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Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by mihaifm » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 12:47 PM UTC

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

I just want a fast way to mirror my computer screen onto the TV (wirelessly). Does DLNA support this? From the description it's not clear.

On the other hand I can clearly see that this project supports it, "Duplicate your screen" is the first feature listed there.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by rvlt » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 12:49 PM UTC

free652 wrote: post #36

What's the difference from Chromecast?

Chromecast works with youtube videos and google chrome tabs only (and it lags using tab casting)

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by mgkimsal » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 12:53 PM UTC

atiti wrote: post #33

mgkimsal wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure on multiple TVs, but I thought DLNA was gaining wider adoption. My brother's got a TV that's not Panasonic and it has DLNA as well, and he can stream to it. Would be nicer to simply have a wireless standard that devices - DVD players, boxes, etc - would bundle so that we didn't needs cables to the TV box. Or... hey - maybe just wireless audio from a TV to external speakers (bluetooth 4?) to cut down on wires…

DLNA only works for a limited set of content (music/vids/pictures). No gaming, other apps, etc.

Thanks.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by mootothemax » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 12:57 PM UTC

mihaifm wrote: post #41

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

I just want a fast way to mirror my computer screen onto the TV (wirelessly). Does DLNA support this? From the description it's not clear. On the other hand I can clearly see that this project supports it, "Duplicate your screen" is the first feature listed there.

Does DLNA support this? From the description it's not clear.

Honestly, I've no idea; if you like I can have a play tonight when I get home and let you know?

I can clearly see that this project supports it, "Duplicate your screen" is the first feature listed there.

Hah, that's quite funny; if you skip to the "Use Cases" section, it's all about consuming media, whereas the screen mirroring is highlighted as an extra feature. I guess the page neatly segmented you and I into our respective markets!

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by lkurts » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 1:05 PM UTC

I've been using this: http://www.laptopmag.com/review/wifi/hp-wireless-tv-connect.... for more then a year now, works like a charm. It's not small and slick but get's the job done. I am using with with a stationary desktop machine though, not a laptop - this might be too much for a laptop.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by Bud » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 1:06 PM UTC

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

DLNA is emphatically not a better solution, or even equivalent. The spec defines only a limited number of file types that are allowed to function. Why on earth would I want to let multinational corporations decide which file types I want to use? For instance, MKV files, which would be in the top 2-3 file formats that most of us would want to use wireless streaming for in the first place, are not supported. All Apple products are, similarly, not supported. Noncompliant file types must be transcoded.

DLNA will die an instant and painful death the moment a truly open solution is adopted.

DLNA is the solution that TV companies and PC makers came up with to keep the lid on streaming and make the viewing of pirated content more difficult.

DLNA is widely despised for the same reasons that all DRM-crippled products are always despised.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by wil421 » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 1:07 PM UTC

I could buy a Chromecast for half the price and use a free service to mirror my desktop for meetings.

Or I could buy another Apple TV for a little more and have a lot more functionality and video outlets (HBO GO, Netflix etc.). Although this option only works if you use Macs.

Or as another poster said just use the built in wifi on my TVs in my house.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by smrtinsert » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

mihaifm wrote: post #41

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

I just want a fast way to mirror my computer screen onto the TV (wirelessly). Does DLNA support this? From the description it's not clear. On the other hand I can clearly see that this project supports it, "Duplicate your screen" is the first feature listed there.

It doesn't appear to. Everything I've seen focuses on pictures audio and videos

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by smrtinsert » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 1:20 PM UTC

wil421 wrote: post #47

I could buy a Chromecast for half the price and use a free service to mirror my desktop for meetings. Or I could buy another Apple TV for a little more and have a lot more functionality and video outlets (HBO GO, Netflix etc.). Although this option only works if you use Macs. Or as another poster said just use the built in wifi on my TVs in my house.

I'll take dlna over a single corp solution like appletv any day of the week.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by alasano » Thu, Nov 21, 2013, 1:22 PM UTC

mihaifm wrote: post #41

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

I just want a fast way to mirror my computer screen onto the TV (wirelessly). Does DLNA support this? From the description it's not clear. On the other hand I can clearly see that this project supports it, "Duplicate your screen" is the first feature listed there.

Chromecast has this feature, you can cast a tab or the entire screen in the beta option. I can stream a movie this way over wireless G, I imagine with a good N router there's a difference.