oyarsa wrote:
In light of the conversation about controlling your RV from your phone, maybe now is not the time to ask this :-) But, I'm of the thought that if I want to truly disconnect, I'll tent camp.
My wife and I have shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. that we watch most nights at home.
We would like to be able to on some nights in our trailer. I have unlimited data on my phone, so I was thinking of using it. Netflix and Amazon Prime both allow downloading of shows in advance, so it might work without cell service.
I purchased a Chromecast, but didn't realize it needed a wifi network to connect to. I tried using my phone as a hotspot, but that only seems to work if I have cell service. I think I could add a cheap wifi router and it might work, but then I definitely couldn't use my phone to stream anything since I can'tconnect to both wifi and 4g. I could only watch downloadable items.
I also purchased a USB-C to HDMI adapter and that kinda works, but the sound is rather dim despite turning everything up on my phone. It at least works, though.
How do you all watch things like Netflix, etc, in your trailer when you have no wifi/cell service, and/or stream videos when you have cell service but no wifi?
RedRollingRoadblock wrote:
We use Roku and setup a phone for it to hot spot to. If we don't have a decent cell connection, and that is rare, we are just SOL.
Tried the CromeCast route and it was a bigger PIA than it was worth. Seems as though we figured out a work around for the WiFi but have forgotten what it was.
You can play stored downloaded video from an andriod phone or andriod tablet to your Roku to view on a tv, if the andriod version is 4.4.2 or later and you have a Roku 3, Roku Streaming Stick or Roku 2 (2015 or later).
I download Netflix content to my phone and tablet for viewing, but have not mirrored it to my Roku 3 yet. Netflix allows 3 devices on your account. My primary is my Roku 3. I added my phone and tablet.
Andriod mirroring to Roku.
