Does this Laptop have a TV card in it where you can hook it up to a paid TV box or attenae and receive live network TV? If not, can one be added so you can have something like what Haugepage TV cards offer? What the best way of getting TV streaming through this puppy? Any clues? Thanks. Does this Laptop have a TV card in it where you can hook it up to a paid TV box or attenae and receive live network TV? If not, can one be added so you can have something like what Haugepage TV... » Read More Does this Laptop have a TV card in it where you can hook it up to a paid TV box or attenae and receive live network TV? If not, can one be added so you can have something like what Haugepage TV cards offer? What the best way of getting TV streaming through this puppy? Any clues? Thanks. « Show Less
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The version I bought does not have a tuner card. You can buy ine that I am sure would work with this system. Sorry I can't be of more help. But overall this is a great system.
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Thanks for your comment it has helped me confirm I did make a right choice by getting a Roku. Most people keep jabbering about being able to watch live TV and stream their media from their computer to TV. What I don't think they realize is both of those things can be done without Roku or Boxee. I already have a tuner card, video card, and "cheap" special cords to do both of those things. To be honest I rarely do either of those things anyway.
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I have mines hooked up to my lap top and I can hook the laptop to the TV monitor and see it like that. You can't hook it up directly to your TV be a use it has to be connected to wifi
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Ours is hooked up to our computer, thru hdmi cord. We watch netflix, hulu, you name it! Be sure your video card is substantial enough to run it.
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You can not use your laptop. You have to have a separate monitor with a vga connection. Sometimes if you look at your flat screen tv's in your house one of them should have a vga port you can plug it in and program without buying a monitor.
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Hi, I just bought this TV and I have a Netflix account. I'm trying to stream Netflix on my TV but I can't hear audio. I bought an HDMI cable and connected it to my Macbook Pro. This TV functions nicely as a giant monitor, but I want to be able to watch movies with the audio coming out of the TV. Does anybody know how to do this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! I was trying to find a Netflix ready icon on the box -- it doesn't have one. I'm assuming I can't?
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This device is not for transmitting anything from PC... this device is for accepting video signal from outside. If you want a device which will let you share computer screen then check what inputs your TV has... very likely it will have HDMI or DVI input and then check what outputs your notebook has. Almost all notebooks has VGA output... or even DVI, so you just need a cable/converter from your port TV port.
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not without a video card. the guy at geek squad told me not to waste my money (which was too late). Apparently it's a very complicated (and spendy) project to install a video card onto the new laptops. I ended up buying a new monitor that had both VGA and HDMI ports and gave my one-year old VGA port-only monitor to my mom.
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Displaying a single video steam is pretty resource-cheap on current (within the last 5 years) hardware.It really depends on what you want to do - is the Dell going to be a full-blown Windows Media Center or will you just watch shows via the HDHomeRun apps? Will you be using wired or wireless networking? IF wireless, is your access point DLNA-compatible (required)?FWIW, I'm able to use a 64GB Surface Pro and an Asus 202e to watch shows & videos just fine.
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We have not tried to wirelessly stream content from a laptop with our 42LB5800. After I set it up, I watched football and other broadcast media. I'm away from home right now, so I cannot answer your question. The TV is mega wirelessly capable AND there is at least one HDMI port on it. I assume the possibility for wireless streamin IS there. I will be home next Tuesday. I will look at the owner's manual then for you...
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I love this TV. It was a purchase of a lifetime for me. However, I NEVER could get the guide working properly. My cable system has it's own guide system, but sometime, I just want to watch just the TV, and use their guide. It keeps telling me that the guide is downloading overnight, but the next day, there is still NO guide information on the screen. If you got yours working, please tell me how you did it. Thanks "Emil"
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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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this post is way old. but Yes I connect my laptop to this tv through hdmi cord. it is amazing.can stream anything to the tv, videos, internet, so on.
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Plug it into the tv first and make sure you're on the right hdmi setting.. Then plug it into the MacBook last. Sometimes it picks it up right away and sometimes I have to plug and unplug it a couple times. When it picks up the MacBook you'll have to open the movie app that you're trying to watch and click and drag as if the screen was addition to your laptop screen. It won't duplicate your monitor like a windows does. There's also a setting for mirror imagine in the status bar by where the clock is. Turn that off. If you need detailed video instructions youtube is where I got all my questions answered. Macs are annoying when it comes to hdmi crap ill give you that Plug it into the tv first and make sure you're on the right hdmi setting.. Then plug it into the MacBook last. Sometimes it picks it up right away and sometimes I have to plug and unplug it a couple times. When it picks up the MacBook you'll have to open the movie app that you're trying to watch and click and drag as if the screen was addition to your laptop screen. It won't duplicate your monitor like a windows does. There's also a setting for mirror imagine in the status bar by where the clock is. Turn that off. If you need detailed video instructions youtube is where I got all my... » Read More Plug it into the tv first and make sure you're on the right hdmi setting.. Then plug it into the MacBook last. Sometimes it picks it up right away and sometimes I have to plug and unplug it a couple times. When it picks up the MacBook you'll have to open the movie app that you're trying to watch and click and drag as if the screen was addition to your laptop screen. It won't duplicate your monitor like a windows does. There's also a setting for mirror imagine in the status bar by where the clock is. Turn that off. If you need detailed video instructions youtube is where I got all my questions answered. Macs are annoying when it comes to hdmi crap ill give you that « Show Less
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B. Fisher is correct. I mean, you can hook your laptop up to it via HDMI, but you will not be able to get any internet access.
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Yes, you can. It has s-video, which isn't super high-quality, but my wife and I regularly use our laptop to watch netflix instant view and it's at least as good as over-the-air regular (non-HD) broadcasts. Check to make sure you have a laptop with an s-video port. My dell has one, but my friend's apple does not and I'm not sure all PC laptops have one. Sound will need to be split from headphone jack into RCA inputs, the cord is available at radio shack for around $7.
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I'm afraid I am also stumped getting a signal to the TV. Currently I'm settling for VGA and audio to the high definition TV. The definition on more recent videos is quite good with this hookup. From the information from my graphics card coupled with the TV manual, the hookup is not simple. Sorry.