AppTV question; who will kindly chip in some advice?

asu66 · Unread post by **asu66** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:21 am

So if one has a subscription to AppTV, a Roku box and home wi-fi with a wireless router, exactly how does one get AppTV programming from the computer to the TV?

You'll be helping a small, but growing, group of folks with your kind assistance. Thanks in advance from all of us.

AppDawg · Unread post by **AppDawg** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:49 am

HDMI cable from laptop to TV. Depending on the room I am watching in, I may connect an audio cord from the headphones jack to my stereo.

asu66 · Unread post by **asu66** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:59 am

AppDawg wrote:HDMI cable from laptop to TV. Depending on the room I am watching in, I may connect an audio cord from the headphones jack to my stereo.

So I assume all of your TVs are high def and have a female HDMI jack? What about a non-high def TV? Or a no wi-fi tv?

Niner National · Unread post by **Niner National** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:18 am

asu66 wrote:
AppDawg wrote:HDMI cable from laptop to TV. Depending on the room I am watching in, I may connect an audio cord from the headphones jack to my stereo.

So I assume all of your TVs are high def and have a female HDMI jack? What about a non-high def TV? Or a no wi-fi tv?

Really no other way to do it unless someone makes an app for your Roku that streams AppTV.

There are ways to rig it up with Plex, XBMC, or PlayOn I believe, but it requires a fair amount of technical know-how.

I've looked into setting up CBS All Access (ULive) with Roku so I could watch Charlotte games without the computer, but it always seemed like more trouble than it was worth.

A lot of streaming options right now are unfortunately still computer only.

Maddog1956 · Unread post by **Maddog1956** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:21 am

asu66 wrote:
AppDawg wrote:HDMI cable from laptop to TV. Depending on the room I am watching in, I may connect an audio cord from the headphones jack to my stereo.

So I assume all of your TVs are high def and have a female HDMI jack? What about a non-high def TV? Or a no wi-fi tv?

All the roku's (but the stick) will work with most tv's. The stick has to have HDMI. Also Roku's are "channel based", not browse based. Which means some (at least the stick) doesn't have a browser. You might be able to add AppTV as a channel, I just don't know. That's one reason I like ChromeCast better, you can "cast" anything to your tv, but you got what you got.

McLeansvilleAppFan · Unread post by **McLeansvilleAppFan** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:05 am

asu66 wrote:So if one has a subscription to AppTV, a Roku box and home wi-fi with a wireless router, exactly how does one get AppTV programming from the computer to the TV?

You'll be helping a small, but growing, group of folks with your kind assistance. Thanks in advance from all of us.

Wired solution with new Laptop and new TV (Both have HDMI): HDMI out of laptop into TV. One cable for both A/V and the best quality. Select correct input on TV and make laptop send signal to TV if not done automatically.

Wired solution with older laptop or TV (One or both have VGA but one does not have HDMI): Same as above really except you also need a minijack for the audio to the TV as VGA only sends video. I don't think the video is as good as HDMI. I think you can run a longer VGA cable but I have seen HDMI extenders at stores that can join two cables for a longer run.

If your TV does not have either VGA or HDMI one can purchase a VGA to RCA converters. I had/have one. Quality not very good, but it can be done, but at this point my laptop/computer screen is about as big as these older TVs so not worth the trouble anymore.

Wireless: I just purchased a Chromecast last week. I was not impressed with the lag and such, but I think my slow laptop was to blame. I used my faster desktop that is wired into the router upstairs and the ESPN3 and AppStateTV worked very well. This is also a nice option for iOS and Android devices, some/many that don't have outputs for video. I noticed that AppState.tv was one of only a few college streaming apps on iOS when I looked earlier this morning. ESPN3 requires you to cut-n-paste the URL into the main Chrome window as the pop-up ESPN3 uses does not have a cast option. There is not an ESPN app for Windows.

The other options such as a Roku and AppleTV are going to have less options at this point. I would get a Chromecast if it was me. $35.

I think what I am going to do is cast the game from the upstairs wired desktop to the large TV in the downstairs family room. Then my laptop is freed up to be closer to me and I can use the laptop to do a bit of gameday chatting here on MMB.

On a side note, are there going to be any football games on AppTV this year. Between the ESPN coverage on cable, the ESPN3 coverage the SB has and then some schools that don't have NeuLion so there will be no sharing there will AppTV just be for all the other sports, and if so, will we pick up more streaming of those events.