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Wirelessly connect laptop to TV

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  • datlex
    datlex Posts: 2,252 Forumite
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    TO the snotty comments. Why not ask if you want more details?
    Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.
  • slinga
    slinga Posts: 1,485 Forumite
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    datlex wrote: »
    . But thanks for the idea of the wireless mouse. I suspect a wireless keyboard would also help here.
    Be careful.
    Wireless keyboards don't work with quite a few Smart TVs.
    It's your money. Except if it's the governments.
  • neilwoods
    neilwoods Posts: 2,304 Forumite
    No widi or miracast then.

    Seems you will be looking at the £100 - £130 rage then, for either qwave or veebeam.
    Mansion TV. Avoid at all cost's :j
  • Cornucopia
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    Probably cheaper to get a new set-top box e.g. Roku, or a Sky NowTV box (if you want Sky Movies)
  • datlex
    datlex Posts: 2,252 Forumite
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    neilwoods wrote: »
    No widi or miracast then.

    Seems you will be looking at the £100 - £130 rage then, for either qwave or veebeam.
    That was sort of price I've seen. Might think about a cheapy second hand 2nd laptop.
    Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.
  • neilwoods
    neilwoods Posts: 2,304 Forumite
    What do you actually require it for, if films or sports, then why not a cheap netbook or even tablet. If legit films or sports, then sky's rebranded roku would be ideal.

    otherwise nebook or tablet
    Mansion TV. Avoid at all cost's :j
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    As previous poster says, what content do you want this for?

    We spent a few months faffing about with a VGA converter connected to a laptop to get BBC iPlayer through the TV, before the lightbulb moment when we realised we could get it through the Wii, which was sitting tidily in the rack with the DVD player, et al, and which was already wireless-enabled, and in the room below the wireless router.

    So, what content?

    iPlayer, 4OD, YouTube ... ?
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