Tablets for streaming to TV

[HeavyChevy75]

Wondering which tablet is the best one for streaming movies to the television. I don't want to replace my laptop at this point but my laptop can't stream movies to tv. I am looking at IPAD but not sure.

I do have a kindle fire but that isn't really a tablet.

[aps45819]

If you want to connect a High Def stream to your TV, you need a device with a HDMI output connector.

[GURPS (Premo)]

the iPad has an adapt


what is the source for your content ?


Netfliks, Hulu ?


I use a Western Digital Live TV to play movie files from my PC, play shows from Netflicks ........ it will also log into Hulu Plus and others

there is also the Roku ....

[HeavyChevy75]

It has been Letmewatchthis.com but the quality has sucked lately. Netflix the movies take SO long to come out.

[GURPS (Premo)]

ok the device I mentioned does not have general web browsing even though you can get on facebook

[aps45819]

Look for a small form factor entertainment pc

[ylexot]

Are you sure your laptop can't do it? Most laptops made in the past few years have HDMI outputs. Even if it just has a VGA output, you just need an adapter:
Amazon.com: IO Crest VGA to HDMI Convertor with Audio support (SY-ADA31025): Computers & Accessories

[ylexot]

Or if you want to turn your TV into a smart TV, you can get an Android stick device:
Amazon.com: MK808 Dual Core Android 4.1 TV BOX Rockchip RK3066 Cortex-A9 Mini PC Smart TV Stick: Electronics

[HeavyChevy75]

I have tried to connect my laptop before and it doesn't work. My laptop also has quite a bit of application development software on it so it runs a bit slow.

[Tilted (Premo)]

Originally Posted by HeavyChevy75

Wondering which tablet is the best one for streaming movies to the television. I don't want to replace my laptop at this point but my laptop can't stream movies to tv. I am looking at IPAD but not sure.

I do have a kindle fire but that isn't really a tablet.

I use my iPad to stream content to my TV quite often, it's pretty easy and works well. With an iPad 2 or later (or an iPad Mini), you can airplay mirror (using WiFi) pretty much anything that appears on the iPad screen as is onto the TV (using an Apple TV box). A lot of apps also support video streaming.

You can also use a wired connection between the iPad and a TV (with a converter and HDMI cable).

There are lots of sources for movies and TV shows. You can drag and drop movies or shows that you have on your computer onto the iPad. Lots of networks have apps that will let you watch a lot of their content (TNT, TBS, ABC, HBO, Cartoon Network, ESPN, Discovery etc.) There are also apps like Netflix and Crackle.

I'd note though that the HBO app for some reason disables the airplay mirroring so that you can't watch HBO content on your TV via the iPad. You can watch pretty much anything you want from HBO on the iPad, but can't stream it to a TV. The other apps I've used allow you to stream easily to a TV.