do i need to have my laptop prrsent in order to watch all the time?
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No, that's the whole point of this device, it is independent from your PC (except if you want to pay for and add PlayOn, but that's a different discussion). After you do your initial setup (some channels may each require a code to be activated, others don't need one at all), your PC doesn't even have to be turned on. But you _will_ need a wireless router, if you don't have one already.
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Yes. Your television will show whatever is on the PC's screen when connected.
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Yes, provided that your laptop has to hdmi port, you can hook it up to the hdmi port on your hdtv and have the luxury of having a larger screen to watch on.
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If you can watch it on your computer, you most likely can on this. It has YouTube and web browser
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Depends. This is just a bare bones PC. You have to add a hard drive, memory (RAM), and an operating system. You could also add a TV tuner, in which case you could connect your cable/satellite in order to watch TV through your PC. If you had a tv tuner then yes you can watch all the same channels. Some cable providers also allow you to stream on demand content over the internet. If you do that then you can stream your content through your PC onto your monitor/tv
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Yes, it just depends on your viewing source i.e MS media player; Adobe; Active X, Mac/QuickTime etc.
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It's kinda helpful if your working on the pi and don't have a moniter or tv arround. I don't really use the tuch screen so much because I have to fighter how to get it to run from start
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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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I have not done it to laptop but i stream all the time to tablets and cell phones. /g
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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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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 basically use it to watch moviies and videos on the first floor of my home. I have a hp wireless connection plug in for a mouse and hdmi set up for viewing through the TV. I have not had any problems.
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Would think so. We don't have a TV. We connect to laptop to down stream to monitor.
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The easiest way would be with an HDMI cable (assuming your laptop has one).
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Have been really impressed! Had to use my laptop over the holidays with Netflix and it was more than I expected! Hope this helps with your decision....
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You typically need to move whatever screen you are trying to watch from the laptop screen onto the TV screen.
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no, you have to get one to match your computer. I'd recommend picking one up. (used mine tonight to watch the Olympics, mute the commercials...)