i havent had cable for about 7 years now, iv been downloading movies and shows most of my life and started doing netflix but i came to a point where if i can buy a Smart TV Devices such as apple tv or the new google tv ect i can probly watch movies and shows 100% free. i use to have a modded xbox " not 360" and i use to watch tv there. what will be a good Smart TV Devices to buy to watch free shows and movies 100% if it needs to be hacked/modded what one will be the best?
I use Google tv even upto today it works great and you can even stream from your phone to tv through WiFi.
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Nikprelaj said:
I use Google tv even upto today it works great and you can even stream from your phone to tv through WiFi.
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yes but could i watch free tv and movies with it?
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I just sold my Vibrant and bought a Nexus S and was wondering if there was another app like Allshare that I could use to stream movies from my PC to my phone.
I really like Allshare cause whenever my wife insisted on watching f'ing Jersey Shore I could allways bust out my phone and choose a movie from my library without have to get off the couch to upload it to my phone.
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sarge363 said:
I just sold my Vibrant and bought a Nexus S and was wondering if there was another app like Allshare that I could use to stream movies from my PC to my phone.
I really like Allshare cause whenever my wife insisted on watching f'ing Jersey Shore I could allways bust out my phone and choose a movie from my library without have to get off the couch to upload it to my phone.
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I'm not sure if we have the DLNA capabilities...I'll look around and see.
sarge363 said:
I just sold my Vibrant and bought a Nexus S and was wondering if there was another app like Allshare that I could use to stream movies from my PC to my phone.
I really like Allshare cause whenever my wife insisted on watching f'ing Jersey Shore I could allways bust out my phone and choose a movie from my library without have to get off the couch to upload it to my phone.
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imediashare, twonky or skifta
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imediashare, twonky or skifta
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Swifta would work great if it would play different types of video files.
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imediashare, twonky or skifta
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So we do have DLNA? I searched around and I couldn't find a definite answer.
Damn I was going to buy the nexus s but I use allshare all the time. Especially when family comes over. I stream the photos and hd home videos to my tv.
Do you think if I took the vibrant version and used it on the nexus it would work?
Dlna needed of course.
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Twonky works for me, I stream to my ps3 and the nexus s does have dlna.
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Twonky works for me, I stream to my ps3 and the nexus s does have dlna.
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Really? Anyone tried allshare apk?
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Damn I was going to buy the nexus s but I use allshare all the time. Especially when family comes over. I stream the photos and hd home videos to my tv.
Do you think if I took the vibrant version and used it on the nexus it would work?
Dlna needed of course.
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iMediaShare brings DLNA capabilities on any Android phone including Nexus S. In addition it also enable playback of online videos as well as sharing personal photos from Facebook and Picasa.
Hmmm.
I tried searching for imediashare (and scanning the QR codes that are on their website) but it's not showing up in my Market....must be a protected app or something.
Oh well.
Damn it. Maybe I could get the imedia apk found some where.
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I was able to find Twonky though.
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Damn I was going to buy the nexus s but I use allshare all the time. Especially when family comes over. I stream the photos and hd home videos to my tv.
Do you think if I took the vibrant version and used it on the nexus it would work?
Dlna needed of course.
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I read on another thread that the Allshare app on the Vibrant is tied into its framework and would have to be modified to work.
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Hmmm.
I tried searching for imediashare (and scanning the QR codes that are on their website) but it's not showing up in my Market....must be a protected app or something.
Oh well.
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Try again. It should be there now
Last post is December, so did you guys find a way or did everyone settle with Twonky, Skifta and iMediaShare?
You can stream video with Gmote.
Although the dlna works fine I really wanted the AllShare app to control the TV, anyone know how to get it on the Nexus S or at least why can't we?!
Is there an OS version issue, cause I have downloaded like 3 AllShare apk but none works.
I`m currently using the 2.3.4 version.
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I want to be able to beam wirelessly what's on my Android Charge phone to my large screen tv... as we know the Android Charge has an HDMI output.. but I want to do this wirelessly... I found out that Bluetooth is TOO slow for this use.. I just got a laptop with the new Intel WiFi built into it.. just wondering if it's possible to use a technology like this with the Android smartphone?
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I want to be able to beam wirelessly what's on my Android Charge phone to my large screen tv... as we know the Android Charge has an HDMI output.. but I want to do this wirelessly... I found out that Bluetooth is TOO slow for this use.. I just got a laptop with the new Intel WiFi built into it.. just wondering if it's possible to use a technology like this with the Android smartphone?
