wifi tv

**Chef** · #1 01-26-2011, 02:49 PM

I was gonna sign back up for Netflix today, and saw their base level service is now "streaming tv."

There are tv's with wifi built right in:
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-t...2r#reviewPage1

That one^^^^looks and reviews decently.
Combined with my current in-house wifi, this would let me stream nextflix, ja?
And with the full keyboard remote, it appears I could do all my websurfing right over the tv, ja?

Am I interpreting all this right?

**jmattbassplaya** · #2 01-26-2011, 02:54 PM

Ja mon, Rasta.

MakiSupaStar · #3 01-26-2011, 04:26 PM

Panasonic has a model that does this too. I bought a couple of tv's over the holidays and I went with the lesser model because I needed a home theater system too and wifi was built into that. Watching netflix on it is great.

hover · #4 01-26-2011, 04:45 PM

The lines between TV and computer is completely blurred these days. You can get blu-ray players with apps and wifi too, for a hundred bucks.

I think it's cool. I wanna TV or appliance that streams Boxee. Because I'm not shelling out 300 bucks for a Boxee box, no matter how awesome it is. A friend hacked his Apple TV a couple years back to stream boxee beta, but no mo'.

MJ5150 · #5 01-26-2011, 05:50 PM

What speed of wireless will your router support? How far away from the router is the TV?

-Mike

mrpackerguy · #6 01-26-2011, 05:58 PM

You can do it through TV apps, but I'd recommend a Roku box. Works great and opens up other non-netflix options through Roku (What roku calls "channels, many are free on the roku box). Get the hdmi Roku. I have both ( a tv with the netflix app and the roku box). Pic quality through Roku box is superior to the tv app, and the roku box is easier to use. Just my $0.02

**Chef** · #7 01-28-2011, 10:39 AM

I have CenturyTel DSL, and a linksys 2.4gig wireless router, about 30 feet from my tv area...
I can't easily run a cable of any sort to the tv area.

mrpackerguy · #8 01-28-2011, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chef

I have CenturyTel DSL, and a linksys 2.4gig wireless router, about 30 feet from my tv area...
I can't easily run a cable of any sort to the tv area.

You'll be good to go with the middle grade Roku box.

**Chef** · #9 01-28-2011, 10:53 AM

I think I still like the Visio option; though I wish it had google tv.
The sony google ready tv isn't as nice a picture, and I kinda need to move to a 16x9 tv.
My old tv is nice, but, 4x3, and old