FabSwingers.com mobile

Join us FREE, we're FREE to use

Web's largest swingers site since 2006.

Already registered?
Login here

Back to forum list
Back to The Lounge

Technical help

Jump to newest
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham

Hi all so I watch a lot of tv from laptop (using stemio) to tv via a hdmi cable cos Netflix and Amazon are limited

Last few weeks it’s been iffy today no sound so changed hdmi and it’s same so I think the port is toast

I phoned a laptop repair shop they said it would be north of £100

Laptop only had 1 hdmi port

Please is there anyway to do same not using hdmi I’m not tech savy at all but I know it has 3usb ports and VGA —— googled that lol didn’t know what it was

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You could connect a VGA cable although that would be lower quality,other options are screen mirroring (abit temperamental, and dependant on laptop/tv model, or you could possibly find a USB to HDMI cable which will do the job too..

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

P.s

Of course it's the indian offering tech support, how ironic

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham


"P.s

Of course it's the indian offering tech support, how ironic "
oh that made me chuckle ??

I can do that? Hdmi to usb?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham

I have it mirroring using roku on tv but it’s not the best freezes pictures unreliable

VGA what the quality roughly

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a fell laptop that the sound only played through the tv if the laptop was booted up with the hdmi connect already in the tv could try that

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham


"I had a fell laptop that the sound only played through the tv if the laptop was booted up with the hdmi connect already in the tv could try that "
tried that screen ok it’s the port that’s dead

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think so, your laptop would need to download a driver but would happen automatically

Just search for Laptop USB 3 to HDMI cable

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Order a vga to hdmi cable there not expensive and vga is a port that’s ment for video

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *rcadian110Couple
over a year ago

Barnsley


"I think so, your laptop would need to download a driver but would happen automatically

Just search for Laptop USB 3 to HDMI cable"

This. We have one for emergency use. Plugs into your VGA port and has a cable to go into headphone port attached. Other end is a hdmi socket. Not quite as big quality but most people wouldn't notice the difference.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inks_apeyCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

Oooh don't use vga, vga is an analogue signal, and converters just fubar the quality, push comes to show and you have a releatvly modern intel pc, you probably have a thunderbolt or usb-c port, all tb3 and 99% of usb-c have dvi/hdmi pass through, just get a usb-c to hdmi cable, but ffs don't use vga. Failing that usb2 hdmi dongle are available, they tend to be crap if you want to use them for anything that needs decent response times (gaming etc) but for video output should be just fine. All the above available on amazon

TB3 ports look exactly the same as a usb-c port, but will have a little lightning bolt above them signifying thunderbolt. You may have thunderbolt 2 on older devices and that's a different port, just check device specs on manufacturers website, but if remotely recent will have usb-c, usb3 or tb3

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham

I have a roku and fire stick kodi is ok till it comes to tv shows and 9x outta 10 they messed up the order

Is there any good streaming for either devices that are good ?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inks_apeyCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

Oh also.... Just looked at stemio, it supports chrome cast, just grab a Google chrome cast device, cheap as chips, and save you all the agro, also can be installed on fire stick. Jfyi

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You could get a Fire stick? You can download Netflix/Prime apps straight onto there. It plugs in just like HMDI cable and you don't need to faff around with a laptop.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh also.... Just looked at stemio, it supports chrome cast, just grab a Google chrome cast device, cheap as chips, and save you all the agro, also can be installed on fire stick. Jfyi"

Was going to suggest chromecast but it's not compatible with Prime (some sort of Google/Amazon beef going on)

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham

Yes I have laptop connected to roku but connection ain’t great sometimes it stops and and stutters

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have a roku and fire stick kodi is ok till it comes to tv shows and 9x outta 10 they messed up the order

Is there any good streaming for either devices that are good ? "

I hate kodi with a passion. I spend more time fixing issues with it than actually watching things! But if you have the fire stick you should just be able to access other streaming apps from there?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inks_apeyCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire


"Oh also.... Just looked at stemio, it supports chrome cast, just grab a Google chrome cast device, cheap as chips, and save you all the agro, also can be installed on fire stick. Jfyi

Was going to suggest chromecast but it's not compatible with Prime (some sort of Google/Amazon beef going on) "

They don't want to use prime/netflix, but rather the streamio app. Also prime is coming to chrome cast, already on android tv atm.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh also.... Just looked at stemio, it supports chrome cast, just grab a Google chrome cast device, cheap as chips, and save you all the agro, also can be installed on fire stick. Jfyi

Was going to suggest chromecast but it's not compatible with Prime (some sort of Google/Amazon beef going on)

They don't want to use prime/netflix, but rather the streamio app. Also prime is coming to chrome cast, already on android tv atm. "

Oh I see, I misunderstood the initial post. I thought they were trying to watch Netflix/Prime on their TV through a second device.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham

Prime and Netflix we have but I watch a lot of shows that are not on there

I have fire stick roku but kodi is crap

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you tried installing a browser on the fire stick and using that to access stremio?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham

[Removed by poster at 13/03/21 01:44:13]

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham


"Oh also.... Just looked at stemio, it supports chrome cast, just grab a Google chrome cast device, cheap as chips, and save you all the agro, also can be installed on fire stick. Jfyi"

This couple messaged me and gave me a way to completely take laptop out of equation so happy

Thank you ??

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icola2202 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Chatham


"Oh also.... Just looked at stemio, it supports chrome cast, just grab a Google chrome cast device, cheap as chips, and save you all the agro, also can be installed on fire stick. Jfyi

This couple messaged me and gave me a way to completely take laptop out of equation so happy

Thank you ?? "
*

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inks_apeyCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

Any time guys

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 
 

By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I bought a Smart TV a couple of weeks ago, I've only just figured out how to use the Remote

#Technophobe

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
Post new Message to Thread
back to top