How to connect TV to the internet?

blackstar

Hi all,

I have a Logik L39FE12 and wondering how I connect it to for instance watch shows on YouTube and other online things via my phone/laptop/desk top etc? 

Here's a pic of the back of it. 

I do also have a sky q box.

Thanks all

fordyms

If it isn't a SMART TV then you need an Amazon Firestick, Now TV box, ROKU box or something similar.

DullGreyGuy

What apps are you wanting? Your SkyQ box already has YouTube

If its just a general connecting your devices to your TV then your TV has two HDMI ports and one thats currently in use with the SkyQ box. Assuming you dont have any other devices connected the second HDMI port is free, give you want to connect your phone etc, then something like a FireStick, ChromeCast or AppleTV to be able to put whats on your phone or laptop to the TV wirelessly.

Neil_Jones

THe L39FE12 appears to be a "dumb" TV, with no network port (and probably no wireless either).  It has two HDMI ports, it says here.

So the answer to the question is as stated by @fordyms - Fire stick, Now box (no longer made), Roku or similar.

blackstar

Thanks, so if I buy a firestick, plug it into the spare HDMI port on my TV it will wirelessley connect to my phone or laptop? And then I just play what I want on my phonr/laptop and it will pay on my TV? Is this right?

DullGreyGuy

blackstar said:

Thanks, so if I buy a firestick, plug it into the spare HDMI port on my TV it will wirelessley connect to my phone or laptop? And then I just play what I want on my phonr/laptop and it will pay on my TV? Is this right?

Exact instructions will depend on what device you go for and the operating systems of your devices but in principle you connect all of the devices to your wifi and then have the TV on the FireStick and on your laptop/mobile select to mirror (or extend for laptop) your screen onto the device. 

Note that certainly if you have an iPhone, some apps prevent this from working but its the minority.

fordyms

blackstar said:

Thanks, so if I buy a firestick, plug it into the spare HDMI port on my TV it will wirelessley connect to my phone or laptop? And then I just play what I want on my phonr/laptop and it will pay on my TV? Is this right?

Not quite.
Using your TV remote, switch input to the HDMI the firestick is connected to, then use the firestick remote to operate.

Beginners tutorial:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5lySxwSnY

blackstar

fordyms said:

blackstar said:

Thanks, so if I buy a firestick, plug it into the spare HDMI port on my TV it will wirelessley connect to my phone or laptop? And then I just play what I want on my phonr/laptop and it will pay on my TV? Is this right?

Not quite.
Using your TV remote, switch input to the HDMI the firestick is connected to, then use the firestick remote to operate.

Beginners tutorial:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5lySxwSnY

Thanks and I can watch anything on my laptop or phone and it will play on the TV? Wireless or via a cable? This is a HDMI port on my laptop right?

blackstar

Can I not just buy a HDMI cable and connect my laptop to my TV? And it will play whatever I am watching on my laptop?

DE_612183

you can connect your laptop to your tv using an hdmi cable - just need to set it up via the display settings once connected

DullGreyGuy

That is a HDMI port but the solutions we've suggested work wirelessly given you said you wanted it to work for your phone and desktop too.

If you wanted it just for your laptop then a simple HDMI cable to the TV will suffice.

With a laptop everything can be displayed, with your phone some apps may have copy protection that prevents it working... havent tried to see what happens if you run a phone app with copy protection on a laptop and then try to cast.