It’s been a while since we talked about the possibilities for your TV to connect your Android tablet so it’s time for an update. In the past two years, several new features have been added to your Android tablet to your TV to connect both wireless capabilities as options with a cable. In this article, we put all the options in a row to your tablet to connect to your television.
Media from your tablet to your TV
A tablet is of course ideal for the couch watching a movie, playing a game or watching your photos and videos. However, sometimes it is useful to provide, for example when you are watching a movie or when you want to show pictures. Several people at these media on a big screen Most Android tablets have one or more opportunities to display this content. On your television again Of course, the way you do this also depends on the capabilities of your TV. So check first if your TV supports well what you want to do with you. Tablet
Connecting via HDMI
The most obvious solution is to use an HDMI cable. This cable is suitable for both image and sound, and so can all directly from your Android tablet to your TV, if your TV of course an HDMI input. A large number of tablets has a micro / mini HDMI output giving you a cable with the micro / mini connector on one end and a standard HDMI connector can be used. On the other side Through HDMI, rapid signal transfer takes place and you can enjoy the highest resolution / quality. The complete picture of your tablet is mirrored with this cable on TV. More about the connections that tablets offer you can read in our article on tablets and connections .
MHL and Slim Port
But, what if you do not have an HDMI tablet connection, if you still want to store another cable between your Android tablet and TV Then offer MHL- and Slim Port connections a solution. These connectors / standards, we see more and more tablets back, especially MHL.
MHL
MHL is a standard that your content quickly and in high quality can transfer to your TV. The big advantage of MHL is that it works through the standard microUSB port that is already on your tablet is (in most cases), but it must support MHL. When a tablet is a certified MHL USB port you can use an MHL adapter (a type microUSB to HDMI cable) content in 4K resolution and with up to 8-channel surround audio to your TV. More about what MHL is, which versions are and which cables you need can be read in the article image of your tablet to TV using MHL .
Slim Port
A lesser known option is Slim Port. Thanks to the Slim Port standard you using the microUSB connector picture of your smartphone or tablet flip on a connected display, a TV so. Before you have any additional HDMI port or any other connector. The microUSB port can also be still used to charge your tablet along and for exchanging data. More about this connection you can read in our article on Slim Port on tablets and smartphones .
Wireless via DLNA
When something can wirelessly than we do that of course happy. Something is nothing easier than a TV turn on and the image of your Android tablet on TV show immediately. Also this are several options including DLNA. Incidentally, we must make the distinction between showing your picture (cast listed among others) and streaming media. Through DLNA stream your specific media to your TV, or vice versa; tv you see media on your tablet stand and can display them.
DLNA is a standard that allows devices within a WiFi network can communicate with each other and therefore can transfer files. You can use your tablet as a source in order to stream content to your TV, provided both are equipped with DLNA. If this is the case you can click on the TV search for DLNA devices on your home network, select the tablet, then files from the tablet to stream toward the TV. There are also tablets that work the other way so your files towards a TV can ‘throw’. Include Sony, Panasonic and Samsung have developed applications that display content on your television very simple. More about this option you can read in our article on what DLNA is exactly .
Wireless via WHDI, WiDi and Mira Cast
There are also three more unknown opportunities to give media from your Android tablet on your TV again; WHDI, WiDi and Mira Cast. WHDI is a certificate that is awarded to devices which have their own Wi-Fi chip and features to the standard. A WHDI-certified device can then connect wirelessly to other WHDI-certified device in order to exchange. Wirelessly files The big advantage of WHDI is that no compression is involved, the downside is that there is little tablets are equipped with it.
WiDi (Intel Wireless Display) resembles DLNA but the big difference is that there is no existing Wi-Fi network is needed to connect. When two devices both the receiver and the transmitter over WiDi features they can create a small, private WiFi network and high-speed exchange as files. Basically, you could compare this technique with Bluetooth but much faster and easier. however also are disadvantages to this technique. So it not possible to stream movies with DRM protection for TV and feature only (some) tablet with an Intel chip over the standard.
A standard that we more often look back on both televisions and Android tablets Mira Cast. Intel WiDi actually has greater part in this standard. With Mira Cast is possible to stream music from your tablet to your TV, video or other media content, but it is purely for image mirror. So what you see on your tablet will also appear on your TV. The two devices need not be a WiFi network. Necessarily connected They put together namely a so-called ad-hoc network. The disadvantage of Mira Cast is that the action between two certified devices often still to be desired and that manufacturers also look often adhere to its own name by which it is unclear whether there is or is not a Mira Cast support now. On the other hand Mira Cast can be handle DRM material.
Chrome Cast
Since the beginning of 2014 there is a new option to the image of your screen to flip on the television added. Google has drawn the Chrome Cast HDMI stick on the market. These cheap flash drive is connected to the HDMI port on your TV and the power supply is provided by a USB cable. Then you can stream it to your TV from an Android tablet content.
With the stick, it is possible to view videos and other media compatible TV apps to ‘cast’ to you. These media are not removed from your tablet or smartphone, but directly from the servers of Google or the developer. You can use it for other things so tablet or smartphone while watching on TV. Since the summer of 2014, after an update of the Chrome Cast app, also possible to flip on the TV. The image of your smartphone or tablet The list of devices that support this, however, is still not great.
More tips and advice
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