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Hello all , iv got an Packard bell imedia 5116 and i dl films but im wondering how i can stream them from the pc to my sharp aquos hd tv , it'l save me a wad in blank dvd's and make viewing them a lot faster-
ps i hope me nameing the pc/tv is not seen as snoty but i didnt know if theres any differebce in the type of pc.tv used , many thanks.

Joker
 
You could get a cable to connect your TV to your PC and use it as a monitor, IE, VGA, DVI, HDMI etc

You could use a Games console, such as 360 or PS3

or finally you could invest in an bit of an expensive kit such as Popcorn Hour etc. :) Think they start from about £120, but don't quote me on that!

Hope that helps!
 
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custard said:
the new WDTV is good,the old one was a missed opportunity with no LAN
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:yeahthat:

If I was in the market for this now, I reckon the WDTV Live is the one to go for, good price.

However, I will stick with my Popcorn Hour and 1TB internal drive, sitting on a network share with another 8 HDDs or so :spin: I really should invest in a NAS :chin:
 
THANKS for all the replies guys , going thru the replies ,
1-wat sort of cable would i need to use my tv as a monitor pls
2-a dvd multi-region dvd player that plays direct from a usb memory stick.
3-wats wdtv pls
i have trouble getting my xda lli on the net , oh that'l be my next posting .....
Many thanks people

Joker
 
To use your TV as a monitor, you would need either a VGA Cable, there is a guy on eBay selling 5m VGA cables for £5 atm, I'll give you link if you wanna go for one.

or if your Graphics card supports it, a DVI cable, but you would need to check if it has DVI...
 
Soap Dodger , many thanks for that and yes pls to sending me the link, my pc is nearly 7yrs old so i dont think the graphics card'l be up for it , going back to the vga cable-will it use the tv's speakers also or just the screen , if not any ideas there pls, many thanks.

Joker
 
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