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Sky sports on your tv via laptop ?

davethetaller
davethetaller Posts: 392 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Look to buy a new laptop which will have a HMDI socket.

I have a sky sports subscription, and wonder if it will be possible, to watch sky "on the go", at a friends house, on his
large screen tv, using the HMDI output on the laptop, to the
HMDI input on the tv, using the appropriate lead.

I have seen conflicting answers to this, so sorry if it is something that has been covered before.

If I cannot watch sky in this way, would iplayer be the same ?

Thanks in anticipation.

Comments

  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,976 Forumite
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    yes, sign up for skygo, download the program to your lappy, log in and run it via the tv.
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,640 Forumite
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    One caveat of course , if your mate's house is a "Public House" then good luck with the lawsuit......
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  • Guardsman
    Guardsman Posts: 991 Forumite
    edited 27 September 2012 at 8:56PM
    Right your parents have a Sky subscription and you don't want to change the habit of a lifetime by stopping sponging off them.
    You want to watch Sky at your flat using their account.

    Yes it can be done my son does it.
    I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
  • davethetaller
    davethetaller Posts: 392 Forumite
    Two replies within ten minutes !

    GunJack and debitcardmayhem......Many thanks.
  • davethetaller
    davethetaller Posts: 392 Forumite
    Guardsman wrote: »
    Right your parents have a Sky subscription and you don't want to change the habit of a lifetime by stopping sponging off them.
    You want to watch Sky at your flat using their account.

    Yes it can be done my son does it.


    Thanks for another interpretation ! :rotfl:
  • Tiexen
    Tiexen Posts: 740 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    You'll need a fast broadband and the picture won't be that great - but it will work
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