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Post by sd51555 on Jul 16, 2018 22:26:12 GMT -6
Hey team, I'm in a pickle here. I'm looking to get a tablet for the first time. I'm looking for one with capability to hook up to my TV via HDMI. There are shitloads of cheap tablets out there that support downloads from Netflix and Amazon, but ones that connect well to a TV seem to be hard to find given such capability isn't stated. Most machines I've found don't support "screen mirroring" and ones that do aren't rated well for it.
Anyone crossed this bridge yet? There won't be wi-fi at the stabbin' compound, so it's gonna have to be a tablet that can download and play to a TV.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 17, 2018 1:49:54 GMT -6
You sure you couldn't get a $25 Belkin router and a Roku or Apple TV and use your tablet or iPad via wifi?
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 17, 2018 7:31:27 GMT -6
Best option may end up being that u use a laptop to download and watch the programs on that.
There arent any simple options to mirror to a tv that i have found.
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 17, 2018 7:57:34 GMT -6
You sure you couldn't get a $25 Belkin router and a Roku or Apple TV and use your tablet or iPad via wifi? I won't have Wifi at the cabin. |
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 17, 2018 8:00:30 GMT -6
Best option may end up being that u use a laptop to download and watch the programs on that. There arent any simple options to mirror to a tv that i have found. Do you know if the newer laptops can support apps? What I've been reading is that you have to have the specific apps to enable downloading. There seems to be a wall between tablets and laptops where tablets can host the apps required for downloads, but cannot be hooked to a TV. Laptops don't seem to support the apps needed to download, but can be hooked to a TV. If there is a laptop out there that can do all of it, I'm all in. It'd be a real bonus if it also took regular SD cards too. |
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 17, 2018 8:11:33 GMT -6
Man its been several months since I went through the grinder on this.
We dont have wifi at the cabin either and I was looking for options to get some way of getting some TV to watch. Now that I think of it, I believe the angle I ended up going down was to use an Ipad, but there was no feasible way to connect to a TV. I dont recall what I found or didnt find with the laptop ability.
It was a very frustrating endeavor that just got flushed down the toilet.
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Post by wiscwhip on Jul 17, 2018 8:19:41 GMT -6
I think certain Chromebook laptops can do what you are asking. I am not sure on the logistics of it all, but I know you can download movies and tv content from the Google Play store and watch it offline on the Chromebook. If it has the ChromeCast software(which it should either come with or can be downloaded from the google Play store), it can be cast to another smart device(i.e. your smart TV), which should give you what you are looking for. This may or may not work with the likes of Amazon or Netflix, you will have to research that part.
I believe the newest Google tablets/laptops all have ChromeCast now as well, but again, their compatibility with Amazon and Netflix apps would be the question, and I can not answer that.
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 17, 2018 8:40:55 GMT -6
Man its been several months since I went through the grinder on this. We dont have wifi at the cabin either and I was looking for options to get some way of getting some TV to watch. Now that I think of it, I believe the angle I ended up going down was to use an Ipad, but there was no feasible way to connect to a TV. I dont recall what I found or didnt find with the laptop ability. It was a very frustrating endeavor that just got flushed down the toilet. I'm with ya. I even called my tech nerd friends last night and they were both puzzled as well. I just placed a call to a locally owned computer store that sold me my last laptop, and they told me there is an i3 windows laptop that can do it, and they offer one for $459. He told me you can get the apps needed from the Microsoft store and host them on windows 10. I won't do anything on this for while (the ole checkbook be a smokin right now), but it sounds like there is an option out there. It'll also double for a trail cam checker, cam to TV picture viewer, video maker, DVD player, and remote habitat talking device via hotspot. The charger pulls 45 watts / 12 volt = 3.75 amp which will do just fine on my system. |
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 17, 2018 12:01:50 GMT -6
You sure you couldn't get a $25 Belkin router and a Roku or Apple TV and use your tablet or iPad via wifi? I won't have Wifi at the cabin. The router would give you internal wifi to your cabin. It would allow your tablet, iPhone,etc to communicate with the tv if the tv is connected to the router. You could then connect your laptop or iPad to the router and play your previously downloaded movies. You just wouldn't be able go out to the web via your camp wifi to download movies. |
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 17, 2018 12:06:01 GMT -6
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Post by terrifictom on Jul 17, 2018 14:38:37 GMT -6
I don't know what Data plan you have on your cell phone but you could get Hot Spot for it. This would turn your phone into a wifi hot spot, which would allow you to stream video to a smart TV.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 17, 2018 14:40:24 GMT -6
SD,
I believe you could disconnect (power down ) the router and Apple TV/Roku when not in use as long as the Apple TV keeps the router info in memory. I believe they do. So you'd power them on together with the tv and connect to the Apple TV/Roku via your phone, iPad, notebook. Any content on them is displayed through to the tv. I've done it several times with info from my iPhone. I've played movies that were downloaded to the iPad and MacBook too. I haven't done this with android but, I'm sure it's the same setup.
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 17, 2018 15:47:19 GMT -6
SD, I believe you could disconnect (power down ) the router and Apple TV/Roku when not in use as long as the Apple TV keeps the router info in memory. I believe they do. So you'd power them on together with the tv and connect to the Apple TV/Roku via your phone, iPad, notebook. Any content on them is displayed through to the tv. I've done it several times with info from my iPhone. I've played movies that were downloaded to the iPad and MacBook too. I haven't done this with android but, I'm sure it's the same setup. i never knew such a thing was possible. That is cool! I've gotta put this whole thing on ice for a little while. Got more info today that leads me to believe an el-cheapo laptop may not cut it. |
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 17, 2018 16:44:53 GMT -6
I forgot to mention that if you use a laptop and both, the tv and laptop, have hdmi you just run an hdmi cable from the laptop to the tv. Then select the input source on the tv as hdmi. Then what's on the laptop will mirror on the tv.
It's all going to depend on what you have for a tv and laptop/tablet etc.
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Post by eob on Jul 18, 2018 8:06:30 GMT -6
On Windows 10 if you use the Netflix App from the Microsoft Store you can download episodes and watch them. You can't do this in a browser, it has to be the App. If your laptop has HDMI output then you can watch them on a TV.
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