<![CDATA[iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV]]>Anyone use this with your Andriod phone? Can play downloaded movies on your phone to the TV with this apps?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/54181/imediashare-linking-smart-phone-to-smart-tvRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 23:18:58 GMTMon, 08 Apr 2013 08:12:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Tue, 07 May 2013 08:23:53 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
radiantmum:

I bought my MHL cable from a very nice KS forum mummy, that comes with very clear instructions on how to fix and use and it works! Very excited.


Resolution will be a little compromised but good enough for me.

& errrr ... what to do with the wrongly bought micro HDMI/HDMI ah?

Congrats! Don't throw away the micro HDMI to HDMI cable. Many new laptops come with the micro HDMI cable in place of the VGA. Some tablets also have that micro HDMI port. Your cable will come in useful if you want to connect your laptop to the TV or projector.

Or camera too... I got a camera in Sep 11 with micro HDMI. asked wife to buy a micro HDMI to HDMI cable in Oct when she went to China, then in Nov, bought 2 china tablets, and both came with a cable each... wasted...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/999135https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/999135Tue, 07 May 2013 08:23:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Mon, 06 May 2013 23:54:01 GMT]]>OH ! Great! TQ TQ !

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/998820https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/998820Mon, 06 May 2013 23:54:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Mon, 06 May 2013 10:41:10 GMT]]>

radiantmum:
I bought my MHL cable from a very nice KS forum mummy, that comes with very clear instructions on how to fix and use and it works! Very excited.


Resolution will be a little compromised but good enough for me.

& errrr ... what to do with the wrongly bought micro HDMI/HDMI ah?
Congrats! Don't throw away the micro HDMI to HDMI cable. Many new laptops come with the micro HDMI cable in place of the VGA. Some tablets also have that micro HDMI port. Your cable will come in useful if you want to connect your laptop to the TV or projector.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/998640https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/998640Mon, 06 May 2013 10:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Mon, 06 May 2013 05:42:07 GMT]]>I bought my MHL cable from a very nice KS forum mummy, that comes with very clear instructions on how to fix and use and it works! Very excited.


Resolution will be a little compromised but good enough for me.

& errrr … what to do with the wrongly bought micro HDMI/HDMI ah?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/998504https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/998504Mon, 06 May 2013 05:42:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:55:23 GMT]]>

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).

I got my TV about 1.5 yr ago, and at that time didn't know what to look out for - just got the cheapest range. Got no in-built WiFi, although got a WiFi dongle to connect to my wireless modem. But I think got some DLNA standard that i had installed to my laptop such that even if not connected via cable, i can play movies and photos from my laptop, to show on the TV. will PM you.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993446https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993446Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:55:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:17:33 GMT]]>

timtamfan:
...

P.S I have the adapters for the iPad and went wireless for Android. Needless to say which I prefer.
And you know what I prefer 🙂

Actually, there's an easier way if you are into sharing videos on your Android smart device with your smart TVs at home. I have a Sony Bravia which is DLNA-enabled and could recognise my Buffalo NAS on my home LAN. So I can use the TV to play movies and MP3s directly off the NAS. If I have a movie on my smartphone I want to watch on TV, I just copy it to my NAS using a file explorer via SMB (eg. ES Explorer) and then I use the TV to play it off the NAS.

See ma, ... no hands! 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993415https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993415Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:17:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:13:16 GMT]]>

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.
The cable can be quite useful if you want to run presentations off your android smartphone/tablet instead of a laptop. Connect your cable to the projector and off you go. You may need to get an additional HDMI-VGA converter in case the projector has no HDMI ports.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993411https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993411Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:13:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:53:47 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993034https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993034Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:53:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:34:10 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993015https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993015Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:34:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:22:36 GMT]]>

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).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993011https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/993011Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:22:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:47:20 GMT]]>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...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992911https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992911Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:47:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:35:31 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992847https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992847Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:35:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:24:52 GMT]]>

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 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992839https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992839Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:24:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:19:15 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992809https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992809Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:08:10 GMT]]>

