11-24-2011, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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How do you set up a PC & TV to stream Amazon video?
Amazon’s documentation is damn confusing! How do you set up your PC to run the streaming videos? It seems like you should be able to simply set up a PC to use Windows Media Center and only have to additionally install the Amazon Unbox Video Player. However they keep mentioning the need for a Windows Media Center Extender device in order to watch them on a TV or perhaps even the PC?!? Typical Amazon support documentation which confuses more than helps.
FYI: My Sony Bravia TV is NOT on the list of TVs capable of directly streaming video. Nor is my Sony Blu-Ray player--it's a first generation unit about 3 years old. TV does NOT have built in WiFi. My cable box is Time Warner Cable so I'm sure that is not going to work. I don't own an XBox, PS3, or other such device. If possible, I want to be able to stream Amazon videos to my PC without buying any more devices. I think then I might be able to run an HDMI cable from my PC to my Sony Bravia to view them on the TV when I desire to do that. Yes my graphics card has an HDMI out port. Anyone successfully done this! |
11-24-2011, 06:27 PM | #2 |
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Any reason you don't want to stream via the browser on your computer. You can view it in full-screen mode. Maybe I'm not fully understanding.
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11-24-2011, 06:39 PM | #3 | |
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BTW, a really bad health day so I'm probably reading over stuff that I would normally have seen. |
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11-24-2011, 06:41 PM | #4 |
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11-24-2011, 06:43 PM | #5 |
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That's what scion is saying. Connect your computer (assuming it has an hdmi output on its video card -- tell me what your card is, and I'll tell you if it does) to your tv, drag the browser to the tv, start the stream, make it full-screen, and presto! There you go.
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11-24-2011, 06:49 PM | #6 | |
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11-24-2011, 06:58 PM | #7 | |
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On the PC, you should be able to see the TV as a 2nd monitor in the graphics card settings, and then you can decide how to use it, i.e., you can have have the TV as the only monitor, have the TV mirror the PC monitor, or have the TV as a separate monitor. Last edited by afv011; 11-24-2011 at 06:59 PM. Reason: Typo |
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11-24-2011, 07:10 PM | #8 | |
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According to AMD your video card's HDMI supports both video and audio: http://www.amd.com/us/products/noteb...300-specs.aspx I have an older Radeon (X1300) running component video (using a DVI to component adapter) to a Visio TV along with a separate audio feed (splitter: one output goes to desk speakers, other goes to TV) and it all works great. Of course, this was set up fro an older HDTV I had because the Visio has built in Internet and I was able to download an Amazon App directly too it. However, the video / audio setup i have still comes in handy and runs a full 1080p. I have owned many ATI cards over the years and they run like a workhorse. Catalyst Control Center makes it pretty painless. HDMI even more so. Last edited by obsessed2; 11-24-2011 at 10:00 PM. |
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11-24-2011, 08:10 PM | #9 | |
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11-24-2011, 10:24 PM | #10 |
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I stream to my HDTV from Amazon and Netflix through my Sony S570 BD player and a router.
I don't know how much you are into Blu Ray and how many discs you own or rent however. Many players bitstream the audio now and it it makes for killer sound quality with some receivers even capable of 7.1 channels on applicable BD software. And BD Live is also available on the newer players and you can probably get one for around $99. A "N" router costed me around $50 and could probably be had for under that. Tablets for me are a passing fancy. Home theater though is PRICELESS!!! Last edited by robertc88; 11-24-2011 at 10:32 PM. |
11-25-2011, 12:59 AM | #11 | |
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11-25-2011, 01:08 AM | #12 |
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I got the HDMI cable to work with video only. I couldn't get the audio to work. My ATI Radeon HD 4300 is an add-on card so it might not be connected to the audio. I'll have to check tomorrow. It could have also been some windows setting. At any rate I watched a couple of movies and they were stunning! I just used the PC speakers instead of those on the TV.
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11-25-2011, 01:11 AM | #13 | |
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EDIT: The beer probably helped a bit too! Last edited by jswinden; 11-25-2011 at 01:17 AM. |
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11-25-2011, 02:27 AM | #14 |
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I got the latest driver installed for the ATI Radeon and now I've got audio and video from PC out to TV. It looks and sounds awesome!
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11-26-2011, 11:57 AM | #15 |
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Sounds great. I've never been able to get audio to go from my PC to our TVs but I stream Amazon from our little Roku box - it's a handy little thing.
It has an attached USB port so I've been using handbrake to convert all our old DVDs to digital files and we just plug them in. Just like eBooks have gotten rid of shelves of paperbooks, our DVDs are also disappearing. And once I get them converted we no longer lose them or scratch them up. If it were up to me we'd drop Direct TV altogether and just go streaming. And just to keep this relevant to the Kindle Fire forum, I've put a couple of them out on Dropbox now and have d/l them to the Kindle Fire to play. I have a DVD set of all the old Sesame Street shows that my youngest kid loves. |
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