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[Q] HDMI Cable any good? Is this plug and play?

Good day,
Just bought this HDMI cable for my phone is it suitable?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6FT-Micro-H...ltDomain_0&hash=item336b725922#ht_3308wt_1037
Last Q, when you connect these cables must you turn off your phone or are they "plug and play"
Thanx!

Looks like it will do the job, you just plug it in and the picture appears on the screen.

Plug and play.
Its a bit of a wank really, show off pretty games to friends.. no real use i can think of.
Unless you wana watch a movie on a tv that has hdmi but no USB.
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk

Would have been better if when you plug the phone into the telly, the screen on the phone then becomes a touchpad that you control a cursor on the screen with.
Would have made for pretty good Angry Birds etc. experiences.

Thanx guys, great for showing off yeah

didn't u got the cable with phone???
HDMI cable was included in box when i bought it.and it works great even can play games without lagging ,full hd support..but ya videos little bit lags...

In Vodafone Romania box HDMI cable wansn't included.

RobYyY said:
In Vodafone Romania box HDMI cable wansn't included.
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Those thieves!!!, even in Mexico (Telcel as carrier) included the HDMI cable, the main reason I brought this phone! (went from Iconia A500 to this... to watch anime without a PC, I have been without a laptop 3 years straight, I found myself not using it, now with tegra 2 and LG more reason not to).

RobYyY said:
In Vodafone Romania box HDMI cable wansn't included.
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Yeah they robbed you blind bro.. Cause I have the Canadian (Fido) Version and I got the works.. HDMI, headphones.. usb and Ac adapter.

Mine doesn't have the HDMI cable included as well...
Is it really useful? I don't see I'm gonna need this, but heck I might be wrong...

Hello!
In Germany there isn't a HDMI-cable included either...
I use this adapter and a cable I have always installed in case I want to connect my laptop to the TV.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cablesson®-...HVPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324144699&sr=8-1
I use it for slideshows, video playback and online radio playback.
...works fine.
And on the phone side it is plug and play, but you TV might need to be changed to the right source channel (i.e. HDMI 3 in my case) – but some TV sets might do this automatically if there isn't connected any other video source.

Heh just remembered, my HDMI cable is hanging out the back of my telly... shame the phone is gone

HDMI is not that useful imho. Some games are great to play on big screen but there is problem with short cable, you need to be very close to TV.
I also tried GTA 3 on big screen (plasma hd ready). Very poor graphic, i would rather install this game on my PC again.

Platoon said:
HDMI is not that useful imho. Some games are great to play on big screen but there is problem with short cable, you need to be very close to TV.
I also tried GTA 3 on big screen (plasma hd ready). Very poor graphic, i would rather install this game on my PC again.
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HDMI can be extended http://www.dealextreme.com/p/gold-plated-hdmi-female-to-female-adapter-converter-29363 so you can get at least 3-4m from TV.
Bought it along with micro HDMI and a normal HDMI cable, works just fine. But, it's not so useful, really. Photos are not in high res, movies are sometimes ok but some don't work at all (mkv 4.1 profile and up, there are multiple threads about that). So... maybe it's better to use DLNA and ordinary PC, PS3, real media players.

I never got an HDMI cable in my UK box either.

[Q] AllShare on Galaxy Note

Hello Everyone,
How are you all?
Actually, i have a problem with Samsung Note AllShare. I have a panasonic Led Tv with DLNA Certification and connected to my wifi router via Ethernet cable. I got recently galaxy note and want to watch movies directly from note to TV.
Note:- I tried this but when i open allshare app and select any video in My Device section then i can see of my videos but when i click any of them to watch on my tv it just doesn't detect it, shows No Device. Please advise what i am missing.
If this thread is already here then please share link...!!
Thanks in advance

Check if your device and the Tv are connected to the same wifi router. Try some third party app like zappotv. Try to stream videos from your desktop or laptop.

AllShare on Galaxy Note
thanks for ur reply.
Let me clear this whole thing. I am in a same network. Note is connected to the betel 450T1 via wifi and my panasonic tv is connected via ethernet cable. I tried imediashare..skifta..and many more but the same thing. What happen is when i open all share then i can see my note is present in my tv vieratools but i can not see my tv in my note in all share app, so it means that ican play videos on tv from my note if i use my tv remote but not directly from.my note.. I dnt know why i am realy frustating right now.
Please help.

Android 2.3.4 said:
thanks for ur reply.
Let me clear this whole thing. I am in a same network. Note is connected to the betel 450T1 via wifi and my panasonic tv is connected via ethernet cable. I tried imediashare..skifta..and many more but the same thing. What happen is when i open all share then i can see my note is present in my tv vieratools but i can not see my tv in my note in all share app, so it means that ican play videos on tv from my note if i use my tv remote but not directly from.my note.. I dnt know why i am realy frustating right now.
Please help.
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I have the same issue here. I have a galaxy note 10.1 and a galaxy phone s2
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 will not play video, mp3 or stills on samsung TV.via allshare
It is connected to the same network as is my samsung galaxy phone S2. The phone works ok and will stream everything I want it to via all share. What Im am I doing wrong with the galaxy note?

