Possible to control plex or another program with a phone/tablet?

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Morning All,

I am awaiting a delivery of a projector which will hopefully arriving tomorrow.

The plan is to make our spare bedroom into a bit of a cinema room / guest bedroom. I already have a ceiling mount on route for the projector.

Now, medium term plans are we are likely to have baby number 2 which would mean this room being turned into child 1 bedroom or nursery so I don't want to put too much effort into the setup as we will probabally convert the garage...then again I don't want something too naff.

My thoughts are to ceiling mount the projector and maybe run a HDMI lead up through a hole in the ceiling, along the loft and down into bedroom 4 where it will go into the PC. The power cable will run down into the room hidden by a bit of trunking.

The question is, can it be possible to set something up so I can control what we watch on the projector using a tablet (I have a very cheap android thing) or IPhone so when we turn on the monitor it will work seamlessly?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.
 
Hmmm good thought on the Chromecast, that way wouldn't need to run anything into the ceiling, plug chromecast straight into the amp and then run the HDMI around the room hidden.

Is there any apps to control via a tablet and make things a little sleeker?
 
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