seanmm1971 Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Laptop, buffering lag. Urg! MartintheMopMan 1 Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 Everyone really needs an hdmi cord for their laptops to hook up to the TV. They're not expensive. True. If your laptop has a HDMI port. :( MartintheMopMan 1 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 True. If your laptop has a HDMI port. :( It's not 1966 anymore. Get it together Natty's laptop manufacturer. Naturalhoosier, thebigweave and southsidehoosier 3 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Laptop, buffering lag. Urg! I haven't watched a game on live TV outside of a bar in so long I can't even imagine what it would be like to not be 5 seconds behind. Quote
Hovadipo Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 True. If your laptop has a HDMI port. :( USB to HDMI cords are a thing. thebigweave and MartintheMopMan 2 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 USB to HDMI cords are a thing. Priced about the same as a chromecast or firestick though. Quote
Hovadipo Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Priced about the same as a chromecast or firestick though. I got one for less than $10... MartintheMopMan 1 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I got one for less than $10... You're a much better shopper than me. Hovadipo and thebigweave 2 Quote
JSHoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Everyone really needs an hdmi cord for their laptops to hook up to the TV. They're not expensive. Depends on brand and length, they can be a little costly for a cable. This is where the musician part of me says (from experience) do not cheap out on the cable, get a good brand and don't get a cable any longer than you need. southsidehoosier 1 Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 It's not 1966 anymore. Get it together Natty's laptop manufacturer. It's a Lenovo, a lot of Lenovo's don't have them. It was an oversight by myself when I bought it...it's one of those options I thought everyone laptop had and didn't even look. Oh well. Solid laptop. Built like a tank. Will buy another one when this dies. Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 Depends on brand and length, they can be a little costly for a cable. This is where the musician part of me says (from experience) do not cheap out on the cable, get a good brand and don't get a cable any longer than you need. I disagree. the $6-$8 HDMI cables from monoprice are just as nice as the $50-$60 at best buy. AZ Hoosier and ThompsonHoosier 2 Quote
Hovadipo Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 You're a much better shopper than me. Amazon, man. Amazon. Naturalhoosier 1 Quote
JSHoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I disagree. the $6-$8 HDMI cables from monoprice are just as nice as the $50-$60 at best buy. Personally I wouldn't chance it, I've paid the price of getting a cheap cable and had to replace both the cable and a part of my guitar. Look at it this way, a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link and the cable is the link between you laptop and the TV; the price isn't just about the name (although that is a part of it), there's how it's made and the quality of materials and generally the more expensive cables use better materials and the company put more research and development into it. A cheap cable can have a big impact on signal quality (again, I learned this from experience), so does having a cable that is too long. Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 Personally I wouldn't chance it, I've paid the price of getting a cheap cable and had to replace both the cable and a part of my guitar. Look at it this way, a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link and the cable is the link between you laptop and the TV; the price isn't just about the name (although that is a part of it), there's how it's made and the quality of materials and generally the more expensive cables use better materials and the company put more research and development into it. A cheap cable can have a big impact on signal quality (again, I learned this from experience), so does having a cable that is too long. I get it, 150%. Just saying that every cable I have (aside from what came w/a component) is a $6-$8 monoprice special and they haven't failed me once. Again, just my own experience...to each their own at the end of the day, right? Quote
HoosierReb01 Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-football-on-the-acc-network-indiana-at-wake-forest-09-26-2015 List of all the stations carrying the IU-Wake game. Got the country pretty well covered. Quote
JSHoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I get it, 150%. Just saying that every cable I have (aside from what came w/a component) is a $6-$8 monoprice special and they haven't failed me once. Again, just my own experience...to each their own at the end of the day, right? Right. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to tell someone what to do it's just advice from my experience; I also wouldn't advise someone get a ridiculously expensive cable if they can't afford it, I'd advise getting the most expensive that they can afford if that's 6-8 so be it but not going 6-8 if they can go to 20-30. Hey, I'm not trying to sound like a snob. I've got some cheap cables and have had good luck with some of them; admittedly most of them I got before I knew what I know now and I didn't have as much coming in or they're on devices I hardly ever use so the signal quality isn't a big issue to me. My instrument cable though cost over 50 and it's at most 6 ft (Mogami Gold). Quote
AZ Hoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Personally I wouldn't chance it, I've paid the price of getting a cheap cable and had to replace both the cable and a part of my guitar. Look at it this way, a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link and the cable is the link between you laptop and the TV; the price isn't just about the name (although that is a part of it), there's how it's made and the quality of materials and generally the more expensive cables use better materials and the company put more research and development into it. A cheap cable can have a big impact on signal quality (again, I learned this from experience), so does having a cable that is too long. I've been using cables from Monoprice for over 10 years. Great quality, good price. Sent from my mobile device using Tapatalk v3.2.1. Naturalhoosier 1 Quote
AZ Hoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-football-on-the-acc-network-indiana-at-wake-forest-09-26-2015 List of all the stations carrying the IU-Wake game. Got the country pretty well covered. As long as you're not in Arizona. Sent from my mobile device using Tapatalk v3.2.1. Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 As long as you're not in Arizona. Sent from my mobile device using Tapatalk v3.2.1. Or Delaware. Philly says they are carrying it, but I've got BYU/Michigan on my dial. :( Quote
HoosierAloha Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Sweet! I'll get it out here in Hawaii. Edit: at 6:30am Naturalhoosier 1 Quote
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