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You might be able to do it with dlna, but only while playing videos
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DLNA is your best option. HDMI wireless adapters are over $100. Why not just use a regular HDMI cable?
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well this is my issue... I have a big screen tv that I'm looking to cancel my ridiculously expensive monthly cable on (that I don't even get HD with btw). I have a Boxee Box hooked up to this tv... the Boxee Box is great for local content on my LAN, for Netflix, Vudu, etc. BUT... I really want Hulu+ and it doesn't look like that is going to be coming to the Boxee Box anytime soon (if at all ever).
So I was thinking... I could use my Droid Charge smartphone to run Hulu+ on it... but then I would need to get that video content onto my big screen tv... I don't want to keep my phone plugged into the tv via HDMI cable.. so I am looking for a way to transmit the video from my phone to my TV.. not sure if this is possible?
What about vnc? You could have the viewer on either the boxxee box or laptop. I believe there are vnc clients in the market. Only problem would be sound. Also , why not connect the laptop to stream via HDMI to the TV.
Btw quality would be unbareble from this phone . I'd be surprised if it was watchable
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Btw quality would be unbareble from this phone . I'd be surprised if it was watchable
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Yeah you would be going from 800x480ish to 1080p
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If your tv is internet compatible, then you can do this.
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No the tv is not
Being that almost every television made in the last two to three years ago has internet, (including mine) I'm intrigued by this post.
one thing I may experiment tonight is connecting the Charge to the TV via HDMI wire, and use the "Viera Link" on Panasonic TV. This Viera link supposedly allows the TV's remote control to control any device when connected via HDMI.... will post results later.
however, I have seen with an internet TV that the "allshare" app does show a movie file on the tv wirelessly, just could not get the movie to play.
the FIOS remote app though, does allow me to stream photos on the tv wirelessly.
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Yeah you would be going from 800x480ish to 1080p
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It can output HD video fine. I had no problem watching HD videos from movies downloaded with my MediaHub credit on a 42" HDTV (well, no problem after I got around the DRM).
Keep in mind, for whatever you're trying to play, if it's DRM protected you may be unable to play it over an HDMI connection.
Do tell how did you get around the drm?
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Do tell how did you get around the drm?
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Some of the earlier GB leaks (like EP1W) seemed to not have DRM fully implemented so you could output video if you connected the HDMI cable after starting video playback. I'm assuming this was "fixed" at some point but not sure when.
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It can output HD video fine. I had no problem watching HD videos from movies downloaded with my MediaHub credit on a 42" HDTV (well, no problem after I got around the DRM).
Keep in mind, for whatever you're trying to play, if it's DRM protected you may be unable to play it over an HDMI connection.
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Unless using vnc or any display mimicking program which only displays the resolution of the phone not its capable HDMI output resolution
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Unless using vnc or any display mimicking program which only displays the resolution of the phone not its capable HDMI output resolution
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Of course the only way to get HD video displayed is to output HD video. That's kind of self evident. If you're not streaming media stored on the device, that limits you to using the HDMI output.
That means either connect the phone with HDMI cable or spend $150+ on a wireless HDMI kit and try and get that working.
The easier route would be for the OP to hook up his new laptop to the TV (assuming it has a DVI/HDMI output) and watch it that way. He may have to put down $30 for a cable, but at least he won't have to keep his phone tethered to the television.
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Some of the earlier GB leaks (like EP1W) seemed to not have DRM fully implemented so you could output video if you connected the HDMI cable after starting video playback. I'm assuming this was "fixed" at some point but not sure when.
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Ah ha. So that explains why someone claimed they could do it with gummy charged rom. Thx.
Would bw nice if one of our esteemed developers could unblock that either via updated rom or app. I would certainly pay for that - to get nfl network to display on my tv from my phone.
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Ah ha. So that explains why someone claimed they could do it with gummy charged rom. Thx.
Would bw nice if one of our esteemed developers could unblock that either via updated rom or app. I would certainly pay for that - to get nfl network to display on my tv from my phone.
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+1 Worth paying for, for sure!!!!!
See what happens if you freeze the DRM related apps with titanium backup.
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try to get this...
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/22/xbounds-adds-hdmi-mirroring-to-android-phones-lets-you-kill-th/
I wonder how do you use smartshare and DLNA on your phone? Any guide? If I had compatible DLNA compatible device such as TV etc, can I stream our O3D display to that TV(For game, movies etc)? Or is it only play a share files(image, video, musics etc) on that TV?