Miracast support???

Guys I got a PTV3000 which allows for widi & miracast wireless display mirroring. I had an Xperia Z which mirrored perfectly but my new HTC one dont ;(. I dont want to spend money on another dongle e.g. HTC Media Link. As the device has the capability. But I have not being able to connect it. 2 questions, will All Share App apk on Samsung work on the One to force it to display? or even an apk of the Mirror link app from Sony. There must be a way to connect it via an apk or something? any help would be welcome.

Google and see if you can get the APK's, install them (Hopefully they will instal) and try it mate, thats all you can really do. . .

All Share is from samsung and will not install on HTC, at least I didn't managed to install it on nexus.
I don't know for mirroring but i've used skifta for streaming media files to tv.

The phone does support Miracast for sure but you just need a app to use it.
I was able to view photos on my LG TV via the Sense gallery but videos would not work, kept saying cannot play back media.
A mirroing app like the Xerpia Z would be cool.
giotecno if you try and install it to your One and it works please share it.

[I sold the Xperia z and didn't extract the apk's so I am stuck. not sure where I am gonna find a program that will enable the miracast to mirror via wireless. what I don't understand is Miracast is going to be a whole standard why limit the phone so it just connects via your own proprietary media link dongle. Mind you with JB 4.2.2 update we might just get the wireless display option to use miracast.
QUOTE=Nekromantik;40115187]The phone does support Miracast for sure but you just need a app to use it.
I was able to view photos on my LG TV via the Sense gallery but videos would not work, kept saying cannot play back media.
A mirroing app like the Xerpia Z would be cool.
giotecno if you try and install it to your One and it works please share it.[/QUOTE]

Guys the PTV3000 from Netgear does work, had to reboot the phone and try all connected and was able to mirror the phone screen on my TV.

giotecno said:
Guys the PTV3000 from Netgear does work, had to reboot the phone and try all connected and was able to mirror the phone screen on my TV.
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So you can play games on the TV too?
How did you switch on the mirror mode?

After loading the latest firmware on my netgear PTV3000. I rebooted the phone and one it came on went to media out in settings and the device appeared in the list and then just selected it and the mirroring started in a few seconds. works great with videos games etc. there is avery tiny lag but its more than acceptable.
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So you can play games on the TV too?
How did you switch on the mirror mode?
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giotecno said:
After loading the latest firmware on my netgear PTV3000. I rebooted the phone and one it came on went to media out in settings and the device appeared in the list and then just selected it and the mirroring started in a few seconds. works great with videos games etc. there is avery tiny lag but its more than acceptable.
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Ah must be my tv then. It don't show up in media out but does in gallery.
Sent from my M7 using Tapatalk 2

Nekromantik try this, make sure your TV is ready for MIracast and is looking for the device. Turn off wifi on phone and then fully power off your HTC Onc and switch back on and then go to Media Output this will enable your Wifi on the phone and hopefully will see the device.
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Ah must be my tv then. It don't show up in media out but does in gallery.
Sent from my M7 using Tapatalk 2
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There is a video here about HTC One Miracast(NETGEAR PTV3000)
In HTC One Miracast = Media Output
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqlzmmy0EGo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbQkgZhrW30
Please try and reply back..

[Q] Im Confused.. Is there a way to connect M7 to TV directly?

Sorry if this has been covered before but after searching I am now more confused than ever? The goal is to use the app Showbox (which plays movies, but only works on android) and mirror the playback on a TV. Basically mirror the M7 screen while it is playing a movie and watch it on my tv. I bought a chromecast expecting it to work but it does not because I do not have a secondary internet source. Meaning, MY ONLY data connection at my house is my phone as a hotspot and when I run Showbox from my phone, I can not use the phone as a hotspot to satisfy the damn POS chromecast to make it work!
I just need a yes or no answer, is there anyway to play a movie on my M7 and watch it on my TV, it does not matter if it is wireless or directly connected, I just need to know what apps or hardware to get if it is possible
Thank you very much in advance...
cheers,
disco

disco_y2k said:
Sorry if this has been covered before but after searching I am now more confused than ever? The goal is to use the app Showbox (which plays movies, but only works on android) and mirror the playback on a TV. Basically mirror the M7 screen while it is playing a movie and watch it on my tv. I bought a chromecast expecting it to work but it does not because I do not have a secondary internet source. Meaning, MY ONLY data connection at my house is my phone as a hotspot and when I run Showbox from my phone, I can not use the phone as a hotspot to satisfy the damn POS chromecast to make it work!
I just need a yes or no answer, is there anyway to play a movie on my M7 and watch it on my TV, it does not matter if it is wireless or directly connected, I just need to know what apps or hardware to get if it is possible
Thank you very much in advance...
cheers,
disco
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you need one of these, I got one with my M7 from AT&T
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0SEKE9CVHEA2QKBMZ9CT

gonna order right now, thanks bro!

