We are thinking of buying a TV around a 40" and wanted to know if there are wireless display TV's that are compatible with the Nexus 4. My bro has a 32" LG TV that works but its smaller than what we want.
Any recommendations are appreciated. (UK only)
ermacwins said:
We are thinking of buying a TV around a 40" and wanted to know if there are wireless display TV's that are compatible with the Nexus 4. My bro has a 32" LG TV that works but its smaller than what we want.
Any recommendations are appreciated. (UK only)
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Stick with the LGs for wireless display & Miricast with the N4. Argos and Currys were both doing decent deals recently.
The 42ln575v @ Argos/Currys for 370 or the 42ln578v for 399 at Currys are decently priced
The LG remote app in the play store is pretty good and some models come with nfc tags to launch the remote etc.
I picked up a similar one, a little better panel than the above one and am really pleased so far and the NowTV passes for Sky movies and sports will come in handy too. I'd recommend it, but the price has gone back up on it....
jmcgraw said:
Stick with the LGs for wireless display & Miricast with the N4. Argos and Currys were both doing decent deals recently.
The 42ln575v @ Argos/Currys for 370 or the 42ln578v for 399 at Currys are decently priced
The LG remote app in the play store is pretty good and some models come with nfc tags to launch the remote etc.
I picked up a similar one, a little better panel than the above one and am really pleased so far and the NowTV passes for Sky movies and sports will come in handy too. I'd recommend it, but the price has gone back up on it....
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Thanks for the info, I take it there is noting smaller than 42"?
ermacwins said:
Thanks for the info, I take it there is noting smaller than 42"?
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Currys has the 39ln575v for 30 quid more (£399) than the 42"!
For the price, I didn't think there was much better value to be found than these particular 42" models.
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Currys has the 39ln575v for 30 quid more (£399) than the 42"!
For the price, I didn't think there was much better value to be found than these particular 42" models.
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So any TV that says built in wifi, will that do the job or is it LG technology?
edit: This it? http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/lg/39ln575v/lg-39ln575v £40 cheaper
To be honest, I don't know.
Some other TVs may play nicely with Miracast on the N4. Some may not have used the standard to the letter or may have done a custom implementation of wireless display and may not work properly.
If you find a model you prefer I'd either test it in the shop or google "nexus 4 +TVmodel wireless display" at least.
Let me say that it was one of my considerations in getting an LG but even if it didn't work I still would have gotten the TV I did. The LG is a nice tv.
I have never had a problem with LG t.v,s and personally recommend them also , have used both mirror cast via wifi and slimport both without any problems.
That also goes for Toshiba.
One company I have read a lot of problems with is Samsung , all be it I bet the sg3 /sg4 work fine with them.
So I guess you known were I am coming from LG nexus 4 = LG T.V. Samsung t.v = s4 / s3. Just my thoughts and not exact science.
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@jmcgraw those LG's are pretty much sold out and prices gone up where available. I tried a Sony tv and noticed there is a like a 1 second lag. Is there any lag with your LG?
ermacwins said:
@jmcgraw those LG's are pretty much sold out and prices gone up where available. I tried a Sony tv and noticed there is a like a 1 second lag. Is there any lag with your LG?
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Yeah, it seems up to a second occasionally as well.
I think it's fine most of the time, but if I was playing a lot of games I'd probably want to use a slimport adapter instead.
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Yeah, it seems up to a second occasionally as well.
I think it's fine most of the time, but if I was playing a lot of games I'd probably want to use a slimport adapter instead.
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Do you think its worth getting a ptv3000 instead? That way I can get a cheaper tv?
ermacwins said:
Do you think its worth getting a ptv3000 instead? That way I can get a cheaper tv?
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I don't know. If you already had a tv you were happy with otherwise then sure, the ptv is a reasonable addition.
If you find a great deal on a cheaper/nonsmart tv then it would be a good alternative as well, but if you're only going to be saving £20 to £30 I'm not sure it would be worth it.
Have you considered a slimport adaper or a chromecast?
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I don't know. If you already had a tv you were happy with otherwise then sure, the ptv is a reasonable addition.
If you find a great deal on a cheaper/nonsmart tv then it would be a good alternative as well, but if you're only going to be saving £20 to £30 I'm not sure it would be worth it.
Have you considered a slimport adaper or a chromecast?
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Slimport is wired right? And the chromecast can't mirror everything can it like all apps, games and videos
ermacwins said:
Slimport is wired right? And the chromecast can't mirror everything can it like all apps, games and videos
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Sadly not. Its very very limited. Before I was able to play my offline music on tv but Google decided to block that feature with an update . Only plays music purchased from Google music.
The YouTube updates made it worst. I connect it to my Tv; play one video. All going well. But if my Nexus 4 screen goes to sleep it stops working. If I want play next video; I have to reconnect it to my TV.
