[Hidden-tech] laptop/tv connection

[Christine Polaczak]

Thank you, everyone, for your valuable input (pardon the pun!). I’m now prepared to buy/download/install and view on a big screen.

All best,

Chris

Christine Polaczak
chris at cpdesignworks.com
413 539-3582




> On Feb 19, 2015, at 4:24 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> At Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:32:59 -0500 Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com <mailto:shel at principledprofit.com>> wrote:
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>> I'd be more interested in a way to use the big screen with productivity
>> software (i.e., Word, Excel, Powerpoint), as well as in my browser.
>> Wouldn't have to be a TV, could be just a larger-than-laptop monitor.
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>> I'd *really* love it if I could display the Mac OS 10.9 laptop screen on
>> the monitor of my OS 10.5 desktop Mac. I'm using that machine much less the
>> past few months, but I really miss the nice big screen.
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> In this case all you really need is the proper cable and/or adaptor.  Is the 
> desktop Mac an iMac or a MacMini?  If the former, things are not so easy, but 
> what you *can* do (if both machines are on a network) is to 'share' the 
> laptop's stream (somewhere in preferences there is sharing of things like the 
> screen) and then fire up both machines and when logged into the desktop Mac, 
> run the screen sharing program (whatever MacOS calls its version of vncviewer) 
> and open the laptop's 'screen'.  If the desktop Mac is a MacMini, then you 
> just unplug the monitor connection from the MacMini and plug it (with a 
> suitable adaptor if needed) into the laptop.
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>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Maria Korolov <
>> maria at tromblyinternational.com> wrote:
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>>> I use Chromecast and LOVE it.
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>>> It costs around $35, and plugs into the back of the TV. Then you download
>>> the app on to your smartphone, tablet, or get an extention to your Chrome
>>> browser.
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>>> Most of the popular video apps already have Chromecast support -- if
>>> you're watching Hulu or Netflix or YouTube you just press the little
>>> Chromecast button on the screen and it sends the video straight to the TV.
>>> 
>>> And if you have the extension, then ANY video you've got playing in your
>>> browser gets sent to the TV, whether or not the site is designed to work
>>> with Chromecast or not.
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>>> You can then use your smartphone, tablet, or laptop as a remote control to
>>> pause, rewind, or restart the movie.
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>>> The way the Chromecast works, is that it connects to your WiFi network, an
>>> downloads the video directly from the source -- so your smartphone or
>>> tablet isn't slowed down at all. In fact, you can continue using them for
>>> other things -- even watching other videos.
>>> 
>>> We have several people in the house with mobile devices, and they've all
>>> installed the app, and can cast videos to the big-screen TV in the living
>>> room. We haven't had any battles yet for who gets to control the TV, but
>>> that's because we're all civilized adults. :-)
>>> 
>>> There's also some kind of "guest" feature to allow access to the
>>> Chromecast for people who you don't want to allow unto your home network,
>>> but I haven't had to use it yet.
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>>> I hear Amazon's FireStick does something similar, but I haven't used it.
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>>> I give the Chromecast five stars out of five. More, really, since it has
>>> very much exceeded all my expectations.
>>> 
>>> -- Maria
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>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Christine Polaczak <
>>> chris at cpdesignworks.com> wrote:
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>>>> Good morning, Hidden-Tech.
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>>>> How can I connect a laptop to a television for video viewing on that
>>>> larger screen? What hardware/software is involved?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
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>>>> Christine Polaczak
>>>> chris at cpdesignworks.com
>>>> 413 539-3582
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