BBC I-Player on your television

[Mrsspagnoli57]

I use I-Player quite a lot on my laptop and have seen the recent TV adverts about watching it on your TV. They mentioned needing a set top box-does this include the Sky Box? Will there be a channel included specifically for BBC I-Player does anyone know? If not I'm not too worried as I don't mind watching via my laptop but would be interested to know what it will entail.

[Buenchico]

Start here:
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/where_to_get_iplayer/television/

Chris

[VHG]

Plug your laptop in to your TV and the picture on your laptop will be shown on the TV screen.

[mikey4444]

It looks like a lot of faffing about, especially as you can do all that it provides for no extra money whatsoever. Who wants yet another black box gathering dust under the TV ! ::

1....BBC i player, and the equivalent for other TV stations, like Channel 4. You can watch watch this in seconds on any PC in Britain with a WiFi connection. Its completely FREE...all you need to be legal is a TV license.

2....As FHG suggests, if you want to watch on your own TV, just connect the laptop, or desktop into the appropriate socket on your TV and away you go.

3...Try this :::

http://www.tvcatchup.com/

You can watch almost every TV station with this little jobby, on any computer, for FREE ! It even works on my Samsung Galaxy TAB 7 inch, and my iphone 4.

Hope this helps !

[anotheoldgit]

What type of cable would be needed to connect a lap top to a TV please?

[Buenchico]

anotheoldgit:
That depend upon what output and input options are available on your laptop and TV respectively. I suggest trying a new post, telling us what ports there are on your laptop and what input sockets there are on your TV. (Modern laptops and TVs are likely to only need a fairly cheap cable whereas older devices might also require a gizmo for converting the signal).

[Giggsie]

my laptop connects to TV via HDMI cable from Tesco. You need to check your laptop has HDMI port and also your TV.

[tonyav]

Well it's a channel on its own on my BT vision box.

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Thanks for your replies. What a load of faffing about!!! I'll stick to just watching on my laptop. Cheers all.