Need an inexpensive laptop/notebook to download and watch TV show with HDMI out. Advise? Looking for an inexpensive laptop to solely download and watch TV shows preferable with HDMI out. Want to download HD shows. therefore, need advise on recommeded GB of memory. Comments?? thanks Need an inexpensive laptop/notebook to download and watch TV show with HDMI out. Advise? Looking for an inexpensive laptop to solely download and watch TV shows preferable with HDMI out. Want to... » Read More Need an inexpensive laptop/notebook to download and watch TV show with HDMI out. Advise? Looking for an inexpensive laptop to solely download and watch TV shows preferable with HDMI out. Want to download HD shows. therefore, need advise on recommeded GB of memory. Comments?? thanks « Show Less
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When you say memory, do you mean DISK Storage? Or do you in fact mean dynamic RAM? If 500 GB of disk is not enough, then the additional 4 GB of dram are not going to help. If you want to store a library on disk, of TV shows, to watch and 500 GB are not enough, I suggest you forget a laptop. If the standard 4 GB of DRAM are not enough, you can expand it to 8 GB. That's about as much as I have seen. Not enough? Give up, by a desktop Server class machine, you can install Terabytes of DRAM. Oh and store libraries of movies, TV episodes, etc. on Optical storage (CD/DVD).
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I recommend using a playstation 3 for that. It'll play movies from usb stick or sd, pro duo memory cards. I also use mine for blueray and dvds.
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Have you considered a Roku box? Designed to stream Netflix and Amazon content; does not appear to work with Hulu.
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You can connect your laptop to the TV, provided your TV has an HDMI cable - for most televisions. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products.--Mr. S
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Yes, this should work fine. I have the laptop connected to a 42 inch TV by way of HDMI cable. I can watch movies in 720p and 1080p with no problems. I also stream movies online with no issues.
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Hi ASUS,Thanks for the reply. I'm sorry to hear that, I guess I either have the option of waiting for a possible refresh although it's probably going to take a while since this isn't even out yet, or go with the UL30 even though I really need something smaller. If you can, please pass it on higher that customers want an HDMI option!Btw for anyone thinking of buying an ASUS laptop, I've been a long time ASUS faithful (starting with the G1), really rock solid and problem free.
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Yes, you can. It has s-video, which isn't super high-quality, but my wife and I regularly use our laptop to watch netflix instant view and it's at least as good as over-the-air regular (non-HD) broadcasts. Check to make sure you have a laptop with an s-video port. My dell has one, but my friend's apple does not and I'm not sure all PC laptops have one. Sound will need to be split from headphone jack into RCA inputs, the cord is available at radio shack for around $7.
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Hi EarlyMon, my husband and I have been looking at tvs at B&M; stores to see what we like. We have decided on a 52 inch Samsung, but we wondering about the B550. Can I connect my laptop to the tv and watch Netflix instant movies? Thanks for letting me pick your brain on this stuff. Liz
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This Laptop PC provides an HDMI port. The other features for a low price laptop are surprisingly good also. I am enjoying it & learning all about Windows 8.1 is very beneficial. I would highly recommend it for a low price Laptop.
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The Aspire One I had ran on Windows XP. So I gave up on watching any videos...not enough memory. Kept stopping to buffer and buffer etc. Since Windows 8 supposedly uses a much lower amount of memory and thus frees it up for other programs, maybe it would work ok. But can the hardware support Win 8? I don't know. Bottom line is if streaming video is critical to you, look at another model. This is my personal experience and I am not an IT professional.
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If this device will not provide high quality images from my laptop to my older (but wide screen) TV, what device would you recommend? I would like to play movies and stream video from my laptop through my TV. Thanks!!!
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This helps a lot. However, there is still the question about the functionality. Is it worth the price to surf and play games versus a few more dollars and getting an inexpensive laptop. Maybe by the time software comes out to support this device it will be worth it.
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I tried win 7 profession and ubuntu, if the hd video is on the pc them it run fine, but if your streaming it won't play hd video well. I wanted just for streaming video from netflix, abc.com, nbc.com and youtube.com. Other than the OS and the browse there was no other intent purpose for it. if you going to use it for a web server this great but the video card on it is very poor, though, cpu is ok
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Please excuse my ignorance, but could someone tell me what HDMI out actually allows you to do? I'm guessing hook up your netbook to an external monitor/tv for alternate display? I'm I correct? Thanks!
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You can plug a laptop into your HDTV to view the HD video. If you don't have an HDTV, why bother with taking 720p video?
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I have HP touchsmart TM2 notebook with Intel Core(TM) i3 CPU, 1.20 Ghz processor and 4.00 GB RAM and Widows 7. As a tech support I hope you can answer if Warpia StreamHD wireless will work with my PC streaming 1080p? The system requirements call for Intel Core Duo 2,4Ghz processor so, I wonder will my notebook be able to stream HD video to my HDTV? And if not 1080P how about 720p? My main concern is that I will have frequent frozen pictures on TV screen. Please respond
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Yes, just check for your laptop video output, all you need is the hdmi cable or vga.
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Not that I'm aware of. Lesson of laptops, buy it with what you want in it, except for memory and hard-drive. Don't think I've ever heard of someone switching out video on a laptop if it's even possible.
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You can watch the videos on your CPU you just need to open the file and view it in windows. This is an easy process just pull the memory stick out of the unit and plug and play with your laptop. The instructions are not that helpful you can figure out how the unit works by using the menu system on the screen. Take care.