disco_y2k said:
Sorry if this has been covered before but after searching I am now more confused than ever? The goal is to use the app Showbox (which plays movies, but only works on android) and mirror the playback on a TV. Basically mirror the M7 screen while it is playing a movie and watch it on my tv. I bought a chromecast expecting it to work but it does not because I do not have a secondary internet source. Meaning, MY ONLY data connection at my house is my phone as a hotspot and when I run Showbox from my phone, I can not use the phone as a hotspot to satisfy the damn POS chromecast to make it work!
I just need a yes or no answer, is there anyway to play a movie on my M7 and watch it on my TV, it does not matter if it is wireless or directly connected, I just need to know what apps or hardware to get if it is possible
Thank you very much in advance...
cheers,
disco
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You need either one of these:
The one posted above. a MediaLink HD.
or an MHL cable. (Far cheaper than above, quality depended on the item)
or a Wi-Fi Modem that you can connect. This branches out to a few more options:
You can now use chromecast with it.
Or you can connect the modem directly to the tv via ethernet (if compatible) or wifi (if compatible) then it is app depended to mirror to screen. Internet connection may be optional depending on how you stream.

Disappointed with S2 Tab TV Out/MHL performance -can anyone help?

So I got a Galaxy S2 tab for Christmas and while it's pretty good on thing has been a huge letdown. One of the main things I wanted from it was to be able to connect it to the TV via a cable to watch films and TV shows .However with the tablet it will display the screen on the TV for me but the picture is small in the middle of the TV taking up around only 40% of the screen in total, the rest of it is a black box surrounding the picture.
I've tried messing with the display and aspect ratio on the TV but nothing gets it quite right. I've used a succession of Samsung phones with cables over the years and never have had a single problem, it's usually perfect.
Has anyone any insights into what might help or is this just not the right tablet when it comes to watching on the TV?

Different aspect ratios.
For the price of a chromecast nowadays it's pointless messing around with cables. The picture is not only superior but no need to have the screen on either.

ashyx said:
Different aspect ratios.
For the price of a chromecast nowadays it's pointless messing around with cables. The picture is not only superior but no need to have the screen on either.
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Thank you for replying Ashyx. Is there nothing I can do then as far as the cable goes?
I have a Chromecast but I don't find support for quite a lot of apps I want to use, even on the apps that do support it they won't cast recent screenings, just older episodes . The cast screen option also suffers from the aspect ratio problem so that doesn't help.

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Thank you for replying Ashyx. Is there nothing I can do then as far as the cable goes?
I have a Chromecast but I don't find support for quite a lot of apps I want to use, even on the apps that do support it they won't cast recent screenings, just older episodes . The cast screen option also suffers from the aspect ratio problem so that doesn't help.
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Not sure what you mean by wont cast recent screenings, screenings of what?

ashyx said:
Not sure what you mean by wont cast recent screenings, screenings of what?
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Sorry,I wasn't clear. I meant on several of the apps I use only offer chromecast support for older shows and older episodes but not recent ones. They all play fine on the tablet though. I like to use the cable for those. That's why I find the chromecast doesn't rival the cable for me so I'd love to fix the issue if possible.

K-See said:
Sorry,I wasn't clear. I meant on several of the apps I use only offer chromecast support for older shows and older episodes but not recent ones. They all play fine on the tablet though. I like to use the cable for those. That's why I find the chromecast doesn't rival the cable for me so I'd love to fix the issue if possible.
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If you can tell me what sort of media you are trying to watch and which apps I can probably help you play it with chromecast.
There is nothing I haven't been able to play with chromecast. You just need the right software.
I play all sorts of media, from tv shows, to movies, to music.
Infact practically any media online, local or server based is playable.

ashyx said:
If you can tell me what sort of media you are trying to watch and which apps I can probably help you play it with chromecast.
There is nothing I haven't been able to play with chromecast. You just need the right software.
I play all sorts of media, from tv shows, to movies, to music.
Infact practically any media online, local or server based is playable.
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That's really kind of you, thank you. Sorry for the late reply I was sick.
Mostly I'd like to watch shows from apps that are available in my home country or Ireland like RTE player. It's a tv show player app but doesn't have chromecast support. Also Channel 4 in the UK have an app called All 4 , while they have some content available for casting to chromecast the newer shows can only be watched within the app with no casting. They have hdmi blocked but I found an xposed module for getting around that.
If you've any insights or know anyway around these kind of problems I'd be very grateful. I'm grateful for your help so far too.