HDMI from a Nexus 5
Oct. 31st, 2014 01:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carlfoxmartenIn case I’ve never mentioned it, my cell phone is a 32GB Nexus 5 smartphone, running a pretty-much stock version of Android 4.4, especially since I’d bought it straight from Google.
Anyway, I discovered that it has a ‘screen-cast’ option, where you can wirelessly project the phone's screen to another monitor or TV, if they support that option.
Unfortunately, the screens I have access to do not, but that isn’t the only way to do it.
Fortunately, several companies sell devices or cables that plug into the phone’s USB port and provide either host-type USB ports or various other plugs, including an HDMI adapter, which I managed to buy for about fifteen bucks off Amazon.
Today I got to test it so I could show off OK Go's latest music video, I Won’t Let You Down.
Short answer: It works great!
Caveat: The speakers on the TV aren’t really that good, at least when compared to the stereo dad has.
(it would have taken more work to try getting it set up through that, so I just went with the easy option)
Anyway, I’m quite happy with how the phone and the associated accessories I’ve been buying have worked together.
I suspect I’ll be keeping this phone for a couple of years yet. =^.^=
Anyway, I discovered that it has a ‘screen-cast’ option, where you can wirelessly project the phone's screen to another monitor or TV, if they support that option.
Unfortunately, the screens I have access to do not, but that isn’t the only way to do it.
Fortunately, several companies sell devices or cables that plug into the phone’s USB port and provide either host-type USB ports or various other plugs, including an HDMI adapter, which I managed to buy for about fifteen bucks off Amazon.
Today I got to test it so I could show off OK Go's latest music video, I Won’t Let You Down.
Short answer: It works great!
Caveat: The speakers on the TV aren’t really that good, at least when compared to the stereo dad has.
(it would have taken more work to try getting it set up through that, so I just went with the easy option)
Anyway, I’m quite happy with how the phone and the associated accessories I’ve been buying have worked together.
I suspect I’ll be keeping this phone for a couple of years yet. =^.^=
