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"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 11/16/2018 at 21:57 • Filed to: None

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I don’t have internet at home. I have a phone with unlimited data and a tablet, so I’ve never seen the need to add another monthly bill. With that in mind... Is there any way for me to get Netflix on a television? Seems like all the dongles need wifi, and I can’t mirror from my phone like I could back in the day via an HDMI cable.

Kim Jong - Healthy > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:01

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couldn’t you technically make your phone a hotspot, then get one of the dongles to stream through the hdmi?

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:03

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You  could buy a cheap wifi router and chromecast. 

AestheticsInMotion > Kim Jong - Healthy 11/16/2018 at 22:04

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I think so. Only issue is that the “unlimited” data only include like 2gb of h otspot usage for whatever reason. Then again it’s possible T -mobile might still not count streaming towards the high-speed data cap. I think that was a promotion for awhile 

TorqueToYield > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:04

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Does your phone hotspot? That would be easiest wi-fi.

Otherwise there are wi-fi routers that support sim cards. You could either get a second sim card or swap it out of your phone.

Google Fi offers free data only sim cards tied to the same account.

There are also screen mirroring apps . But in my experience there’s quite a bit of lag between synced audio and visuals, with noticeable quality loss, but I might have just not been doing it right.

AestheticsInMotion > DipodomysDeserti 11/16/2018 at 22:05

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Hmm. I have the chromecast already. My technological knowledge has a large hole in the realm of internet connectivity. Would a wifi router be all I need? No paying for service?

For Sweden > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:06

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Chromecast!

wafflesnfalafel > Kim Jong - Healthy 11/16/2018 at 22:11

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ditto - I work with a guy that chromecasts a bunch of sports ball programs to his flatscreen from his phone to watch.

smobgirl > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:17

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I have a lightning to HDMI connector to watch some stuff from my phone/tablet  on the TV, but I don’t know if Netflix would work. Some apps know when you’re doing this and won’t allow it.

punkgoose17 > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:18

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Right you do not need internet just the wireless home connection. A modem is what gets you the internet from the service line. Many devices are combined modem-routers. You just need a wifi router.

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:25

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Pretty much. As long as the chromecast and your phone are on the same wifi connection, you should be gtg. I can test it out tomorrow on my set up to make sure it works.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:26

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I think you need s $165/month cable bundle.

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/16/2018 at 22:29

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RAGE

I'll give in someday. Today is not that day. 

GLiddy > DipodomysDeserti 11/16/2018 at 22:31

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I couldn’t make this work on my iPhone . The issue was that when I turned on wifi on the phone, so the chromecast would work because they have to be on the same network , the phone lost internet connectivity. The phone ‘thinks’ that since it has a wifi connection that it should access the internet through wifi and not LTE.  The only possible workaround would be if you used the Netflix download option to save the program and then maybe you can play it back to Chromecast while you are offline.

DipodomysDeserti > GLiddy 11/16/2018 at 22:37

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Shit, yeah, that would be an issue.

Montalvo > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:44

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If the dongles need wifi couldn’t you make your phone a hotspot and the dongle just connect to that?

The Dummy Gummy > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/16/2018 at 22:45

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Cable is that expensive now? yikes

The Dummy Gummy > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:46

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You will burn your ‘unlimited’ in a couple of days and be throttled to oblivion , but you could do it. Use your phone as a hotspot.

Future Heap Owner > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 22:47

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This is a very interesting question. Even though it seems like it should be easy, the tendency of all modern software to assume every network is connected to the internet make me suspect that most off-the-shelf consumer solutions aren’t gonna work. I don’t think Chromecast will work for the reasons GLiddy gave. Maybe if Netflix will let you cast episodes downloaded to your phone, but even then you have to make sure you have enough space, then wait for it to download, which is really annoying and defeats a lot of the point of Netflix.

Android or iOS?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > The Dummy Gummy 11/16/2018 at 22:50

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I was up to 135 and climbing... I still have the internet through Spectrum tho

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > GLiddy 11/16/2018 at 22:54

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He has two devices, there should be a way to use the phone as the modem for the wifi network and then just use the tablet to chromecast stuff. 

AestheticsInMotion > Future Heap Owner 11/16/2018 at 23:04

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You summed up my issues. All android devices at the moment

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > AestheticsInMotion 11/16/2018 at 23:07

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wtf, the imagine needs it’s own post, this is some real shit.

The Dummy Gummy > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/16/2018 at 23:52

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Yikes. I dropped cable and went strictly internet for a while but then Fios had a great deal 3 hd boxes dvr any room, 1Gb internet and limited Tv for $80 a month. It was solid. Once that’s up I’ll drop back to their $40 a month internet plan @150MBs which is fine.

I remember my mom saying hers was $200, but I thought she was exaggerating ... I may need to check on her now.

AestheticsInMotion > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever 11/17/2018 at 00:12

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You're going to think about this every time you see a dinosaur in a movie for the rest of your life

Nick Has an Exocet > AestheticsInMotion 11/17/2018 at 00:57

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You’re kind of hosed. Your 2gb cap is your bottleneck. Otherwise, you would just use hotspot on your phone to connect your tablet and chromecast like any normal home connection. But doing that will burn quickly through your data.

Useful info: The chromecast doesn’t bridge the connection to your phone for it’s data. It uses the wifi network that it’s connected to. In order to tell a Chromecast what to do, it has to be connected to some Wifi network. If your phone is android, you can have your phone on an un related network and using the “nearby device” function, you can still control it. But that’s all just extra info at this point.

Do you have a neighbor with internet? I would just pop my head in to say “hey, I don’t really use much internet since I use my phone for everything , but if I toss you $20 every month, would you let me put my Chromecast on your network? ” .

This may sound funny, but DSL providers do still exist and they can be surprisingly cheap. You don’t need the most screaming internet to use Netflix. I’ve done it over a 3 megabit connection and it works fine for the most part. $20-40/mo should do it. 

Svend > AestheticsInMotion 11/17/2018 at 02:10

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Do you have a computer? or access to one. You could download the film to the computer and then upload to a flashdrive from your USB port to plug the flashdrive in to watch.

Alternatively do you have an internet ready TV and use the mobile phone as a wireless hotspot.

Also for the dinosaur noises they study the size and dimensions of the respective dinosaur and hypothesise the size of it’s lungs, position of the lungs, airways and size of airways based on studies of what we know done over the centuries of animals and looking closer as species that haven’t evolved so much as others from the M esozo ic period.

Take the noises from crocodiles, alligators, turtles, etc... 

shop-teacher > The Dummy Gummy 11/17/2018 at 08:44

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Oh, that's the intro price. After that first year, then they turn the screws to you!

random001 > AestheticsInMotion 11/17/2018 at 09:31

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Why can't you do the hotspot again?

random001 > AestheticsInMotion 11/17/2018 at 09:32

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Do the router thing, but you'll have to download all the Netflix you want to watch to your device, then cast it.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > AestheticsInMotion 11/17/2018 at 10:12

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My wife and I run  Netflix by connecting one of our phones to our Roku via mobile hotspot.

The Dummy Gummy > shop-teacher 11/17/2018 at 13:34

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ha dang

Future Heap Owner > AestheticsInMotion 11/19/2018 at 13:54

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You might be able to find a micro-USB -> HDMI adapter that supports your phone. I think that’ll be your best bet, but I am not familiar with the intricacies of compati bility between the two. Some light googling lead to this guide on the subject:

https://thedroidguy.com/2018/08/4-best-android-hdmi-adapter-in-2018-1088079