[purplegoldfish]

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

[niall campbell]

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplegoldfish

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

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-Pros...3786279&sr=8-3

10 metre cable http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cat6-10m-Gig...3786343&sr=8-3

2 metre CAT 6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shielded-Net...3786410&sr=8-1

[purplegoldfish]

Quote:

Originally Posted by niall campbell

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-Pros...3786279&sr=8-3

10 metre cable http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cat6-10m-Gig...3786343&sr=8-3

2 metre CAT 6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shielded-Net...3786410&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.

[misar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by niall campbell

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-Pros...3786279&sr=8-3

10 metre cable http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cat6-10m-Gig...3786343&sr=8-3

2 metre CAT 6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shielded-Net...3786410&sr=8-1

Can you explain how this will enable the OP to have their laptop screen mirrored on the TV - by wireless or otherwise.

[grahamlthompson]

Baffled, how can the OP display his laptop screen on his TV, even if both are connected to his network ?

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.

[purplegoldfish]

Quote:

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson

Baffled, how can the OP display his laptop screen on his TV, even if both are connected to his network ?

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

[grahamlthompson]

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplegoldfish

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/communit...rtv-connection

[purplegoldfish]

Quote:

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson

The TV also needs to be compatible or capable of supporting an add on.

http://www.networkworld.com/communit...rtv-connection

The TV has WiDi.

[Chris Frost]

Seems to me like this, from your opening post, is the root of the problem

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplegoldfish

<SNIP>it would seem my laptop isn't WiDi compatible

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