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Wirelessly Share laptop screen on TV - help
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Hi All
You lot have been very helpful in the past, so thought I'd ask you again if you could point me in the right direction.
I would like to have my laptop screen mirrored on the TV wirelessly, so I have the same situation as if I were using the HDMI connection. I have an LG TV (47LM620T) and a Samsung Laptop (NP300E5C-A05UK), the set up I have is the TV is connected to my Sky router via a ethernet cable and the laptop is connected via WiFi.
I previously posted this in the PC forum and someone suggested I buy a wireless dongle for the TV to connect via WiDi, I bought the dongle but it would seem my laptop isn't WiDi compatible.
Any help/advise much appreciated.
Carl
You lot have been very helpful in the past, so thought I'd ask you again if you could point me in the right direction.
I would like to have my laptop screen mirrored on the TV wirelessly, so I have the same situation as if I were using the HDMI connection. I have an LG TV (47LM620T) and a Samsung Laptop (NP300E5C-A05UK), the set up I have is the TV is connected to my Sky router via a ethernet cable and the laptop is connected via WiFi.
I previously posted this in the PC forum and someone suggested I buy a wireless dongle for the TV to connect via WiDi, I bought the dongle but it would seem my laptop isn't WiDi compatible.
Any help/advise much appreciated.
Carl
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run a CAT 6 cable from router to back of tv.. You just need one cable
then you buy a switch so TV , sky box etc will all access the internet .
then you buy patch cables for tv and sky box to connect to switch
Switch http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-Prosafe-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Switch/dp/B00009015U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363786279&sr=8-3
10 metre cable http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cat6-10m-Gigabit-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B001R092IS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363786343&sr=8-3
2 metre CAT 6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shielded-Network-Cable-Meters-Ethernet/dp/B0021V1QDQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363786410&sr=8-1
Currently the TV and Sky are connected to the Sky router via an ethernet cable. Is this the same thing? Sorry If I am sounding silly, but I genuinely don't know.
Can you explain how this will enable the OP to have their laptop screen mirrored on the TV - by wireless or otherwise.
If he has a dlna server on his laptop, he may be able to play back content on his laptop to a smart TV, there's no way I know of to create a mirror of his desktop other than a direct connection like hdmi.
I have DLNA connection on both Laptop and Mobile and I am able to play back files etc, but I wanted to be able to mirror what I am doing on the laptop. WiDi looks perfect but doesn't seems as though I can have it on my laptop
The TV also needs to be compatible or capable of supporting an add on.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-widi-wins-and-losses-your-computertv-connection
The TV has WiDi.
The processor in the laptop needs to be either an Intel Core i5- or Core i7 with the Visibly Smart architecture. i.e. a top-of-the-range processor rather than the cheaper Core i5.
Nothing.... no dongles... no wiring.... no software... and no tweaks... nothing at all is going to change the fact that a chip without the Visibly Smart architecture isn't going to do this kind of screen sharing. It hardware reliant. End of story. Buy a better laptop or buy a wireless keyboard with mousepad and stick the laptop under the TV. Seems like the simple answer to me.
My family and I use one of these to control the media PC in the livingroom. We can do everything you'd do with a laptop and keyboard. Simples