[Hidden-tech] PC to TV Connection?

[Colin Panetta]

There's a brand new post on our blog comparing the different
internet-enabled television devices:
http://www.left-click.us/news/blog/getting-internet-your-tv

No hands-on experience (although I'll be posting extensively about the Sony
Google TV soon), but lots of research.

Colin

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On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Jackie Fallon <jfallon at fitsolutions.us>wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
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>
> Along these same lines, has anyone used D-Link Boxee or Roku 2 for this?
>
> Jackie Fallon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net
> [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Lynn
> Nichols
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:55 AM
> To: David F. Farkas
> Cc: hidden-discuss
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] PC to TV Connection?
>
>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> We had this working for a long while (a couple of years)... hooked a
> laptop up to the HDTV... worked well enough... but we wanted faster
> streaming (for Netflix) so we just went to Google TV... it's a $99 box
> that connects wirelessly to our TV and gives us a browser plus apps like
> Netflix, Pandora, HBO Go, and a whole lot more. We are sooo happy now!
> The only downside is that the networks (or Hulu) don't allow video
> playback on Google TV... but I hear that's coming, as is the Android app
> store..
>
> Lynn
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>
> On 12/5/11 11:39 PM, David F. Farkas wrote:
>
> > I was looking at the back of my girlfriend's LCD TV, and it seems there
> > is a VGA input port.
> >
> > Can we get a suitable cable and connect the VGA output of a laptop to
> > that input port and watch online movies on the big screen. I figure
> > we'll have to set the screen resolution on the computer to it's highest
> > wide screen setting.
>
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