iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV

[Nebbermind]

Thx, atrecord!


I search MHL and it looks like some adapter used between the mircousb of the phone and the HDMI cable. Where does it draws its power from? If from the phone, will the phone not drain off very quickly?

[atrecord]

Nebbermind:

Thx, atrecord!


I search MHL and it looks like some adapter used between the mircousb of the phone and the HDMI cable. Where does it draws its power from? If from the phone, will the phone not drain off very quickly?

For the one that I use (as well as what the samsung pple told me of the original samsung one as well), there will need to be power supply via a normal USB input. I happen to have a portable battery pack, which is just nice to use for the MHL cable/adapter.

[ChiefKiasu]

Nebbermind:

Thx, atrecord!


I search MHL and it looks like some adapter used between the mircousb of the phone and the HDMI cable. Where does it draws its power from? If from the phone, will the phone not drain off very quickly?

Like atrecord says, all these microusb to HDMI cables require +5V external power, usually from a USB source. So they don't draw power from your device.

This is good or bad. I would rather it draws power from the device, which I can then keep charged by plugging the device to a wall socket. Neater that way

[timtamfan]

I think with many of the newer TVs with network connectivity, you can bypass the cables and adapters altogether. My modem router is located just next to the TV, and I use WiFi to transmit the image/video over. I suppose there should be many similar apps by now, but I’m using Skifa. You can transmit also from your WiFi connected computers. Part of the DLNA-standard

[ChiefKiasu]

timtamfan:

I think with many of the newer TVs with network connectivity, you can bypass the cables and adapters altogether. My modem router is located just next to the TV, and I use WiFi to transmit the image/video over. I suppose there should be many similar apps by now, but I'm using Skifa. You can transmit also from your WiFi connected computers. Part of the DLNA-standard

Yes, you can't beat wireless transmissions for convenience.
But until they can efficiently send power to my handheld devices wirelessly, I'll stick with those cables

[timtamfan]

ChiefKiasu:

Yes, you can't beat wireless transmissions for convenience.
But until they can efficiently send power to my handheld devices wirelessly, I'll stick with those cables

Haha, also waiting for that day to come.

[atrecord]

Apparently if you have a samsung smart phone and a samsung smart TV, samsung has an app that allows you to connect the 2 devices wirelessly quite seamlessly.


The same goes for LG (and I suspect other brands too).

The problem with me (perhaps with others too) is that I have LG smart TVs at home, then later I bought samsung smart phone, and when I researched how to connect them - even calling up samsung and LG resp. - I was told that cannot cross-connect :mad: :mad: :mad:

so no choice went to buy the cable...

[timtamfan]

atrecord:

Apparently if you have a samsung smart phone and a samsung smart TV, samsung has an app that allows you to connect the 2 devices wirelessly quite seamlessly.


The same goes for LG (and I suspect other brands too).

The problem with me (perhaps with others too) is that I have LG smart TVs at home, then later I bought samsung smart phone, and when I researched how to connect them - even calling up samsung and LG resp. - I was told that cannot cross-connect :mad: :mad: :mad:

so no choice went to buy the cable...

Err no, I have Samsung phone (old Note) and LG Smart TV. PM me separately and see if we can reproduce what I did on your setup. The connectivity protocol is via WiFi so it's not proprietary to any brand of either phone or display (except perhaps they have to adopt the DLNA standard which is very old).

[Nebbermind]

Your LG have wifi or BT?


ANyway, I’m just wondering if it’s worthwhile to buy the adapter and HDMI cable just for experimenting.

Then again, if the phone is running video non-stop, I doubt the old battery can sustain long…maybe 1 hr at most.

[timtamfan]

Nebbermind:

Your LG have wifi or BT?


ANyway, I'm just wondering if it's worthwhile to buy the adapter and HDMI cable just for experimenting.

Then again, if the phone is running video non-stop, I doubt the old battery can sustain long....maybe 1 hr at most.

I've hooked my LG to my router via the normal Ethernet cable (I thought since I'll be browsing or linking to an online content server I should give more bandwidth). Just to debunk any false expectations, it's still better to browse the web via the traditional equipment (i.e. not the TV). This even as I'm already using a wireless keyboard+mouse with a less-than-a-year-old TV.

I don't usually watch video off a phone but I can imagine that you can hook up your phone to the regular charger and transmit from there. Am not a video watcher so I seldom do that. Was just playing around for the fun of it. But I do use the phone to display photos on screen and it's great.

P.S I have the adapters for the iPad and went wireless for Android. Needless to say which I prefer.