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 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992805https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992805Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:08:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:34:29 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992737https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992737Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:55:24 GMT]]>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?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992617https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992617Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:55:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:42:29 GMT]]>confirm can play back everything. it’s like a monitor for the smart phone.


samsung got original one that cost i think $50+. I bought one compatible model that is supposed to be meant for S3 for $25 when shop was clearing stock as it was moving.

these cables are called MHL cables.

and recently after i bought cable i saw that Sony has a new LED TV that has the words ‘MHL-ready’, so i think this might be the way to go. probably in the future, all LED TVs might be MHL-ready, in which case no need to buy these cables separately anymore…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992149https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/992149Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:42:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:29:24 GMT]]>

Nebbermind:
ChiefKiasu:



You're most welcome, radiantmum 🙂 I'm just glad you are as bright and sunny as ever.

BTW, it is microUSB to HDMI! Not micro HDMI to HDMI. All microUSB to HDMI cables need to be powered, unlike the micro HDMI to HDMI. Don't buy the wrong cable!

These cables can be easily found in SLS. They usually go for between $25 to $45 a pop, depending on how \"original\" the cables are.

Do you mean the cable will allow whatever displayed on your HP to be sent to the TV via HDMI?

What about the resolution? Older phone have quite poor resolution so will the display on TV be smaller or more pixelated?


Yes. Whatever displayed on the phone will be shown on the TV.

do not know about the resolution. But read that these adapters can playback full hd video from phone.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988573https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988573Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:29:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:27:42 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:


You're most welcome, radiantmum 🙂 I'm just glad you are as bright and sunny as ever.

BTW, it is microUSB to HDMI! Not micro HDMI to HDMI. All microUSB to HDMI cables need to be powered, unlike the micro HDMI to HDMI. Don't buy the wrong cable!

These cables can be easily found in SLS. They usually go for between $25 to $45 a pop, depending on how \"original\" the cables are.
Do you mean the cable will allow whatever displayed on your HP to be sent to the TV via HDMI?

What about the resolution? Older phone have quite poor resolution so will the display on TV be smaller or more pixelated?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988071https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988071Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:27:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:33:01 GMT]]>OH … ok … stay tuned loooonnnnngggggeeeerrrr cos I just realised I bought the wrong item from your post <sweat>

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985197https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985197Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:48:50 GMT]]>

radiantmum:
Aye Aye Chief! Honoured honoured.


I actually tried the iMediaShare from phone to my TV yesterday, goodness it takes a loooooooong while, gave up.

& ya, I asked around today and was told about the micro HDMI to HDMI cable connection option and I placed an online order immediately !

Can charge battery at the same time :? Sounds like yours is an even better option! Ok ok will go check it out as well. Thanks a mil !

Stay tune to my attempts :nailbite:
You're most welcome, radiantmum 🙂 I'm just glad you are as bright and sunny as ever.

BTW, it is microUSB to HDMI! Not micro HDMI to HDMI. All microUSB to HDMI cables need to be powered, unlike the micro HDMI to HDMI. Don't buy the wrong cable!

These cables can be easily found in SLS. They usually go for between $25 to $45 a pop, depending on how \"original\" the cables are.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984509https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984509Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:48:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:41:53 GMT]]>Aye Aye Chief! Honoured honoured.


I actually tried the iMediaShare from phone to my TV yesterday, goodness it takes a loooooooong while, gave up.

& ya, I asked around today and was told about the micro HDMI to HDMI cable connection option and I placed an online order immediately !

Can charge battery at the same time :? Sounds like yours is an even better option! Ok ok will go check it out as well. Thanks a mil !

Stay tune to my attempts :nailbite:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/982943https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/982943Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:41:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to iMediaShare - Linking Smart phone to Smart TV on Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:31:35 GMT]]>

radiantmum:
Anyone use this with your Andriod phone? Can play downloaded movies on your phone to the TV with this apps?

There are quite a number of different microUSB to HDMI converters that allow you to connect and display your Android Samsung phone to the TV. They will also charge your phone as it is playing back your movies. Would that not be a better choice?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/982936https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/982936Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:31:35 GMT