Wireless Adapter For TV Easy Way to Stream From Computer to TV

In the past, you might not think that your TV could connect to the internet or connect to your computer. But today, the nature of the TV is changing and you can stream just about any movie from the past releases to the latest releases. No complicated wired installation, you can stream the movies or other types of multimedia files easier than ever before. You can stream from computer to TV by adding wireless adapter for TV.

Streaming the movies is basically watching them on the TV without saving them into the storage or memory, just watch directly from the internet. You can also stream the movies from your computer to the TV by means of adding wireless adapter for TV. The good thing is that you can deliver the presentation from your laptop to the wide screen of your HDTV in front of your audience without gathering small screen of your laptop.

New generation of laptops are equipped with Intel WiDi (wireless display), and some WiDi adapters are designed to stream the laptop contents to the HDTV. There are various models of Intel wireless display adapters you can purchased including Belkin WiDi, Netgear Push2TV etc. That’s for laptops with Intel WiDi, what about desktop computers, how to stream from desktop computers to TV? You can use Netgear PTVU1000 universal Push2TV or similar products.

What this Product Does

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Netgear PTVU1000 is a universal Push2TV wireless PC to TV adapter which works with most desktops and laptops. Installation is easy; it includes PC adapter inserted into the USB port, and TV adapter with the base. It says universal because it can work with most desktop and laptop computers, not just laptops with Intel WiDi.

Main features:

Wirelessly stream from computer to TV with high resolution up to 1080p
Browse any web on your HDTV and enjoy your online movies streaming, view your photos and other computers programs on TV
Installation is easy, it includes PC adapter (you need to connect to your PC) and TV adapter with base. The base includes optical audio (S/PDIF), Stereo audio, and HDMI ports.

Click here for PTVU1000 Push2TV spec details.

You can stream online with internet connection and can also work offline. Streaming online requires high performance internet connection from your network. There are many high performance routers you can use to support HD media network including wireless routers with N600 technology and later such as Netgear Wndr3700 N600 router or the latest Netgear router with N900 technology WNDR4500.

NETGEAR NeoTV 550 NTV550 Ultimate HD Media Player

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Unlike PTVU1000 wireless PC to TV adapter, Netgear NeoTV 550 plays all types of your digital movies stored in network storage and streams to your HDTV in full 1080p resolution and you can enjoy the Dolby digital sounds of DTS surround. The beauty with this wireless adapter for TV is that it scans automatically all the media contents stored in your networked storage including USB or eSATA drives as well as SD Cards.

Main features:

Streams all types of your digital media including movies, Blu-Ray files, and more in full HD 1080p resolution
Includes built-in SD Card slot
Enjoy the stunning sounds of Dolby Digital or DTS surround
Supports cover-art instead of file names to improve video and audio navigation
Include remote with shortcuts for quick selection

Click here for NeoTV 550 spec details.

How do you connect?

Connect your NeoTV to the network by either connecting the Ethernet port to the router using the UTP network cable or by adding the internet adapter to connect wirelessly to the network. You can use Netgear WNCE2001 or the dual band version Wnce3001 universal internet adapter.

The figure is a common networking diagram with NeoTV and WNCE2001 as the internet adapter.

Should you like to watch thousands of movies online from your favorite networks, you may consider D-link Boxee or Roku XDS.

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