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ViewFinder · Mar 20, 2015

Greetings,

I just bought a Nexus Player, for Android....thinking it would pump my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 3 onto my tv....a 42" LG, Model # RU42PX10, ..but, much to my surprise I find my tv doesn't have an HDMI port. My main interest here is to see on my tv screen what is on my tablet (not the HD aspect). Is there any way to connect these two units without a dongle.....wirelessly, as I tried to do with the Nexus Player.

I've had no luck finding a dongle (hard-wired) out here in West Coast, Canada.

Any ideas?

~ray

P.S.- I'll attach the pdf tv manual here, if I can. View attachment RU-42_50PX10.pdf

P.P.S.- My Shaw cable box has HDMI's. Could I somehow use that?

David Willow · Mar 20, 2015

The Nexus Player only has HDMI. You may find a converter (I found a few by searching Google) but whether it works well is anybody's guess. The industry purposely adds encryption to HDMI signals to prevent you from converting them to analog.

Maybe it is time for a new TV????

BTW - I preordered my Nexus Player in November. I'm not 'blown away' by it. It has a nice interface and will allow you to cast from your other devices, but it does have a few issues (Plex has major issues on it). I hope they get things figured out.

ViewFinder · Mar 20, 2015

Thanks Dave.

I don't really care for non-elegant solutions to connectivity problems, ....they never work up to snuff, so a new tv it will be.

~ray

schan1269 · Mar 21, 2015

Apparently you have no idea what DVI is.

David Willow · Mar 21, 2015

DVI won't work here. The Nexus Player has only one output - HDMI. There would be no way to get sound.

schan1269 · Mar 21, 2015

Remedy that with any HDMI connected soundbar.

A soundbar will cost less than a TV, sound better and give you more, modern, inputs.

ChromeJob · Mar 22, 2015

ViewFinder said:
Thanks Dave.
I don't really care for non-elegant solutions to connectivity problems, ....they never work up to snuff, so a new tv it will be.

~ray

What kind of inputs DOES your tv have?

ViewFinder · Mar 22, 2015

David, Let me attach a page from the manual that I already had attached in the opening question. View attachment 17874

schan1269 · Mar 22, 2015

Just realized this TV isn't even HD.

Buy a new one.

David Willow · Mar 22, 2015

Yup. Time for a new TV. Even with the soundbar you would have problems getting the picture to the TV.

Stop over in the display forum and get some suggestions.

Good luck.

ViewFinder · Mar 22, 2015

I had to bounce it off of someone who knows, and I found that right here. Thanks all, for your thoughts and help.

Much appreciated!

We're building a Tiny House so we probably should get a new tv that might fit better and be more adjustable.

~Ray

ChromeJob · Mar 23, 2015

schan1269 said:
Apparently you have no idea what DVI is.

ViewFinder said:
David, Let me attach a page from the manual that I already had attached in the opening question.

LG-TV.jpg

LG-TV.jpg

Thanks for the pic. I think Monoprice.com sells a HDMI to DVI converter. Won't take care of the audio portion though.

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