Ponzy Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Am wondering if there is any elegant solution for connecting a computer to a digital TV wirelessly. I gather that computer output usually looks pretty crappy on a TV but both of these devices have HDMI and am wondering whether it is possible to make the wireless link via HDMI. I am guessing the answer will be no, use a cable, but with the reportedly increasing demand for viewing computer material on TVs I wonder if a solution is coming. May be missing something really basic here but thought I would ask the question. Max
Sabor Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Is your PC in another room and you want to stream movies/music/pictures to your HDTV? Any of the multitude of media streaming solutions will work - some better than others. I use a PS3 and it does a pretty fair job. If the PC's in the same room, surely you can hide the wires sufficiently enough and use a wireless keyboard+mouse? Otherwise there is this: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/belkin_f...antastic-2.html Also, PC output will not necessarily look crappy on an HDTV depending upon your graphics card, what input sources the HDTV will accept and its resolution. Sure, it won't be 2560x1600 like some high-end PC monitors but 1920x1080 is not that shabby at all
kulfi Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Agree with you on that one. The OP could also try a wireless AV sender/receiver if the PC has TV-out. I specifically bought an Asus mini-PC to use as the media centre and the picture quality is very impressive. I don't know where he got the story that PC video looks crappy on a TV. Maybe somebody tried to use a laptop's S-Video output on an old CRT.
pgdownload Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 What source are you trying to view? Downloaded AVIs? FTA TV recorded via a video card? You realise that HDMI is no magic bullet? It won't improve the PQ in any way. You could use SVideo connections to almost the same PQ Regards Peter Gillespie
diesel Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 My tip would be regardless of your wifi solution (eg extender, mediaplayer, PVR etc) you are better served using a wireless "N" standard router as wireless "G" is too limited in bandwidth for HD content IME
KernelPanic Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 What source are you trying to view? Downloaded AVIs? FTA TV recorded via a video card?You realise that HDMI is no magic bullet? It won't improve the PQ in any way. You could use SVideo connections to almost the same PQ Regards Peter Gillespie ?? What ?? HDMI *should* give you a flawless PQ. Svideo will not. Svideo will only give you SD definition and it will generally be pretty aweful at that depending on your video card.
kulfi Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 ?? What ??HDMI *should* give you a flawless PQ. Svideo will not. Svideo will only give you SD definition and it will generally be pretty aweful at that depending on your video card. Please read the first line of pgdownload's post - he was saying that if the OP is trying to watch crappy, low-bandwidth stuff, it doesn't matter if it's HDMI or S-Video. Unless you're trying to peddle Monster HDMI cables that make a tall claim to improve PQ of crap content.
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