Oh and after switching my router security to wpa2; chromecast cannot be detected anymore. I searched online and it's not only me. Now, It's just sitting on my computer table collecting dust.
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Slimport is wired yes and plays/shows everything on the screen as long as the screen is on.
Mirrorcast and chromecast both rely on wifi.
Tried both and personally prefer slimport its dam cooool.
Games are hard to play thought as you need sometimes to look at the phone to hit the buttons e.t.c which means you're not concentrating on the T.V.
If you get one of them game controllers you should be o.k.
It would need to be a Bluetooth one or one that doesn't connect to the micro USB out socket as you need that for the slimport.
Sorry I no nothing about controllers as I have never used one.
Phone : Nexus 4 /Rom : cataclysm / Kernel : Stock.
bladebuddy said:
Slimport is wired yes and plays/shows everything on the screen as long as the screen is on.
Mirrorcast and chromecast both rely on wifi.
Tried both and personally prefer slimport its dam cooool.
Games are hard to play thought as you need sometimes to look at the phone to hit the buttons e.t.c which means you're not concentrating on the T.V.
If you get one of them game controllers you should be o.k.
It would need to be a Bluetooth one or one that doesn't connect to the micro USB out socket as you need that for the slimport.
Sorry I no nothing about controllers as I have never used one.
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I actually have my PS3 working with my phone via the sixaxis app and works perfectly.
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Ok, I'm getting this "phone". I've been sitting around waiting for a release date for what seems like a year now, lol.
Here is my one request, from the marvelous XDA dev community, who has never ceased to amaze me in the years I've been here.
I want this thing to do HDMI out. I'm not talking pushing a YouTube video out of the HDMI port, I want to see Android on my 24" monitor. I want to be able to use a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to run the controls, and I want to be able to dock my Streak and use it on a larger display. 720p/1080p would be a huge bonus, but I have no idea what limitations are in place there.
Ok, that's it. Make that happen, and I will be very happy.
If you pay £55 for the Dell Home AV Kit it will do this I believe......
Granted, I don't have a Streak on which to try it out...but isn't that only for videos (YouTube, video files, etc)? As far as I'm aware, you don't get the actual desktop, right?
I don't have one either, but in a video I saw it appeared that the dock only pushes the video through the HDMI and not the android "desktop."
I too would love to be able to do this though!
Ah right thats not too good then, the Samsung Galaxy seems to be TV-Out and just replicated the system as on the screen, I'm thinking of buying a Nokia N900 to play with as it has TV out and would let me play SNES / Mega Drive games etc when I'm in a hotel room.
I wonder if full TV Out is something we could hack
£55 is a lot for just movies out...i was hoping for full android on my big tv
fracmo2000 said:
£55 is a lot for just movies out...i was hoping for full android on my big tv
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Yeah, that's for sure. Big deal, if I wanna watch just movies, I'll find a computer and do it. The power of HDMI-out is in being able to use Android on your phone on the go, and then docking it and using it as a netbook-replacement when at a desk (or as a HTPC when in the living room, etc.)
Give it a few months once the Chinese get their hands on it and they will churn out the Accessories and flood ebay
I need this also for a bmw idrive integration. I'm sure the community will crack it.
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i would love to do this while also running ubuntu it would be like christmas (or when i first heard about android) i would dock it and BAM i would have ubuntu then dissconnect it and id have android
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I need this also for a bmw idrive integration. I'm sure the community will crack it.
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I just bought a BMW with the new 1280 pix CiC I-Drive display. With a Motorola Bionic, I'm hoping to send TV to the phone via SlingBox and send the HDMI out from the phone to the display in the car.
Thoughts?
If you guys havent heard you can link your GSII or Tab 10.1 to your D7000 or D8000 tv but I havent been able to find the app to do so. I believe its called Samsung Wireless Link. This allows you to mirror your TV on to your tablet. Anyone got this working or have more information about it?
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Just been looking at those 2 tvs as do not know which one to get yet but from reading there are 2 apps in the market by samsung but alas cannot remember the names my head is puddled with reading about the 2 tvs
Samsung tv remote app works with my c8000 and the other is Samsung tv notify.what app are you guys taking about?will work with the c8000?
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This is the other app i have seen
Samsung Smart View
Apparently it is the same as the Samsung Touch Remote Control..
