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I want to hook my HDTV up to the computer so that when I watch online video I can watch it on the nicer TV rather than the computer monitor. The TV has a PC input which I assume is for using it as a monitor. Problem is, the TV resides at the opposite end of the house from the PC. Is there a wireless way to accomplish this?
 
NP. There are others out there too, but I have used this one and it works great. Spendy but IMHO worth it.
 
That is why I went with the Warpia. I had never heard of it till a freind recommended. I experienced some jumpiness and lag with the netgear setup. I don't see anything like that with this one. One downside is that if you are going too far it can drop the signal. I have no problems one room away although it has been reported that it won't carry through walls, but for one wall it is not a problem for me - might be different if i was going upstairs or something to the tv. It doesn't have tons of options, but setup is pretty simple. There are more advanced setups out there, but the quality of the stream we get from netflix and just running videos i have on the hard drive is just great. Looks awesome on my 1080p plasma. Overall happy with it.
 
Hmmm... mine will be going from downstairs to upstairs plus a wall. I'm starting to think I should buy a 75' video cable for $75, spend the time running it through the wall and going with a direct hook up.
 
Marcus, whats the output of your video card? Thats something you need to take into consideration...
 
Yeah if you are going that far might want to look at other options. And Viny is right you need to look at what your vid card can support. I run dual Radeon 5850 1 gb in cross-fire so I have no issues, but every system is different.
 
It's an NVIDIA Display Driver for multiple displays either tied together to form one large screen or seperate screens. I'm trying to find the model number so I can get specifics.

EDIT: Found it. I actually have two different cards with only the one beig used.

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 is what's being used with multiple monitors.

I also have an Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller. I suspect that this is very old and has limited capability.
 
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Yeah the graphics controller is on-board graphics built into your motherboard most likely. The video card is what is really driving your graphics (the GeForce 6200). That is a pretty old card, and if you are going to drive TV from it, provided it or your TV have compatible connections (either VGA or similar on the TV or HDMI or DVI on the card, with HDMI unlikely) then you could run a connection cable to the TV. The max resolution for the card is good enough for TV output certainly, but output to tv is pretty intensive work for the video card. I would recommend upgrading. There are a lot of alternatives for a decent amount of money that will do more of what you are looking to do, all with HDMI which would be your best bet. The GeForce 9800 GT is a good option. Here is a review:

https://www.guru3d.com/article/galaxy-geforce-9800-gt-1024mb-review/

And costing:

https://tinyurl.com/45swllh

Either the 512 or 1 gb cards will do what you want to do, for less than $100 for the upgrade. This card has HDMI as well.
 
He just needs to make sure that his computer as well as video card have a SPDIF pass through or there will be no audio...
 
Good point, the comp and card have to be able to handle this and it has to be set up in sound profiles of the OS (can set it to SPDIF interface). Most cards that provide an HDMI output are set up that way, then just the computer and OS would be the issues.
 
Thank you. Log, you're alright. Im glad we have bonded in this thread.

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One option you could consider is getting a PS3. With PS3 media server you can stream stuff through your wireless network your PS3 that is hooked up to your tv. Also it has a browser, Blu-Ray and video games.

PS3 MediaServer is also free software and one of the easiest setups ever.
 
I did a setup similar to this for a car dealership. Just ran an AV + Audio cable through the walls and into their lobby's TV. It worked out pretty well. He displays all of his nifty cars and auctions on there.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
One option you could consider is getting a PS3. With PS3 media server you can stream stuff through your wireless network your PS3 that is hooked up to your tv. Also it has a browser, Blu-Ray and video games.

PS3 MediaServer is also free software and one of the easiest setups ever.
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This is also true and a good idea.
 
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