Watching PC content on TV & remote control

[ZeeeK_o]

Originally Posted by Pad

I get my internet and TV from the same provider via cable. They provide a cable box/DVR which is also my broadband router. It can connect to my PC either by wifi or cable. I have the broadband set up to my PC with a cable as I get far superior download speeds that way. I'm running Win7 on a reasonably fast PC.

I want to watch live streamed PPV sports events which I can get on my PC, but I want to watch them on my TV - nice big screen + comfortable chair. But I want to be able to control playback while sitting in my comfy chair, but my PC is in another room.

I have had a look at chromecast - but that doesn't seem to be available in Europe. Amazon.co.uk have a host of similar gadgets but virtually all the customer reviews are horrible.

alright, let me think... conenct your TV with HDMI and either use a wireless keyboard and/or mouse to control your PC or try some smartphone apps for control, or setup a laptop in your TV room and use teamviewer or something similar, or, and this is a big "OR" if your TV can access your network and supports internet and playback of your videos on your PC, share your folder with your videos on your PC with your network so your TV can access them and just use your regular TV remote.

[DigNap15]

Originally Posted by Booster Gold

I hope you have a wifi enabled smart TV.
I believe you have to turn on media streaming in Control Panel and then you should be able to play/resume from any device once it is connected to your computer.

Everyone I talk to, says this is not possible yet.

[DigNap15]

This whole topic is very interesting.

I don't think the technology is there yet. (there are lots of partial solutions)

In plain language what I want to do is watch my porn on my LCD tv in my bedroom and use a remote to fast forward etc.

So what I do is plug a portable hard drive 1TB into my SmartTV and then use the remote to operate it. This works OK (6/10)

Its a first generation LG and it does not play all my files (easy to fix by converting the files) but it does not fast forward very well (hardly at all)

I plan to get a new Samsung 2016 model soon (LG seem to have given up on smart tv's) as they have a new OS and a faster chip etc.

[Booster Gold]

Originally Posted by Digmen1

Everyone I talk to, says this is not possible yet.

It's similar to setting up a home network with your wireless connection.
I don't see why it would not possible to at least play videos on your TV once it's connected to the network.
Another option would be to mirror or project your computer screen to your TV through your wifi connection. I know that it's possible to do this in Windows 10 but not sure about earlier versions though.

[Pad]

Originally Posted by ZeeeK_o

alright, let me think... conenct your TV with HDMI and either use a wireless keyboard and/or mouse to control your PC or try some smartphone apps for control, or setup a laptop in your TV room and use teamviewer or something similar, or, and this is a big "OR" if your TV can access your network and supports internet and playback of your videos on your PC, share your folder with your videos on your PC with your network so your TV can access them and just use your regular TV remote.

Hmmm...... Maybe its as simple as that. I think I'll look into that further. I've never connected a PC or laptop to my TV vid HDMI does that simply plonk whatever is on your monitor onto your TV screen???

And just to clarify guys this is not for accessing porn on my living room. Its for sporting events streaming on my PC. If I want to watch porn on my TV it gets burned to DVD.

[Reclaimedepb]

For streaming sports that you would normally do on your computer, the only solution I have found is using an Amazon Firestick or similar android based device. You have to "hack" it by downloading the right addons, but for that particular situation, it is all I have done that works.

Except...

Connecting your pc via hdmi is just using your tv as any other monitor. In fact, even if your pc doesn't have an hdmi output, every tv I have had in the last 8 years has had the older monitor hookup as well. You would just have to feed the sound a different way.

[Pad]

Originally Posted by alexora

I am a Mac user, so I apologize in advance if a similar solution isn't available to those who run different operating systems.

My home is laid out over two floors. Upstairs is my office were my main computer is set up, downstairs is the living area.

In the living area I have an Apple TV unit connected via HDMI to my 42" plasma screen. This unit is connected by Wi-Fi to the computer upstairs.

In the living area I also have a wireless keyboard with incorporated trackpad that is also linked to my upstairs computer.

With this setup, I can control the upstairs main computer from the downstairs living room, and view it displayed on my wide-screen TV while I sit back on my sofa, feet up, and keyboard in my lap.

Surely there must be something like this for PC users?

There are a few things like Amazon Fire TV, as well as Chromecast, which while not exactly the same as Apple TV seem to do a similar job. Problem is that most of them are not available where I live. You can of course buy them but off ebay and the like, but you've got to jump through all sorts of hoops to hide your location or they won't work. I'm just not prepared to wrangle with those kinds of tricky tech issues.

[Pad]

Originally Posted by gtzaskar

For streaming sports that you would normally do on your computer, the only solution I have found is using an Amazon Firestick or similar android based device. You have to "hack" it by downloading the right addons, but for that particular situation, it is all I have done that works.

Except...

Connecting your pc via hdmi is just using your tv as any other monitor. In fact, even if your pc doesn't have an hdmi output, every tv I have had in the last 8 years has had the older monitor hookup as well. You would just have to feed the sound a different way.

I've got HDMI ports on both my PC and TV. I presume sound would be OK connecting HDMI to HDMI.

[Reclaimedepb]

Originally Posted by Pad

I've got HDMI ports on both my PC and TV. I presume sound would be OK connecting HDMI to HDMI.

It SHOULD...

Unfortunately I can't say for certain. HDMI is certainly supposed to carry the sound, but due to either driver issues or something else I haven't had the time to figure out, the sound through MY hdmi does not. I have read this is an issue for some people. I route my sound through my stereo receiver, which is also connected to the rest of the entertainment set up I have.

[DarkGuyver]

Why not get a Chromecast? You can use that to stream media from any device connected to your home WiFi network straight to your TV.