PC to TV for watching Internet TV: What's your setup? - Page 2

Aries · 08-02-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by staticMHZ

I leave the resolution on mine at 800x600, then I set the tv to widescreen. No stretching or anything and the quality looks fine to me, I mainly play roms/emulators on it.

Heh, I did that back a while ago when I had a computer with a TV setup. I had a PS2 emulator on my beast of a computer, and I jacked the graphics settings up to maximum and played my games in seriously high definition.

You have not played Final Fantasy 12 unless you've played it on an emulator with the graphics up to maximum. I swear to God you could count the hairs on Balthier's head if you were so inclined.

PCSX2 is the emulator I use, it works a beast. I'll have to see if taking the ISO from the disk will improve the loading times any.

EscapeVelocity · 08-02-2009, 10:33 AM

Id be interested in a way to view video on the TV, but my computers are in another room.

Is there a way to do it wirelessly?

bicker · 08-02-2009, 11:20 AM

Pushing live (HD) video through the air is dodgy. Best bet is to have the video directly connected to the playback device via wire. You can use wireless to download video, for playback at a later time, but if you want to use a computer as your DVR, then it is best to place the computer right next to the television.

However, there are devices that do support wireless video distribution. You can find one here:

Sling Media - SlingCatcher

EscapeVelocity · 08-02-2009, 11:28 AM

How about the HDHomeRun? What does that do exactly?

I was thinking about getting a wireless router and hooking up the Vizio GV42LF to the computer via the WiFi, too. That is lacking bandwidth or stability or some such?

bicker · 08-02-2009, 11:36 AM

For wi-fi to work, you need a wi-fi device, designed for that purpose, on each side of the wi-fi connection. Generally, televisions, if they support wi-fi, only support it for either firmware update, or for specific connections to specific Internet services. I don't know of any that have built-in clients for playing television programs off of a computer elsewhere.

My TiVo has that capability, but the TiVo is a computer, really, and it needs to sit within cable-distance of the television. Then the TiVo can exploit wi-fi to pull video off of a computer elsewhere in the house. (Though, we're still much better off not using wi-fi... using a wired connection instead.)

EscapeVelocity · 08-02-2009, 11:40 AM

So a Tivo is another option?

Ive also considered getting a Philips DVD Player with a USB port and using Thumb Drives to the Philips DVD player.

bicker · 08-02-2009, 12:23 PM

TiVo has a lot of broadband features. You can record programming, transfer that programming to other TiVos in the same home, transfer the programming back to the TiVo, etc.

1inxs · 08-02-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by EscapeVelocity

Id be interested in a way to view video on the TV, but my computers are in another room.

Is there a way to do it wirelessly?

I've used the Terk Leapfrog LF-30 from satellite receiver to TV with fairly decent success. The only time I have seen problems, is in homes using cordless phones running the same frequency. I've never connected one to a PC for viewing streaming video. I'll have to hook one up and report back with the results.

EscapeVelocity · 08-02-2009, 04:06 PM

Ive seen the Terk's as well, but they are only SD correct?

1inxs · 08-02-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by EscapeVelocity

Ive seen the Terk's as well, but they are only SD correct?

That I'm not 100% sure of? I don't see why it would matter if the signal was HD or SD. I'll have to pull one out of the junk closet and connect it up, just for fun. I'll try streaming in both of the SD and HD to see what happens.


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