Is there an app for the Panasonic? Can it log in. Obviously I know that the firestick will work as I've heard it but whether it can actually do exactly what you need is the issue. Personally, I do not see why the bbc need to be forcing the whole world, and those in the UK to have a log in simply to use it.
It will soon be the same for radio. Brian
Just so!
My problem is managing the operator competence issue. The Viera controls are likely to need more knowledge than that of your average 15 years retired primary school deputy head.
My LG TV button set includes a section dedicated to operating Netflix for example.
I am reasonably confident she can manage i-player and catch up TV through the suggested Humax box and really don't want her poking around in the local network. It also solves my Topfield replacement issue. (anyone want a TV5810PVRt in need of a transistor fitting? Free to collector)
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Not really. You press the internet button on the remote and the live TV becomes one of a grid of your 9 favourite internet apps which by default include iPlayer, Youtube, Netflix?, an antique browser and various others. Cursor control determines which thing you highlight and start.
There are a few games and a pretend fireplace in amongst the apps.
Loading apps and putting them where you want them is a minor faff and they lag somewhat behind the standards for inline video content. Most of it still works OK on mine but the browser really struggles these days.
You can't do any harm from the TV end. It will either get an IP address from the network connection or it won't and then it is pretty much a download streaming client. If it has never been connected to the internet before it may well spend a couple of hours updating itself. (so be aware of that - you might brick it if you switch off at the wall with a potentially long firmware update in progress).
I found one at a diagonal through a wall and floor together...
Then spent the next three months gradually redecorating the room whose wall had been ripped off
I would definitely try to use cable rather than wifi
Ethernet over mains is plenty fast enough for HDTV streaming.
Unless you are radio ham ethernet over mains is pretty good for streaming services provided the router and TV are on the same ring main. It might still work even if they are not. My network printer is accessible from any mains socket in the house even from the extension which is on an entirely separate ring main.
To do a trial just run a long cable and try not to trip up over it.
Indeed so, That's what I use. It avoided taking carpet up, then floor boards up running in cable then putting it all back. And lifting the carpet would have meanst emptying bookcase and moving it.
Well that's what I tried using but it really wasn't very reliable. In particular the spark igniter on my oil boiler is bad enough on wifi, but it completely destroyed ethernet over mains...
why do you think I avoided mentioning the 4000 ?
I have both Cat5e to one PVR (which doesn't do Wi-Fi) and Wi-Fi to the TV and other STBs. Can't say I've noticed any difference in performance.
The cabled one is the PVR supplied by BT for BTTV. Made by Humax. but oddly has much better software than my Humax 5000.
Makes me delighted I have a cellar. ;-)
Some streaming devices won't work with ethernet over mains - my Pioneer N50 internet radio tuner is rather tetchy about it and so got the faster cable connection whilst the Panasonic TV is on the powerline connector.
I had intended it to be the other way around but the N50 simply wouldn't recognise it as a connection. Now that I have full fibre we no longer get error glitches in the audio stream so it is now fully functional. (error recovery was *not* one of its strong points!)
Other options include a couple of homeplug devices to make use of one of those power outlets (and wind up a ham!) . Or a small wifi access point configured in "client" mode to join the wifi and make it accessible via ethernet.
OK. That's reassuring. I can estimate the attic route and make up a trial connector for a run round the skirting.
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OK. I have plenty of spare cable. Just a matter of finding the terminations.
I'm going to try a temporary hard wire connection before spending any serious money:-) Now where did I put the leftovers? Nearest known Ham is about 1/2 mile as the interference flies.
do it properly with RJ45 wall plates.
Fire up the electric welder :-)
For a TV or PVR that's not likely to be moved I don't see what'd be so bad about using a pre-terminated cable with a brush cable faceplate. I have used a brush faceplate in place of a TV socket to run ethernet cable alongside the aerial cable where cutting the wall for a new back box would have been beyond bold and courageous.
Indeed. But installation cat5 is normally solid core, while patch cables are stranded and require a different type of connector.
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