Streaming TV Question
jlmarta
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So, am I correct in assuming that if I subscribe to, say, Sling TV and I’ve downloaded the Sling TV streaming app onto my iPhone, I can then stream certain tv shows onto my smart tv?
Or am I limited to streaming shows only to my iPhone?
i was told that I can stream to my tv without having wi-fi by doing the above.
Comments, anyone? Thanks for your input..... 👍
Or am I limited to streaming shows only to my iPhone?
i was told that I can stream to my tv without having wi-fi by doing the above.
Comments, anyone? Thanks for your input..... 👍
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https://cord-cutters.gadgethacks.com/how-to/use-your-chromecast-without-wifi-0162938/
I just bought a TV that has what they call screen mirroring and I think it does that same thing, but I haven't played with it because I don't need it. If your TV has that function you should be good.
Thanks a heap, @peter4jc....
Anyone else?
When you subscribe to Sling, it will allow 2 devices and one phone, tablet or PC at a time.
I will watch TV on my phone, then switch to my laptop. It will allow you to do that.
We can watch TV on 2 Fire TV and a phone all at the same time.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
You can can also use this and use an HDMI cable to your TV
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
@0patience
Thanks guys. The primary question is - can I do either of these things without wi-fi?
Tony, I’ve been having trouble making Fire work on my tv. First, the remote that came with the unit wouldn’t work so I bought another remote. The next one killed batteries about as fast as I could replace them.
So then I bought one of the original remotes - the kind with buttons on it for Amazon, Netflix, etc. About all this one will do is turn my tv on or off and change the channels I’m getting on cable but still nothing from Fire.
So I gave up. Now I’m just trying to find a way to stream without having wi-fi. If I pay for wi-fi AND a subscription to some streaming outfit I may as well stick with cable - I don’t see much difference in cost....
We stream Sling on my phone for Little Tree when we are at the store and she gets bored.
Like @NorCalR1 said, you should be able to get an "Apple Lightning to Digital AV Adapter" to go from your phone to the TV.
What TV do you have?
If the TV has Mirrorcast or what ever it's called, you might be able to mirror your phone wirelessly.
But the TV has to be set up for it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Many thanks, guys. It’s appreciated.
1. If your phone plan includes the ability to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot, you could turn that on and configure your TV to connect to the Internet through your phone via Wi-Fi connection. Your Phone acts as the Wi-Fi gateway in this method. You may be charged for mobile data if you're not on an unlimited plan.
2. If your TV supports ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) mode, you could turn this on and then connect your phone to the TV this way. This probably won't work because the phone will expect to access the Internet over the Wi-Fi connection to the TV and not use your mobile data plan.
3. If you buy an access point, you could connect the TV and the Phone to the access point to talk to each other without an Internet connection on the access point. This probably also won't work since the phone will be able to talk to the TV via the access point but will probably stop using your mobile data connection to connect to the Internet.
Like I said, you've got one option for Wi-Fi.
https://www.gadgetsnow.com/how-to/how-to-connect-your-tv-to-the-internet-without-built-in-wi-fi/articleshow/61999644.cms?from=mdr
But it I also learned that it didn’t work to print a bank statement because my printer operates on wi-fi so it wasn’t getting the signal from my laptop to print the statement as long as I was on my hotspot.
And when i’m streaming videos from Amazon Prime I believe the signal is coming from the wi-fi provided by my landlord even though I pay for unlimited data. I suppose I could try turning off the wi-fi (in settings) and just stream from LTE.
My ultimate goal is to be able to stream channels other than Prime on my tv to watch football games, news, etc without having to pay for wi-fi.....
Oh, to answer your question, I have a Vizio E32-D1 tv....
https://support.vizio.com/s/article/Pairing-a-Smart-Phone-or-Tablet-to-your-VIZIO-SmartCast-Device?language=en_US
Your TV does support Wi-Fi, so you could use the Wi-Fi signal provided by your landlord for Vizio supported channels and apps like Netflix.
This is all in anticipation of my upcoming move. I’ll be moving to a new apartment at the end of this month and I’m hoping I won’t need wi-fi after that because the new landlord doesn’t provide it. A major reason for the move is to cut expenditures and the cost of wi-fi would be less than helpful.
@NorCalR1 as well. I really appreciate the input.
Oh, I think I forgot @peter4jc. Thanks to you, too Pete.
Hmmm. Okay. Another thing to research. Cool.
You guys are a real fount of knowledge. I doubt I’d have gotten as useful an answer to these questions had I gone to some IT oriented forum or website. You’re amazing.
Thanks again for your help. 👍
If this turns out to be the case, you may need to set up your printer on AirPrint or Google Cloud printing. You'd use AirPrint of your using a Mac laptop and Google Cloud if you're on a PC. You should be able to see from your printer what cloud print services it supports. This way the laptop and printer would have Internet access and you'd be able to print via the cloud. You could also look at printing over Bluetooth, but that has a shorter range.
history channel and a bunch I haven't really figured out.
It's called Xumo.
For free, not terrible.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Hey, thanks Tony. There’s bound to be a pearl or two in the lineup. If nothing else, it’s at least a way to p iss away some idle time..... 😎
All of these are free.
Some ask for you to register to personalize your viewing, but I haven't.
Tubi
Movies only, some TV shows. Not a terrible selection either.
A person can sift through and find quite a few good titles to watch.
Xumo
Quite a few channels.
History channel most notable.
Good streaming and nice interface.
Popcorn flix
Fair movie selection.
Sony Crackle
Pretty good movie selection.
Pluto TV
A lot of channels. Good guide, good streaming.
Classic UHF
Old shows. Fair selection.
Freeform
Quite a bit of stuff, asks you to register and if you have pay TV. I just click on skip.
Streaming on this one takes a little time to load the show, but seems to work ok, once show has started.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
My my ultimate goal is to be able to stream some tv or maybe cast it from my iPhone to my smart Vizio and be able to do this without paying for wi-fi. I already pay for unlimited data and it seems to me that, with the right collection of streaming sources and other apps I should be able to watch the few channels, videos, and sports like NFL football without paying for wi-fi.
I may may have to pay for a source such as Hulu but coupled with the cost of unlimited data it ought to still be less expensive than cable. At least, I hope so....
Then all I’d have to figure out is how to operate my printer without wi-fi..... 🙄
A couple of those have sports and I think one has Fox Sports.
With all the free tv, we still have Sling, Amazon Prime and Netflix, but mostly because Sling has some channels I like and the kids watch the hell out of Netflix. Plus All of it combined, doesn't come close to what we were paying Direct.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.