Has anybody here used a tablet or phone for streaming instead of a box?

SexyGreyFox · 18 Jan 2015 at 14:15

A thought occurred to me ages ago that it should be possible to use a tablet/phone to stream.
Well I know it's possible because When I go into my outdoor gym I plug my phone into my TV and stream something from my NAS to my TV over WiFi.
This means I could just leave my S3 plugged in and using a bluetooth multimedia keyboard/remote I should be able to control it from the other side of the room.
Has anybody tried this and what keyboard/remote would suit best?

SexyGreyFox · 18 Jan 2015 at 14:37

Slam62 said:
I use a bluetooth Logitech keyboard, has a track pad, was intended for a ps3 but works great with windows tablet.

Do you just leave it plugged in and then use XBMC/Plex?

SexyGreyFox · 19 Jan 2015 at 18:38

RoyMi6 said:
Why not make it really easy for yourself and just buy a £63 Amazon Fire TV?

because I've followed & contributed to the Fire TV discussion and it is still locked down.
I have several devices around the house doing nothing so thought I could put them to use.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jan 2015 at 18:28

Slam62 said:
I used to do it using my encore windows 8.1 tablet and an HDMI cable, windows just sees the TV as a second monitor.
Cancelled sky a few months ago though.

but did you have a remote control so you could control it from the other side of the room?