Thanks for the suggestion. That is a possibility but it would be a bit
awkward to run the cable from the computer to the TV. They're on
opposite sides of the same room and I'd have to run it under the floor
through the crawl space under the (hardly) "mobile" home. I've already
done that with some other cables but I definitely dislike dark crawl
spaces under Florida homes.
I never used to think too much about it but recently saw a TV episode of
the show "Gator Boys". They made a call to a house in the Miami area
where the owner said she thought she'd seen a snake under the house.
What they found was a 6 foot Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. That
surprised me since I hadn't expected to find an Eastern Diamondback
under a house... not their preferred habitat... or so I thought. I
don't mind Eastern Diamondbacks but I don't want to meet them face to
face when laying on the ground.
Well, if the Blu-Ray (as Moose suggested) doesn't work out I may have to
consider crawling under the house again... while carrying a snake stick
next time. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/5/2013 4:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Can't you just use your computer and connect it to the TV with an HDMI cable?
> That's what we do to watch Netflix.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 6 Dec 2013, at 06:03, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I've recently subscribed to NetFlix and Amazon streaming video services
>> and loving it. I haven't watched an evening commercial on cable TV for
>> months. I was able to do it because my main TV supports it directly. I
>> just needed to string some Cat 5 cable from my router to the TV
>> downstairs almost directly below it.
>>
>> But when I go to Florida I'll still have an HDTV set to use and a router
>> not far away but the TV there has no built-in streaming capability.
>> What external device do I need to buy to keep NetFlix and Amazon coming
>> in? I think the Panasonic Blu-Ray player I have will do that in some
>> fashion or other but that seems an odd way to receive video. I think a
>> DVR will do the same (if it's the right one). I have no experience with
>> DVRs but have been thinking about buying one (not renting from the cable
>> co.) I guess Tivo is the brand to have. In fact I know of no others.
>> So, what's the advice. What do I need and, if it's a DVR, can I
>> transport it from one place to the other when I move back and forth.
>> How important is the visual interface provided by the DVR or other
>> device? I can't imagine that my Blu-Ray player is very smart in that
>> area. But I have learned to do program selection on NetFlix and
>> Amazon's websites. Trying to do it over the TV set is pretty awful.
>>
>> Thanks all,
>> Chuck Norcutt (streaming video know-nothing)
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