Watch your laptop, PC, smartphone or tablet content on a big screen TV

Google Chromecast

Over the years we have had loads of customers asking us how they can view movies or other content on their PC's on their TV.

There have been many tech updates over the last few years which have addressed this. We now have smart TV's which let you watch some content from the web, and also set top boxes which do the same. But honestly, they are all clunky and difficult to use.

Apple TV is a good idea, but limited in what you could watch. It allows apple devices such as iPads and iPhones to send content from the device to the TV. For around a cost of £90 or so, this was a pretty good solution.

But now there is a new kid on the block - Google Chromecast.

Chromecast is a dongle which plugs into a spare HDMI slot in your TV. It costs about £30 to buy.

It needs power, so you can either plug the supplied cable to a USB port on your TV (if you have one), or plug it into the supplied power adaptor. You need to setup the Chromecast dongle to connect to your wifi network and to give it a name. This is done using an app from google. Setup is pretty straightforward. Once setup, you are ready to "Cast"

Chromecast supports sending content from most smartphones, so both Android (Samsung, LG, etc) and Apple phones will work. Same goes for tablets.

Any computer can also send content to the chromecast. 

So now you can watch Youtube, BBC Iplayer, Netflix, online videos, your camera pictures, your movies on your TV without spending a fortune. And the whole setup is elegant and easy.

Here's a video on how send content to a TV. It's so easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLoiIKRjscY

Optima can help you with the setup if needed, so if you have been putting this off there are no more excuses! Call us on 020 8445 6700 for further information.