Updated My TV to be "Smart"
I got this Intel ComputeStick to make my TV "smart." Cost me $69 on Amazon Prime sale and uses Windows 10. Small unit velcroed to back of TV: Installed: USB keyboard/mouse I had layi...
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JoeChiOhki wrote:Walaby wrote:
I've got the Amazon fire stick, but haven't taken it with me, because my AT&T hotspot data plan is only 5GB, and that would be gone in a weekend. I probably ought to test a CG Wifi at some point, but where I have used it, it barely worked for browsing, much less tv show/movie watching.
Definitely interesting!
Mike
The antennas in the small commute sticks are small, and are not meant for long range pickup.
If you want to use them with a park's wifi, you'll need to get yourself a repeating unit and an external antenna, then you can pipe the wifi from any part in good and strong :).
The stick operates on Bluetooth technology and not meant to capture signal for images on the TV. There is no need for any antenna or repeater.The hotspot does this job. Doing so (antenna and repeater) is like going back twenty years.That's what makes this technology leave cable and
satellite providers in the dust.
