Internet connection to TV

[xcvator]

I have a slight problem :8 I have an older model plasma tv that will allegedly pick wireless internet Tried everything but can't get it to work. The tv has no rj45 socket but does have a couple of hdmi sockets spare. Is there a way to connect my existing cat5/6 rj45 to the hdmi ports from my computer to stream stuff. The length of cable is about 10 metres
cheers Keith

 

[7.62marksman]

this might work
CAT5 CAT6 Connector Dual Ports HDMI To RJ45 Repeater Adapter

 

[7.62marksman]

this one is Australia if you type the following into EBay cost $23.99
HDMI Over RJ45 CAT5e CAT6 Cable LAN Ethernet Extender Repeater 3D up to 30M

 

[Simmo]

Mate you can buy a Chromecast or similar and use that to stream stuff. (netflix, youtube etc) From your wireless network.
.308's (;-)) idea will work too as that's just an adapter to run HDMI over twisted pair.

 

[AussieChris]

Well done Marksman and you said technology gets the best of you sometimes

You can also get hdmi wifi dongles, if you have decent wifi at home, or of course usb ones if the tv has usb input. Saves running messy cable, but yeah also not as stable as a hard connection.

If you have a reasonably good router though you will not have issues.......god knows the neighbours both sides leeched free Telstra Air off my router for so long until I was forced to switch it off! I would log into the Telstra Gateway to discover no extra home users on the wifi channel but then look under advanced to see that there were up to 5 or 6 different Telstra Air connections running almost 24/7.

 

[Mackka]

Spoke to my It expert the other day and told him I was using a "dongle ", I am sorry sir but I have never heard of a dongle, what does it do?
Enough said Raj!
Give me strength
Mackka

 

[xcvator]

Thanks guys, for $20 or $30 the adapter is certainly worth a try :Y: :Y:

 

[condor22]

Sending LAN data via HDMI is a relatively new add to HDMI equipment, TV DVDR etc. You don't say how old your TV is, but there is a distinct possibility that the above adaptors won't work if it's older.

The above adaptors main use is as a range extender i.e. to save buying expensive, excessively long HDMI cables that may suffer signal loss. Using the above adaptor one at each device, then joined with Ethernet cable reduces signal loss.

If your TV is not a "smart TV" then it will need help from an external source i.e. Chromecast. These generally connect via USB, so your TV will need one of these to work.

The other option is to use the above adaptors with Ethernet cable run from your computer to your TV. Here again, both your TV and your computer will need HDMI ports. This does not turn your TV into an Internet ready TV, all it is doing is acting as a remote monitor for your computer/laptop which is connected to the internet.

 

[condor22]

BTW, I had an older TV that also "allegedly" had WiFi. I could never get the WiFi to commect I found out that today's WiFi modems wouldn't work with it. Not sure if it was frequency related, bandwidth or something I'm not aware of

I bought a bigger Kogan smart TV that worked on my old phone line modem via WiFi. Since then I had the NBN installed and when they wired the house, I had the access point placed near the TV. So instead of WiFi to the TV, I use Cat 6 wired. Can't say if it's the NBN or the Cat 6, but Netflix etc is much smoother with a lot less spooling....

Our laptops use WiFi in the house and work great.

 

[xcvator]

Der, forgot I had a "kodi" box :8 I'll use that :Y:

 

[HeadsUp]

There is some amazing new tech for inter connectivity .

I used on a job recently an AHD video multiplexer / splitter that allows video feed from two HD 4 megapixel cameras to be run over one coax cable to the DVR , converted back into 2 coax video signals and connected to the DVR as seperate video feed , awesome when you want to run two cameras over one coax.

And then there is old tech of running 4 cameras on one cat 5 or cat 6 network cable , with 1 cable taking 4 cameras by using 4 channel video baluns at each end.

Another fun toy is PLC power line communication which is network transmitter and receiver which you connect to power cables and allows video data , internet or wifi data to be carried over mains cable , awesome way to get connectivity without running cables.

POE is another where power to cameras or other devices is injected and carried over the same cable as the digital video signal . Cool bananas .

Optic fibre is where the really interesting toys are coming through though . If I was just leaving school now rather than being an old fart I would study fibre optics , wifi and encryption technologies ....

 

[silver]

We've got an xbox 360 connected to the telly and the kids have xbox live on it.
we use it to watch utube on the telly sometimes.
It just goes through the dodo network we have on the landline. Mind you though if the kids didn't set it all up I'd be lost with it all myself.
Easy enough once it's all set up though. :Y:

 

[Simmo]

Hey HU, how are we gonna run power over fibre????

 

[HeadsUp]

Hey HU, how are we gonna run power over fibre????

PoF has been done over multimode .

And Tesla showed that cable is not required at all to run power , not sure if I want EMR buzzing all around me though.

An attractive feature of fibre is that its immune to EMI and EMP weapons .

Its Blue sky tech but its over my head . 8)

 

[HeadsUp]

Hey HU, how are we gonna run power over fibre????

PoF has been done over multimode .

And Tesla showed that cable is not required at all to run power , not sure if I want EMR buzzing all around me though.

An attractive feature of fibre is that its immune to EMI and EMP weapons .

Its Blue sky tech but its over my head . 8)

To be honest I didnt know these were available already , They only take 1080P however it wont be long and we will see 10 channels or more at 4 - 6 gig per second .

https://store.fiberfin.com/index.ph...o-300-m-distance-ref320-sis-vida300s002t.html