A way (cord) to view computer stored movies on my flatscreen? (w/out wireless) Or am I forced to deal with getting a wireless router &amp; DivX Media Player?
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check this site out...I am looking to do the same thing... http://www.svideo.com/pc2tv.html
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This looks like it might be a useful forum to try. I have an older TV, works great, but it has the coax input. I want to display movies from my netbook on this TV. What I have tried so far: Used VGA male to 3 RCA female adapter, and ran these signals into an RF modulator, with coax output to the TV. Nothing happened. Anyone got any thoughts? Thanks!-Tom
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but can I stream MY movies from my pc? never seem the apple tv in action :-)
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you don't have to use an external DVD drive - sheesh! use Handbrake to convert or download an .avi/mp4 version of your movie and watch it via streaming network feed, off a USB thumbdrive, off your SSD, or off an SDHC
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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 connect to the Internet if you have a wireless router. Go to settings and follow prompts. You'll need to enter your IP address. Thus it should stream movies. I don't use it. I can stream movies on my Smart TV, so I just use the BD-F5100 for playing Blue Ray DVDs.
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Update: This thread got me wired just now...Wireless is in the works. [ndiswrapper isn't so friendly to this one for some reason - perhaps I nabbed the wrong wireless driver..]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7409939
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Yes, you can watch movies with this device. You need to have software on your computer that will play DVDs.
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The easiest way would be with an HDMI cable (assuming your laptop has one).
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So far my pc only has a vga out and works fine when converted to an hdmi. I did not have to install any drivers. I would say yes you should be able to watch your movies.
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Just scored one from Tiger Direct... one of "just several" they said they had left... so thanks again... if you don't mind, would you post your choice of BlueRay Player that included the wireless capability. I don't understand why people would pay so much more for those "add-on" Internet Apps... when for less, you can get a wireless Blue Ray with as much capability... I don't do Facebook or Pandora, etc, but if I did, why would I want to on my TV?????????????
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Yes, in relation to all questions except you need a software that I had to buy on the internet to see the blue ray movies. In my case I have a mac maybe for another operating system like windows is easier to solve this.
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Not using a laptop. My application used a wireless connection from TV/digital cable box to the soundbar.
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I wondered the same thing. It took me a month to figure out- and then believe it's really that simple- that YES, I can simply connect my high-end laptop to my mid-range flat screen TV, by HDMI to HDMI ports on each device, and stream anything I could get on my laptop, directly onto my flatscreen TV... But, why on earth WOULD I WANT TO? YES- You CAN do it, but why bother? If you do use your PC as a live stream (to TV) device, then every time you want to watch live-stream TV (vs. cable TV), you have to remove your laptop from it's current location (ie, maybe you were using it earlier,
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You can watch the videos on your CPU you just need to open the file and view it in windows. This is an easy process just pull the memory stick out of the unit and plug and play with your laptop. The instructions are not that helpful you can figure out how the unit works by using the menu system on the screen. Take care.
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Yes I actually have this setup so I stream from my main pc to my multimedia room. Before i did try it i had the idea that a really big hd movie like 10Gb would give me problems but its pretty amazing how the media player reproduces the movie with no problems at all.Configuring your shared folder so the box can see your videos can be the tricky part but here is the video I used to configure my shared folder so it wont ask for password and all my family can view the content.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQstgQ4eJCM
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the WD TV Media player has a usb access on the side which you can connect your hard to or you can access media on your computer through the wifi network. I have windows seven and it is not user friendly, although I got it to work it takes a while to set and not worth the head ache. So I just transfer movies on to my portable hardrive then plug it into the WD player. hope that helps. Menu is very slow though but it works.