Thanks.
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It is only for play a share files(image, video, musics etc)
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It is only for play a share files(image, video, musics etc)
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Thinking of buying smart TV with DLNA. If that the case, then I'll pass. Better buy android TV box or a cheap chinese android Tablet with HDMI is enough to make my current TV a smart TV.
I don't know, i have a lg smart tv and it works fine.
I have my series tv on my phone and i send them to my 60 inch tv with DLNA
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I see that smart tv is only a tv with wifi. Not smart enough imo. I though it could replace hdmi for display stream of our phone. Especially a phone with no tv out.
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I see that smart tv is only a tv with wifi. Not smart enough imo. I though it could replace hdmi for display stream of our phone. Especially a phone with no tv out.
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What you talking about. The phone can send 3d videos to smart TVs via dnla, can be connected to TV via HDMI and control your phone from there
It works on Lg TVs Samsung etc.
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Hi
I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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I use an mk802 hdmi stick but it gets hot after three or four hours, there is also the upcoming console called ouya which is $99 and will make a good media centre as the xmbc media app was announced for it today.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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Hi
I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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Maybe the upcoming Ouya (which is mainly meant to be an Android-based gaming console) would be a good fit for this?
EDIT: Beaten!
Thanks guys. I was just looking at the ouya. It looks very interesting. I'm tempted to donate on kickstarter. Do you know if we will have access to Google play with this or do you think it will be restricted to a ouya market much the same as the amazon kindle? Mind you it's rooted out of the box so I can imagine it won't be long until someone had cm10 running on it
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Steve
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There's the Nexus Q, but it's very expensive and only streams media. There are some Android TV boxes with USB and SD input. They're not perfect as they mostly run Froyo/Gingerbread and stretch them out to the TV, meaning apps like Netflix would run the mobile version which would be pretty low resolution, but there are some ICS ones now. They seem good, and affordable, some come with motion remotes to work as the mouse, others with an actual mouse.
Just search for 'Android TV Box'.
Also try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTy1H60NJL4
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Hi
I'm currently using a windows media centre PC to watch films and listen to music etc on my TV. Its on it's last legs and I was thinking of trying to replace it with some kind of android setup. other than Google TV has any one had an android box plugged into their TV to use for watching movies and Netflix etc? I'd like to be able to control it from my android phone or tablet as well as with a keyboard and mouse.
thanks
steve
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Maybe the raspberry-pi is a good choice. Wifi version with hdmi port.
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The raspberry-pi is an interesting idea. I'm a little worried it will be under powered though. I like the spec on the upcoming ouya. Just a shame it doesn't have google play access out the box.
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steve
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Hi.
Has anyone found a way to use both usb at the same time? Was hoping to find a multimedia dock along the lines of the one launched for the note 2. Anyone got suggestions?
Kinda keen on connecting the note to a tv and plug in en external hd / usb pen etc.
Thanks in advance!
Debox
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I wanted to try this also. I DONT think its possible ATM. If you trying to watch movies or look at pics from the external storage devices, best bet might be to connect the tablet to TV through allcast wireless or DLNA.
My TV doesn't have wireless but I have a Samsung blueray player. I have internet connection plugged into it. So I can connect my tablet to blueray/TV through dlna connection. Works fine like that for me.
+1 wanting this kind of dock. Would be great
Shouldn't be that hard, considering that most other samsung tab/ note products have multimedia docks.
Been hoping to find a solution to the issue for a while.
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I wanted to try this also. I DONT think its possible ATM. If you trying to watch movies or look at pics from the external storage devices, best bet might be to connect the tablet to TV through allcast wireless or DLNA.
My TV doesn't have wireless but I have a Samsung blueray player. I have internet connection plugged into it. So I can connect my tablet to blueray/TV through dlna connection. Works fine like that for me.
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What model Blu-ray Disc™ Player are you using?????
Best buy USA has a refurbished Samsung Blu-ray Disc™ Player (BD-E5300) that has AllShare for $39.00 free shipping. I was thinking about getting one as a don't have a Blu-ray and I would love to be able to use the Allshare with my Note 10.1.
Thanks for the tip.
Btw can you play games via all share ? And does the dongel need external power ?
Been looking at different workarounds on the usb and hdmi , thus far nothing that's quick and easy.
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