Can I wireless connect my PC to my HDTV?

Ernest Valdez, Jr. was asked how he could wireless send a video signal from the computer to its HDTV.

There are number of ways to do, although they may not provide what you want.

First, a large televisions many today have WiFi built in, that allows to connect wireless to your network home and, therefore, to your computer. Do a lot of new players Blu - ray - and they are much cheaper than televisions. But WiFi is really your best option?

According to geography of your home, WiFi may not be reliable enough for video quality streaming. If not, consider using Ethernet. All TVs and Blu - ray disc players that take support WiFi and many that don't know, have Ethernet. Put on an Ethernet to your router to your TV cable is not practical, HomePlug devices - that use your home to electric grid to transmit data - can easily give you an Ethernet connection in any room of your home.

You probably already know that - but they are linked - in network television and drives Blu - ray can play video Internet streaming. Almost all of them offer Netflix. Many have YouTube, Pandora, and at least a pay-per-service. More recent include Hulu more.

Most of them can also play music and videos and view photos, off the coast of any computer on the network. The computer must be running Server DLNA Software, but it is not difficult. Windows Media Player - which comes with Windows - is such a server.

But these characteristics are not as versatile as HDTV or Blu - ray player as a computer. They may not play all the services of streaming videos that your browser can handle, nor that they support each format of media file that you could find on your PC. This is why many people like to connect their computer to their HDTV.

Of course, is not a wireless solution.

Or is it? I tested two devices wireless PC-to-TV for this article. AT-substances the Atlona and unlimited-adapter cable USB wireless VGA & HDMI with Audio seem to be the same product in different packaging, although only the Atlona 1080p support. In both cases, you plug in a device USB of your PC and you plug another in your HDTV via HDMI or VGA cables not included.

Both had the same problem: installation of the software that makes major changes to the registry of Windows and adds an autoloader. In addition, their beaches were limited; you could essentially be in the same room as the TV. But each has allowed me to view PC content on television while my laptop was at my fingertips. Their image quality is equivalent to the use of the PC HDMI port.

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