Gadget advice needed!

Discussion
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Hi guys, I was wondering anyone knew if there’s a way to connect your pc to your TV via wireless?

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Why do you want to? For Netflix, iPlayer etc I’d recommend a Chromecast, which doesn’t really connect your pc but gets it up on screen. You can cast anything from the pc to the Chromecast, but sometimes video runs a bit slow.

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Actually I think it might just be Chrome windows you can cast from a pc. You can cast anything from an android phone, though.

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Yeah so I looked at various streaming box but non of them allow you to have all the streaming apps, theres always have one that’s not included in any streaming box.

So I was wondering if there was devices that allow you to turn your tv into a pc extension like a second display but wirelessly

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So what’s Chrome window? Is like a internet browser?

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There are various cheap solutions that use the miracast standard to push your PC screen & audio over the air, but your computer has to do the encoding and the picture quality can be poor

If your wallet is overflowing, then you can get a genuine HDMI wifi repeater, but you’re talking £200 for a low-end one.

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Chromecast let’s you choose whether to cast just the Chrome browser window, any other specific application, or everything on your screen. I’ve used it to deliver software training in a pinch. But I found there was a second or two lag, and sometimes image quality isn’t perfect. Maybe see if you can borrow one to test with your equipment? (I don’t have one, I’m afraid)

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Exactly.

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Hi,
Apple TV,
Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV Stick,
Chrome Cast,
AIRTAME

All mirror your PC screen to the TV - either with Apple AirPlay or use MiraCast.

Or a wireless TV extender, although these can be sensitive to microwaves operating for example.
I used to use a VGA version but there are now HD versions.
Best regards
David

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Cool, which one can you cast sky go (not now tv) from your laptop to your tv?

thanks again guys

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My chrome cast is connected to the to in the space of you want to try it there’

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Sky Go running on an iPad does not display video on FireTV

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I recommend Chromecast over the others as it loads the video on the device rather than streaming it via another one, tends to get a better result.

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I’m pretty sure airplay does this too if it thinks it can get away with it / the developer has done the right voodoo

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Yes, sometimes, but also if the AirPlay source crashes it does, where as Chromecast will keep playing, and you can often just resume.

I switched from AppleTV / AirPlay to Chromecast because of numerous issues and have not looked back, AirPlay now only gets used to play music through the TV to the speakers.

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Thanks guys for your advice