Mediacast to TV

[poma]

On 01.02.2015 20:06, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-02-01 at 18:57 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> The alternative is to use XMBC on a dedicated PC. There are lots of
>> those around, but that means a) dropping another $100 or so, and b)
>> having another bit of hardware to plug in and maintain. Since I
>> already
>> have an i7 16GB desktop with a fast Internet connection, I was hoping
>> to
>> reduce the complexity rather than increase it.
> 
> Forgot to mention that there is one other option: Google Chromecast. My
> son lent me his recently and it worked well from Chrome on Fedora (with
> the appropriate add-on). And it's relatively cheap. However AFAIK it
> uses a proprietary protocol not compatible with Miracast, so the dongle
> is necessary.
> 
> poc
> 

There are HDMI extenders, if you can not directly connect PC-HDMI to TV-HDMI.