Question about streaming tv from phone to TV

[ulvik]

I have AT&T with unlimited data and can stream tv shows on my phone through Directv and use no data. I was wondering can you use Chromecast or something else to send the tv shows from my phone to the TV while in the RV? How can you make this work?
From my understanding the Chromecast has to have a wifi signal but can I use my IPhone hot spot to do it? Any help would be greatly appreciated and please make it a simple as possible I am not a technology guru by no means! LOL

[ulvik]

gemert wrote:

ulvik wrote:
No wifi, no DSL and I have a smart phone. Just want to watch direct TV off of my phone. I just want some tv when we are boondocking.

Without wifi you are going to have to plug your phone directly into the TV. Use the cable you found on Amazon. I have one and it works. I bought it because I am still considering obtaining ATT unlimited plan if I can't get a Verizon plan.

Will not work on IPhone using the Direct TV app.

[MrWizard]

Ok thanks
Now it's up to the OP now, the hdmi cable adapter is going to be the cheapest
But the Apple tv airplay is more convenient, provided he has the correct phone and the $$ for the Apple tv

[Big_Katuna]

The part of this question I plead ignorance on is the Binge On part.

I just did some quick reading on it and since DTV is including a free ATV with one of their Binge streaming packages, I m guessing yes.

But to answer your question another way; I unplugged my router/WAP, started streaming Youtube using my cell data, turned on Airplay Mirroring (as I have done many times before) and streamed away.

No hotspot turned on or even bluetooth. Wifi yes. If you turn wifi off tv and phone can't-don't talk.

They Mirroring part I would think is transparent to your data function. The cell is streaming to your phone. Period.

[MrWizard]

So this will stream from online from Netflix to the Apple tv
No router, no Wi-Fi network, using cellular data, but no hotspot

This is not something I presently need to worry about just clarifying the operation

So a person that has binge on , could watch video on the tv via iphone and Apple tv ?

[Big_Katuna]

So with my iPhone 6S in the same room as my Apple TV (Gen 4) if you swipe up, you get a shortcut menu and on that menu is a button that reads Airplay Mirroring. Tap it it and anything that is on your screen is now magically playing on your TV.

Pictures, music, Youtube, CBS, ESPN; Whatever you can download from your cell connection can be watched on Apple TV.

Wifi needs to be on on the phone, but no router or internet connection required. I just went an turned off my router to verify a few minutes ago.


Hotspot not enabled. The phone and Apple TV connect via the phones wifi chipset.

I unfortunately dumped Directv for Dish awhile ago before they did the "Watch all the Directv you want on your phone, no data limit" promotion. So I would have to watch my data unless on wifi.

I could not be more pleased with the new Apple TV.

For $150, you are getting an iPod/iPhone for your tv. It has an Apple A8 Dual Core processor and 64 GB of memory.

You download apps from the AppStore just like an iPhone and it is a very solid functional player for Netflix, etc and it has SIRI.

Like I said "Siri I want to watch Netflix Breaking Bad Season 4 episode 2" and its up.

[MrWizard]

So your saying
The Apple tv will do ad hoc Wi-Fi from iphone
While the phone still maintains a cellular data connection to stream the movie from Netflix or whatever

That sounds like Wi-Fi hot spot to me, something the "Binge On" does not support

Please inform us how this works, with out actually turning on hot spot services ethic incur extra data charges

[Big_Katuna]

The wifi circuitry.

[gemert]

Big Katuna wrote:

gemert wrote:

Big Katuna wrote:
You dont say if you have an iPhone but if you do, with Apple TV you can watch anything you can watch on your iPhone on your TV with one swipe.

The new Apple TV is pretty cool. Its basically an Iphone for your tv. You can download apps from the app store and it also has SIRI, so you can say things like "Netflix Breaking Bad season one, episode five" and it goes and gets it.

The remote is smart and it has a swipe pad for a mouse experience on your tv.

He said he doesn't have wifi.

You don't need wifi. He can stream onto the phone, phone to the Apple TV.

Sorry didn't realize!! Bluetooth?

[Big_Katuna]

gemert wrote:

Big Katuna wrote:
You dont say if you have an iPhone but if you do, with Apple TV you can watch anything you can watch on your iPhone on your TV with one swipe.

The new Apple TV is pretty cool. Its basically an Iphone for your tv. You can download apps from the app store and it also has SIRI, so you can say things like "Netflix Breaking Bad season one, episode five" and it goes and gets it.

The remote is smart and it has a swipe pad for a mouse experience on your tv.

He said he doesn't have wifi.

You don't need wifi. He can stream onto the phone, phone to the Apple TV.

[gemert]

Big Katuna wrote:
You dont say if you have an iPhone but if you do, with Apple TV you can watch anything you can watch on your iPhone on your TV with one swipe.

The new Apple TV is pretty cool. Its basically an Iphone for your tv. You can download apps from the app store and it also has SIRI, so you can say things like "Netflix Breaking Bad season one, episode five" and it goes and gets it.

The remote is smart and it has a swipe pad for a mouse experience on your tv.

He said he doesn't have wifi.

[Big_Katuna]

You dont say if you have an iPhone but if you do, with Apple TV you can watch anything you can watch on your iPhone on your TV with one swipe.

The new Apple TV is pretty cool. Its basically an Iphone for your tv. You can download apps from the app store and it also has SIRI, so you can say things like "Netflix Breaking Bad season one, episode five" and it goes and gets it.

The remote is smart and it has a swipe pad for a mouse experience on your tv.

[gemert]

Okie1 wrote:
We got a T Mobil hot spot for about $40 a month with unlimited streaming of Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services. It works really well, we are going to discontinue our satellite service.

I agree the T mobil "binge on" works great but T-Mobil's coverage is not "great". Not bad I guess but when we were out west the coverage sucked and when we connected to one of their partner sites the speed was 2G and unsuitable for streaming. I guess it depends on where you go. we are going to Alaska this coming summer so looking for options to keep the kids from going nuts at night. Sat TV may be the way.

[lynndiwagon]

I like Roku. It has built in capability of sharing screen from phone to HDMI connector on TV. Pretty sure they all need to be connected to same hotspot.

[Okie1]

We got a T Mobil hot spot for about $40 a month with unlimited streaming of Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services. It works really well, we are going to discontinue our satellite service.