Did anyone who has a D800 Tv get the new touch remote with the tv or was it just a bog standard remote
lufc said:
Just been looking at those 2 tvs as do not know which one to get yet but from reading there are 2 apps in the market by samsung but alas cannot remember the names my head is puddled with reading about the 2 tvs
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I orginally bought the 55" D7000 on Amazon and it was defective. I returned it and bought the 46" D8000. I talked to a TV tech about the models and he claims the D8000 has significantly better black levels and was raving about the micro dimming plus blah blah... he also went on to say that on TV's smaller then 55" you wont notice much of a difference between the 7 and the 8 series. Since I was saving a bunch of money on the smaller size TV I went for the D8000. One thing I noticed is the D8000 does come with glasses which I didnt really need since I got the 3D Starter Kit bundle and Bluray Player for free through the Amazon promotion. I like the glasses that came with the D8000 better though and while I initially liked the bezel on the 7000 better I now really like the 8000 bezel. It's a very sweet TV I have it plugged into my router and I can stream 1080p mkv and mkv3d files no problem with no additional software/hardware needed. You just need some DLNA server software and your good to go. I can also stream 3D content from my Evo 3D to the TV via DLNA over wifi. Pretty cool. I'm hoping this new update for the Tab 10.1 with TouchWiz adds this mirroring capability that they talk about here: http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/samsung-d8000-d7000-streaming-galaxy-201102221034.htm
lufc said:
This is the other app i have seen
Samsung Smart View
Apparently it is the same as the Samsung Touch Remote Control..
Did anyone who has a D800 Tv get the new touch remote with the tv or was it just a bog standard remote
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They pulled the touch remote for the USA release. From what I hear its crap anyways although you can buy it separately if youd like. I LOVE the remote that it did come with however (both the 7 and the 8 came with the same remote)... I think you are on the other side of the pond though so it may come with the UE models, mines a UN. I read something about only the D8000 coming with the touch remote and only on the UE models. Could be BS though. The remote mine came with is a qwerty keyboard on one side, remote control on the other side. It's backlight which is great, I've never had a backlight remote before haha. I'm easily impressed I guess...
I found the MK802+ for $39.99 with free shipping!
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/In-S...GB-RAM-4GB-ROM--Better-Than-MK802-307558.html
Android 4.0
Allwinner A10 w/ Mali400
4GB Storage
1GB of ram
802.11 b/g/n
It comes with:
HDMI cable
USB cable
AC adapter
English Manual
It also includes some bonus items:
4-port usb hub
usb 3d sound adapter
This is a very good price for the MK802. Even better when you consider the extras.
I'm buying one to have around as an extra dual booting android/linux box.
(I already own 1 mk802, several UG802, and 1 MK808.)
I've been interested in these for a while, and I have been waiting for this price point. How do they work? Do they do everything your phone/tablet can do. I would be interested if it could play a game like Batman The Dark Knight Rises Game (or something as intensive). Also how does something like Onlive work? Any browser crashes?
Snagged two and an air remote
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(I already own 1 mk802, several UG802, and 1 MK808.)
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Any posibility to upgrade the mk802+ to jelly bean? Speed diference is noticeable compared to the mk808?
Thats a really good price considering they give you some nice accessories to go with it. You could attach it to a monitor and keyboard/mouse and have a really cheap thin client desktop running Android.
Any one else notice the Engrish on that page, "Get this MK802+ NOW,Throw your Dumb TV!!"
Not sure how well this would work if I throw my TV. :laugh:
Decided to go ahead and get 2 of these. Basically give someone a cheap computer for mostly browsing and email. Very portable.
There are some bad reviews online with that seller, they say do not purchase from them and they are affiliated with some other stores bad stores as well.
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Personally I've not had any problems with geekbuying.com, but as always if you're not comfortable then don't order from them.
You're more likely to get what's described from them than you are from a random aliexpress seller.
IMHO many bad reviews for chinese sellers are for cheap tablets. People expect way too much out of those tablets.
I bought a wireless mouse/keyboard which is recommended with it and it worked at first but the mk802 won't see it now. I've also tried 3 or 4 wireless mice with most not working. Is that normal?
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just got my 2 today. a first there was a wifi lag problem but after fixing that everything working great. youtube and netflix working perfect. would be nice to have bluetooth on this but other then that it would just fine. also they sent me my order twice so instead of just getting 2 I got 4 of these for $75. Was $80 but use the $5 code. so 4 of these for $75 can't beat. 1 for my mom; 2 for the kids and 1 for me. Saved me form having to buy tablets.
zaiaku: why don't you tell them that?
just loaded jellybean on this thing and it's great. out the box everything works great but don't expect much of a wifi strenght from this thing. Most phones have a much better range. After putting jellybean on it definitely worth it. Smoother, more responsive; more options. no change in netflix but much more control in youtube.
Is it easy to put jb on this? Is it rooted your device?
Can anyone tell me if IP can works full screen on this ?
Cause I really need to run surveillance cams on TV with this.
PS: 32 " TV.
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gado45 said:
Is it easy to put jb on this? Is it rooted your device?
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Very easy. From everything I ever had to root and flash this was very very simple. I did the first one and my 10yo daughter did 2 of the other ones. Takes around 5min from start to boot.
