streaming movies to my tv

[Bheffington]

Im new to the full time RV world. Im wondering what would be the easiest way to stream a movie from netflix, hulu or Prime from my PC to my TV? I would rather have my laptop be available for web surfing while the TV is playing a show.

[cacherjoe]

The Roku, Boxee Box or a similar device is the way to go. If you are opposed to downloading, many new dvd's come with digital copies. Put the digital copies on a hard drive and watch them at will. This will take your computer out of the mix when viewing and allow the devices to do the work.

I have a similar set up in my house and it would work well in a mobile application like you are looking at.

[RinconVTR]

Bheffington wrote:
Im new to the full time RV world. Im wondering what would be the easiest way to stream a movie from netflix, hulu or Prime from my PC to my TV? I would rather have my laptop be available for web surfing while the TV is playing a show.

If the internet connection is not an issue here, then you just connect the PC to the TV via any number of cables. If you want to wirelessly stream, then buy a Roku box.

[Gdetrailer]

Bheffington wrote:
Im new to the full time RV world. Im wondering what would be the easiest way to stream a movie from netflix, hulu or Prime from my PC to my TV? I would rather have my laptop be available for web surfing while the TV is playing a show.

DVD player and a handful of DVDs.

While there may be folks full timing and "streaming" in many cases it is going to mean that you are willing to PAY dearly for the data used from your Cell plan or a "hot spot".

Streaming from a free WiFi source will be a source of frustration since streaming WILL require a decent and consistent speed through out the entire streaming session. You ARE NOT going to find a lot of free WiFi sources which are going to work well if at all.

Basically in a nutshell, not going to happen on the cheap...

[troll3193]

I will stay out of the bandwidth discussion but from a device standpoint the one we use at home for those three services is a Roku box

Www.roku.com

[Clay_L]

Doing what you want uses a lot of GB and and you will probably be limited a very few movies per month.
Satellite accounts limit your use to so many MB per day depending on your plan. More expensive plans have more MB allowed. I don't know of any plans that would allow a lot of movies each month.

Aircards/cellular modems also have limits. I think Millenicom has one of the more generous plans available. They resell Verizon and Sprint. Their best Verizon plan offers 20 GB per month and an "unlimited" plan with Sprint. Sprint doesn't have nearly the coverage Verizon does and people have complained that Millenicom has threated to cut them off if they consistently use what they consider too many GB.