Originally posted by @cobham-saint
Originally posted by @BTripz
BTW I sort of resurrected this thread so Cobham can ask questions…
Cheers mate
1st question
What the fuck were you talking about in your last post?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 upon which I have KODI installed, I use it (the S2) a lot to watch streaming television (Sky Go, BT, KODI, Plex etc. etc.). You can cast Android to compatible hosts (sort of like an iPad to Apple TV). One of those compatible hosts is a Chromecast device, costs around £30. You plug the Chromecast into an available HDMI port on your TV and it acts like a Smart TV plugin.
Trouble is Chromecast needs power to it, it doesn’t draw off of the HDMI (HDMI doesn’t have power lines AFAIK), so that menas a power adapter. TV is mounted on to the wall so, unless the power adpater has a really long lead, it need to be plugged in behind the TV, therefore I would have had to get a power strip (4 gang) put behind the telly so that I can plug the Chromecast in.
The Bqeel box plugs in via an HDMI lead and is cheaper than a Chromecast, I already had a spare HDMI lead going to my TV from where I had removed the PS3 so it was a no-brainer.
(Now I’m writing this down I realise I could have got a HDMI male-female adapter and plugged the Chromecast into the spare HDMI lead where the KODI box is!!! )
seriously though. It’s as simple as buying a Bqeel for £29.99; uninstalling KODI and downloading it again and then installing Sportsmania?
Too easy…what’s the catch?
You need a decent WiFi signal or network cable from your router to the Bqeel box but, yes, simplistically that’s it!