Zaiaku said:
Very easy. From everything I ever had to root and flash this was very very simple. I did the first one and my 10yo daughter did 2 of the other ones. Takes around 5min from start to boot.
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Sounds great!! I really want one of these sticks, dont know if I buy the mk808 or just wait for the latest one with quad core cpu and bluetooth
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Can you use a usb mouse or keyboard with this? Seems like the perfect thing to add to one of my HDTVs. Plus thats really cheap.
754boy said:
Can you use a usb mouse or keyboard with this? Seems like the perfect thing to add to one of my HDTVs. Plus thats really cheap.
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Yes you can use a usb mouse and key board or use a bluetooth dongle and use bluetooth which is what I'm doing now. So far the only problem I've seen with this thing is the range from the router. My phones and tablets and computer have a much larger range then this.
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Yes you can use a usb mouse and key board or use a bluetooth dongle and use bluetooth which is what I'm doing now. So far the only problem I've seen with this thing is the range from the router. My phones and tablets and computer have a much larger range then this.
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Makes sense, its hard to fit a decent sized antenna in there, and at $40 I doubt the money is spent engineering a great antenna setup like inside phones. There are USB to ethernet adapters out there that work with Android, I wonder if external USB wireless adapters would work.
Sounds great!
That looks like an awesome deal! Definitely planning to give it a try. Thanks OP
In this Google Christmas video, at :32 seconds in, it show wireless screen sharing on the N4. How do you do that?
Thx
http://youtu.be/967nio2LF7s?t=32s
It's the built in features called Miracast. It's only compatible with other Miracast devices and I don't think there are many, if any TV's that support it right now.
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Oh cool. Thanks. That feature would've come in handy on Christmas Eve when everyone wanted to Karaoke off YouTube. I ended up hooking up my MacBook Pro to the TV.
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djwoody714 said:
Oh cool. Thanks. That feature would've come in handy on Christmas Eve when everyone wanted to Karaoke off YouTube. I ended up hooking up my MacBook Pro to the TV.
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Yeah you have to buy a Miracast adapter or a TV with it built in. Alternatively, you can buy a Slimport HDMI and plug it onto your TV from that (~$30) http://www.amazon.com/SlimPort®-SP1...&qid=1356573162&sr=8-1&keywords=slimport+hdmi
It's not worth the trouble really. Just hook your laptop up as you did. Wireless display technology just isn't there yet.
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It's not worth the trouble really. Just hook your laptop up as you did. Wireless display technology just isn't there yet.
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It's new technology but it is there. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/intel-wireless-display.html
Pretty much all new laptops have that, the TV just needs a adapter or it built into the Tv.
I am aware that samsung made some hardware changes so MHL dont work. But is there any workaround ? I wanna play my emulators on tv.
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I am aware that samsung made some hardware changes so MHL dont work. But is there any workaround ? I wanna play my emulators on tv.
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You can use a chrome cast with some plug-ins to cast your games to the TV. Google it for more info
Yeah was gutted my MHL adapter doesn't work.
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Intersting. Didnt know mhl didnt work.
My work around recomendation assuming u simply want to mirror ur screen to ur tv is going wireless. What i use is push2tv. I love it! I use it on my truck to watch movies n mainly for my daughter to watch toons. Mirror my screen, put youtube and its all set. One of my reasons for ditching apple.
Chromecast, but if you want something more general / doesn't require WIFI:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Display-Adapter-CG4-00003/dp/B00J9C2JDG
http://www.amazon.com/ACTIONTEC-ScreenBeam-Mini2-Continuum-SBWD60MS01/dp/B017KUKHWS
I ordered this. Cheap and free shipping.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/311579574264?_mwBanner=1
Its still not good enough as wired though. I use HDMI cable when I travel abroad in hotels aånd places without wifi so I can play games on tv.
Not sure if this wifi streaming thing works on a hotel wifi. But its good for home use when I wanna play some retro games on emulators ok tv.
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Chromecast, but if you want something more general / doesn't require WIFI:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Display-Adapter-CG4-00003/dp/B00J9C2JDG
http://www.amazon.com/ACTIONTEC-ScreenBeam-Mini2-Continuum-SBWD60MS01/dp/B017KUKHWS
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Yeah. These are closer to what I was looking for. Are you sure it doesnt require wifi?
toofimoofi said:
Yeah. These are closer to what I was looking for. Are you sure it doesnt require wifi?
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It requires a device that supports Miracast (or WiDi), which includes most smartphones and many laptops. This device turns any display with HDMI into one that supports Miracast (some newer TV's support this out of the box). Also I've heard there might be some lag, so it isn't the best for gaming.
I use mhl cable (5pin) on my s7 edge
I use mhl cable on my s7 edge