superquag
9th April 2020, 09:25 PM
Basic plot: Want / need to cast up onto the Big Screen, a YouTube regular live-stream. Audio-Vid only. End of story....
Plan A was along HDMI cable, from mainframe to Panasonic w i d e screen tv.
Plan B was CHROME gadget which I think listens to phone, or computer or tablet and sends it via WiFi to TV,
Because B had the advantage or "receiving" from an iPhone etc, it won the day.
Spent a few $ on a Google Chromecast (basic model, TV is only 1080p) VERY frustrating to get the 'app' via forgotten passwords... no fun with pumphead and 5-year cardiac Cognitive Decline ! and have it up and running (I think...)
Big decision in the morning, if it fails..... then someone is getting a free / new chromecast blob !
WHY make technology so difficult ? It's communicating with my WiFi modem, the TV it's plugged into... my iPhone and it's 'APP' again viathe Wi-Fi modem and goodness knows who in google-home land. - suspect the Google HOme app reports to a distant home-base.... spilling all my sectrets it can find. Luckily I don't have a microphone plugged into my computer ! - I know their Fire Alarm Sensor module DO have a mic, inside the housing.... Ostensibly to 'hear' the alarm when under self-test, but live at all other times.
Plan A was along HDMI cable, from mainframe to Panasonic w i d e screen tv.
Plan B was CHROME gadget which I think listens to phone, or computer or tablet and sends it via WiFi to TV,
Because B had the advantage or "receiving" from an iPhone etc, it won the day.
Spent a few $ on a Google Chromecast (basic model, TV is only 1080p) VERY frustrating to get the 'app' via forgotten passwords... no fun with pumphead and 5-year cardiac Cognitive Decline ! and have it up and running (I think...)
Big decision in the morning, if it fails..... then someone is getting a free / new chromecast blob !
WHY make technology so difficult ? It's communicating with my WiFi modem, the TV it's plugged into... my iPhone and it's 'APP' again viathe Wi-Fi modem and goodness knows who in google-home land. - suspect the Google HOme app reports to a distant home-base.... spilling all my sectrets it can find. Luckily I don't have a microphone plugged into my computer ! - I know their Fire Alarm Sensor module DO have a mic, inside the housing.... Ostensibly to 'hear' the alarm when under self-test, but live at all other times.