wireless or wifi tvs

fontanatech · 06-11-2009, 10:00 AM

I have been tasked with job of seeing if it is possible to have 50" wifi tv that a laptop can communicate with. Is this possible? I have searched the internet and found a couple of tvs that appear to have this capability, has anyone already done this?
Thanks

**Raylo** · 06-12-2009, 05:13 AM

HP used to make a TV with built in wifi, but these days several brands can use usb wifi adapters to connect to home networks. Also many TVs come with ethernet ports so you could do like I do and use a wireless print server that also has a 4 port wired switch. I have it near the TV and printers (all these devices are wired ethernet to the print server) and it connects all those devices collectively to my network wirelessly.

Also, some Samsung (like mine) and Pioneer TVs have DLNA. You connect the TV to the network via ethernet cable or wireless USB adapter, then install supplied DLNA server software on any or all of the computers on the network (wired or wireless, doesn't matter), and the TV can access media flagged for sharing on the given computers.

I'm not sure what you want to do but just to connect a laptop directly to a TV w/o a network is not a big deal if the TV has a "PC input" for older laptops or HDMI for newer laptops. Then you can view anything playing on the laptop on the TV.

Hope this helps....

fontanatech · 06-12-2009, 07:32 AM

I want to be able to run a slide show, internet video stream, mirror two tvs in a banquet room, or run them separately, for two different events at the same time. Without having to run "miles" of cable, Set them into a wall so they are recessed and make it all look professional. Thanks for info

fontanatech · 10-29-2009, 09:31 AM

Solved

**Raylo** · 11-03-2009, 06:36 AM

How did you do it?

fontanatech · 11-04-2009, 05:21 AM

Hub, Cabling, Baud boxes

06-11-2009, 10:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
fontanatech Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP	wireless or wifi tvs I have been tasked with job of seeing if it is possible to have 50" wifi tv that a laptop can communicate with. Is this possible? I have searched the internet and found a couple of tvs that appear to have this capability, has anyone already done this? Thanks

06-12-2009, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Raylo TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 521 OS: XP Desktop, Vista HP Notebook, XP Notebook	Re: wireless or wifi tvs HP used to make a TV with built in wifi, but these days several brands can use usb wifi adapters to connect to home networks. Also many TVs come with ethernet ports so you could do like I do and use a wireless print server that also has a 4 port wired switch. I have it near the TV and printers (all these devices are wired ethernet to the print server) and it connects all those devices collectively to my network wirelessly. Also, some Samsung (like mine) and Pioneer TVs have DLNA. You connect the TV to the network via ethernet cable or wireless USB adapter, then install supplied DLNA server software on any or all of the computers on the network (wired or wireless, doesn't matter), and the TV can access media flagged for sharing on the given computers. I'm not sure what you want to do but just to connect a laptop directly to a TV w/o a network is not a big deal if the TV has a "PC input" for older laptops or HDMI for newer laptops. Then you can view anything playing on the laptop on the TV. Hope this helps.... Last edited by Raylo; 06-12-2009 at 05:20 AM.

06-12-2009, 07:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
fontanatech Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Re: wireless or wifi tvs I want to be able to run a slide show, internet video stream, mirror two tvs in a banquet room, or run them separately, for two different events at the same time. Without having to run "miles" of cable, Set them into a wall so they are recessed and make it all look professional. Thanks for info

10-29-2009, 09:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
fontanatech Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Re: wireless or wifi tvs Solved

11-03-2009, 06:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Raylo TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 521 OS: XP Desktop, Vista HP Notebook, XP Notebook	Re: wireless or wifi tvs How did you do it?

11-04-2009, 05:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
fontanatech Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Re: wireless or wifi tvs Hub, Cabling, Baud boxes