs to your large screen downstairs (wireless) and even surf the web on the same computer at the same time. Until then, hardwired (VGA cable) is better. This device and program should work with any computer system that sends out via wifi. But you may wish to hold off on this purchase. These devices are not yet really perfected and are sometimes difficult to program your computer and/or router to configure. It is my understanding that these devices will be incorporated as a feature in flat screen TVs in a couple of years. At that time the programming process will be much easier than it is now. Then you will be able to stream a movie from your laptop upstairs to your large screen downstairs (wireless) and even surf the web on the same... » Read More This device and program should work with any computer system that sends out via wifi. But you may wish to hold off on this purchase. These devices are not yet really perfected and are sometimes difficult to program your computer and/or router to configure. It is my understanding that these devices will be incorporated as a feature in flat screen TVs in a couple of years. At that time the programming process will be much easier than it is now. Then you will be able to stream a movie from your laptop upstairs to your large screen downstairs (wireless) and even surf the web on the same computer at the same time. Until then, hardwired (VGA cable) is better. « Show Less
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Don't know, since i'm running on win7. As long as your laptop supports WIDI, it should work.
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Watching netflix, the playback is choppy. It is as if the hardware can't keep up. It isn't our internet, we watch netflix on a variety of WiFi devices in this house and it works great on all of them. Everything is updated, I have not been able to resolve it. I'm very disappointed.
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Sorry don't know anything about WIDI, however I can tell you it an awesome laptop computer.
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I don't know what configuration you have in your laptop. However, I can tell you that you need to have Intel Wireless Display Technology (Intel WiDi) chipset in your laptop in order to make it work. Although my laptop has the chipset to use Netgear Push2TV, the quality is not acceptable. Therefore, I do not recommend to buy this product. After I purchased this product, it worked for few days. Slowly, the graphics became worst and annoying to clone my laptop to TV. I think it helps you to make the decision.