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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing by fein on Sunday August 21, 2022 @10:18AM (#32540440)
Perhaps too inconvenient for some, but use an hdmi cable for a direct hookup instead of (I'm assuming) a chromecast. Maybe I'm just old fashioned at this point, but my "TV" is just used as a monitor to a dedicated media tower running windows.
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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing by vladvasiliu on Sunday August 21, 2022 @10:29AM (#32540544)
I have an Amazon FireTV and one day, when I had my work Windows PC at home, it could stream via Bluetooth (like an external screen). There was lag when starting / changing videos, but otherwise it seemed to work well enough.

Don't most smart TVs have Bluetooth today? In my case, the FireTV is plugged into my (dumb) PC monitor.

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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing by fomine3 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @08:50PM (#32546030)
It is called Miracast, via Wi-Fi Direct.
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