Yes its very possible it has DLNA but not wifi direct and miracast support. wifi direct/miracst are not hugely popular yet so it wouldn't be included on many sets yet.
Yes its very possible it has DLNA but not wifi direct and miracast support. wifi direct/miracst are not hugely popular yet so it wouldn't be included on many sets yet.
Hrm what about if I know 100% my tv supports WifiDirect? Can it support wifidirect but not miracast also?
It is probably helpful to think of Miracast as HDMI over Wi-Fi (not exactly true but....). If you are watching a movie, a presentation or playing a game in each case the phone is rendering the graphic image which is then send over HDMI or Miracast to the screen to be displayed. In that case any media format, presentation software or game that your phone can decode or run can be displayed on the TV.
DLNA is essentially just a network file sharing protocol. The DLNA server, the phone, makes the file available for the TV (or some other hardware like a game console PC, laptop or tablet) to render. The TV (or other hardware) would need to have the software, hardware and CODECs to decode and display the file that is being shared. In this situation you could find yourself with a movie that you could watch on your phone, but could not watch on your TV using DLNA, or vica versa.
It is probably helpful to think of Miracast as HDMI over Wi-Fi (not exactly true but....). If you are watching a movie, a presentation or playing a game in each case the phone is rendering the graphic image which is then send over HDMI or Miracast to the screen to be displayed. In that case any media format, presentation software or game that your phone can decode or run can be displayed on the TV.
DLNA is essentially just a network file sharing protocol. The DLNA server, the phone, makes the file available for the TV (or some other hardware like a game console PC, laptop or tablet) to render. The TV (or other hardware) would need to have the software, hardware and CODECs to decode and display the file that is being shared. In this situation you could find yourself with a movie that you could watch on your phone, but could not watch on your TV using DLNA, or vica versa.
If you have a smart tv, go into settings. Think I found this in the video portion. I knew it supported DLNA. But I found options to enable wifi direct and miracast. I have a 6 month old LG smart tv. Not sure how long all these different video options have been around. Right now I use DLNA a lot. With 10.2 I will be able to use wifi direct. Unfortunately my Z10 can't do miracast. I believe that the Z30, Q10 and Q5 all support Miracast. Check the forums though, as I could be wrong, but 99% sure. Hope that helps someone.
I have a Samsung Smart TV just over a year old - I was hoping it would have MiraCast but unfortunately it does not
It does have wifi-direct though so maybe a future update could add MC functionality? I'm not too sure how feasible that is from a technical perspective though.
I'd love to have Miracast I want it on my z10... cause I want to use streaming services like you tube or crackle without needing to turn on my Xbox and having to open those apps on that instead if I'm looking at something on my phone I just want to pop that onto my TV I don't care if I need an adapter for my TV but I'll get that