Adding a TV wirelessly

[RobA]

We're having friends over to watch the Super Bowl. I'd like to add a TV or 2 so that people can watch the game no matter where they are but I don't have extra cable boxes or hookups. Is there a way to connect 1 TV to another wirelessly? I don't want to spend a lot - it's only for 1 day.

 

[kcflhrc]

Short answer, NO

 

[Dutch445]

I did something similar last fall, wanted to watch a football game out on my back porch.
my cable provider is dish network, and with a laptop and their "dishanywhere" app (i have their
sling adapter) i was able to stream the game to the laptop, and then chrome cast it to
a tv on my back porch... i know if the tvs are in closer proximity there would certainly
be a delay for the streamed version.
possibly the game will be available online and again the chromecast would work,
or some tv's can be hooked to a laptop with the monitor cable?

 

[hawkeye08]

It really depends on what is available at the source. There are video repeaters out there if you search, such as http://techpp.com/2014/05/23/wireless-tv-kits/

 

[BoylermanCT]

Can you watch the game online on a computer or tablet? I know I can through DirecTV's online access. If yes, you can cast the video from the computer to any TV. Each TV would need a Chromecast device at $35. So you could watch the game on the main TV in the family room and then cast the game to another TV using Chromecast. I don't know if you can cast from one laptop to 2 separate TV's. I don't have that choice as I am one of the last Americans remaining who only own 1 TV in the house.

 

[/pine]

If you live near a major television market you can get FOX Network 1080i digital signal with just rabbit ear antennas...

 

[MossRoad]

We're having friends over to watch the Super Bowl. I'd like to add a TV or 2 so that people can watch the game no matter where they are but I don't have extra cable boxes or hookups. Is there a way to connect 1 TV to another wirelessly? I don't want to spend a lot - it's only for 1 day.

You don't say what your signal source is.

Is it regular over-the-air antenna signal? Cable TV? Satellite TV? Internet? That's what we need to know for starters.

 

[RobA]

Thanks for the ideas. I should have said I have DirecTV but my internet is only a 4G hotspot so watching online or using WiFi isn't an option. I checked on the free HD signal (great idea) but of course my location won't pick up Fox unless (maybe) I install a 30+ foot tower. I'll check out the video extenders.

 

[MossRoad]

This is one of those times where someone wishes they'd have run two coax cables from every TV room in the house to a central location. An "inny" and an "outy". In this case, you'd just plug the output of the sat box into the "outy" in the room where its located and then on any TV in any other room plugged into its "inny" you'd switch to channel 3 or 4 and watch whatever is coming out of the sat box.

 

[CADplans]

So, do these things not work??

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nyrius-5...61718&wl11=online&wl12=39359759&wl13=&veh=sem

$65 seems cheap enough,,, :confused2:

 

[fordmantpw]

This is one of those times where someone wishes they'd have run two coax cables from every TV room in the house to a central location. An "inny" and an "outy". In this case, you'd just plug the output of the sat box into the "outy" in the room where its located and then on any TV in any other room plugged into its "inny" you'd switch to channel 3 or 4 and watch whatever is coming out of the sat box.

Exactly what I did when we built our house. Works perfectly. Of course, we just cancelled our satellite subscription, but the antenna in the attic reaches every TV via that coax.

 

[MossRoad]

Exactly what I did when we built our house. Works perfectly. Of course, we just cancelled our satellite subscription, but the antenna in the attic reaches every TV via that coax.

We dumped sat TV last year. I took down the dish, but we've always had a TV antenna on the same coax by using a diplexer to combine the antenna and dish on one of the coax's, then split the antenna out again at the sat receiver. So when I dumped sat, I just removed the dish and the diplexers because they weren't in use any more. Now we have just the antenna and a ROKU box with Netflix paid subscription and a bunch of free stuff. We may pony up for Hulu. Still thinking about that.

 

[MossRoad]

So, do these things not work??

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nyrius-5...61718&wl11=online&wl12=39359759&wl13=&veh=sem

$65 seems cheap enough,,, :confused2:

Surprisingly, they work pretty well over short distances. I had something similar from X10 and used it to send directv to my garage. Only about 50'. But I put it in a place where people wouldn't be walking through the signal all the time.

 

[fordmantpw]

We dumped sat TV last year. I took down the dish, but we've always had a TV antenna on the same coax by using a diplexer to combine the antenna and dish on one of the coax's, then split the antenna out again at the sat receiver. So when I dumped sat, I just removed the dish and the diplexers because they weren't in use any more. Now we have just the antenna and a ROKU box with Netflix paid subscription and a bunch of free stuff. We may pony up for Hulu. Still thinking about that.

We've had the trial of Netflix, and I did like it, we just don't watch much TV any more. Problem is, the only TV I really watch is StL Cardinals baseball. Since I'm in market, the only way to see the games is with a subscription of some sort. MLB.TV blocks out everything in your home market. It's looking like Sling.TV may get my monthly subscription come April. The good thing is, I can cancel at the end of October and not pay for TV service we don't watch from Nov-March. Services like that make 'wireless' TVs so much easier!

 

[RNeumann]

I wouldn't like TV either if I had to watch the Cardinals! Haha Go Dodgers!

Google HDMI splitter and Wireless HDMI. This is a solvable problem. Enjoy the Super Bowl!

 

[MossRoad]

We've had the trial of Netflix, and I did like it, we just don't watch much TV any more. Problem is, the only TV I really watch is StL Cardinals baseball. Since I'm in market, the only way to see the games is with a subscription of some sort. MLB.TV blocks out everything in your home market. It's looking like Sling.TV may get my monthly subscription come April. The good thing is, I can cancel at the end of October and not pay for TV service we don't watch from Nov-March. Services like that make 'wireless' TVs so much easier!

I have a friend that's a Mets fan. He lives in Indiana, his mom lives out east where the games are broadcast over the air. So he bought sat service with local channels under her name and address and installed it at his house here. Did that for many years. Was very happy (despite being a Mets fan).

 

[Otto Syracuse]

Wouldn't a few of these work? I used them for my Super Bowl party at my old house, had 5 TV's running the game all over the house, even in the bathroom. Only problem was the main cable box TV was 3 or 4 seconds ahead of everyone else and the people in that room would cheer or yell ahead of what everyone else in the house would see.

 

[BoylermanCT]

Coax splitters would work fine, but don't meet the wireless requirement of the OP. Its probably the cheapest way to get the job done.

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah, partying people and coax cables laying on the floor = disaster in the 4th quarter!

 

[Otto Syracuse]

Yep, missed that little detail! But splitters are cheap and easy for a one time per year event. A roll of duct tape will help keep things a little safer.