TV / Streaming Help

SouthArk370Z

Chromecast may not be your best bet. If I understood what I read, when you stream from your computer, the stream is sent to one of Google's servers and then to the TV. If you play a 1 GB movie, you use 2 GB of data; 1 GB out + 1 GB in. Ie, Chromecast was designed to stream video from the 'Net. But I'm just going by what I've read.

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LunaZ

If I'm just moving things across my existing WiFi network, how does that affect my data consumption? Assuming you're talking about data on my mobile plan here?

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SouthArk370Z

If I read correctly, Chromecast does not send the data directly from your computer to the HDMI dongle. It first uploads the stream to a server and then it is sent "back" to the dongle. But maybe I'm just reading it wrong.

Have you looked into an RF modulator (converts computer video signal to broadcast TV frequency)? We used to use those back in The Good Old Days to get from CGA/EGA/VGA to TV (cheap, but very low-res monitor). Hooked the RF mod input to the graphics card and the output was a piece of twin-lead. They may make something that uses modern signals/wiring.

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TheBoomSpoon

Its only from your device to the chromecast when streaming content from your phone or a computer on your network