Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews
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Kid_Eternity
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That's more than a fudge its a fuck up.
skyscraper101
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But I'm less bothered about streaming avi files because I hardly ever download movies. I want to fling live TV over the internet, or catchup TV over to a bigger screen - that could be iplayer, 4OD, sky go, netflix or whatever... I guess its just not possible with a Nexus 7.
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hiraethified
skyscraper101
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I haven't spent anything as I don't own a Nexus 7. My asking about this is research.
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hiraethified
Oh, in that case I suggest you look at cheapo tablets with HDMI out - there's loads of them - although any flinging will have to be done via a cable. For real wireless flingability, a Samsung TV/tablet combo looks a winner.
skyscraper101
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Is there a Samsung tv/tablet combo you can recommend that will do something equivalent to Apple AirPlay?
Lemon Eddy
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So
http://www.roku.com/uk
So what you actually want is a cheap device for streaming online content to a TV?
http://www.roku.com/uk
skyscraper101
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Nearly there but I want something that I can use a UK http proxy with, through a browser. iPlayer will almost definitely be IP geoblocked through a Roku in the USA. I doubt you can get 4OD, Sky Go etc either.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Thousands of people being screwed out of their $25 Google Play credit it seems...surprising lack of outrage over this abuse of their consumers...
UnderOpenSky
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Thousands of people being screwed out of their $25 Google Play credit it seems...surprising lack of outrage over this abuse of their consumers...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Was just messing around playing the kind of silly comment you'd expect if this was Apple.
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hiraethified
Here's a frothing rave review of the Nexus 7.
http://www.bit.com.au/Review/318108,the-nexus-7-reviewed-the-gold-standard-for-budget-tablets.aspx
Lemon Eddy
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You definitely can, because I"ve done it. Instructions here:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/adobe-flash-on-the-nexus-7-and-other-jelly-bean-devices/
Lemon Eddy
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You seem to be shifting the goalposts here. So, you want a device that can run a proxy, can run all of the streaming programs, and output to a TV?
How about the transformer prime? It can definitely run a proxy (I use tunnelbear on my nexus, but it'll work on any Android device)and has an HDMI out.
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hiraethified
skyscraper101
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Thanks, I was considering tunnelbear for sure. The reason I didn't bring up the proxy thing was because that is already sorted, I'm asking about mirroring on the nexus thread because I've already considered the Roku and Netgear NeoTV and they won't do what I want.
However, if this works, it may be able to do airplay type mirroring with an apple tv device without the HDMI requirement?
AppleTV AirPlay Media Player
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnphcHBvdHZhcHBsZSJd
The verdict seems pretty split though if its good or not
Alternatively there's the WDTV live media player, but that also has pretty mixed reviews:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...r#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnphcHBvdHZ3ZCJd
All I want to do is mirror the sound and image from a nexus, onto a bigger TV without wires. But I'm not about to shell out for a WDTV or an Apple TV without knowing it will work.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
That's nice and straight forward.
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hiraethified
Took me five seconds to get Flash on my Nexus. Go to Adobe site --> click on link --> done.
Nice to have the choice, really.
Nice to have the choice, really.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Is there any reason to do that other than iplayer? Seems to involve installing another browser and presumably the machine is optimised for Chrome.
Does Apple Airplay / mirroring ever actually work to a decent / functional standard?
I've got a MBP and an iPad 2, both of which are frankly shit at mirroring. The quality of mirrored programmes just isn't worth bothering with - stuttering all over the place. IDK, maybe an iPad 3 is the dog's bollocks and can handle things far better, or maybe our wifi router is particularly shit. But streaming via Airplay - round ours, at least - has so far looked like a non-starter.
e2a: ooaaaaah. I'm moderately surprised to find that, on a test run of Strictly Come Dancing via iPlayer, my iPhone seems to handle streaming / Airplay better than either of ^^^ those 2 devices. So I guess maybe the iPad 3 does, too.
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hiraethified
I've seen live demos of Samsung TV/tablet/phone demo looking pretty damn impressive, but never tried them myself (when I get things home the awesomeness of most gadgets tends to evaporate pretty quickly).
This amateur video certainly looks pretty impressive. Wish my home set up did this!
Lemon Eddy
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That was the link I used when I first bought the Nexus, and it took me the best part of 4 minutes to setup. From the look of Editor's link, there's now a much more straightforward way of doing it, which is nice. I'm still waiting for a way to get flash on my iPad, but to be honest I'm not holding my breath there.
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