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It's not difficult to see that with the increasingly developed socio-economic conditions, the spiritual life of people is improving day by day. If in the past, owning a TV set capable of transmitting standard images and sounds could be considered difficult, now TVs with elegant designs, exquisite designs, advanced image technology, modern connectivity to networks, and other smart devices have become popular on the market, and users can easily own them. Connection methods also become diverse to meet different requirements of users as well as the diversity of each device. In this article, Mytour will introduce you to the most common ways to connect and watch videos on TV today.
What are the ways to connect and watch videos on TV
Method 1: CONNECTION VIA PHYSICAL CABLES (PHYSICAL PORTS)
1. Connect using MHL cable
The strong development of modern technology inevitably leads to the emergence of smartphones, and the requirement to connect these phones to TVs becomes essential when users want to enjoy entertainment forms on a larger screen. MHL cable is a wire used to connect TVs to various types of phones, helping users share entertainment content from their phones to the TV screen.
Successful connection means that everything you have on the small phone screen can be viewed on the large TV screen, and the image quality remains unchanged.
2. Connection via HDMI port
Offering more features than MHL cables, HDMI is a connection standard capable of simultaneously transmitting high-resolution video and audio. This is a feature of high-resolution multimedia interface and signals transmitted digitally. Users can transmit all images, sounds through the cable to the wide TV screen, ensuring the highest image quality. The great thing is with this feature you can bring all multimedia experiences into your living room and turn it into an extremely diverse and interesting entertainment center.
Digital data from the phone will be directly transmitted to your TV through the HIMD port, so you can ensure that the data will not be lost or changed in terms of image quality, content. Thanks to this excellent feature, the connection type via the HIMD port is integrated into many different electronic devices.
To connect your laptop to the TV, you should use the HDMI port instead of other methods, because when using the HDMI port, the quality of the laptop connection to the TV will be significantly increased, with more vivid videos, images, and sounds.
3. Connection via USB port.
If your TV is equipped with a USB port, any USB containing entertainment content can be transmitted to the TV through the dedicated port. All media content is quickly scanned, allowing users to search and view that content quickly on the large screen. The use of storage cards such as SD or HDD can also be connected to the TV for playback.
4. VGA connection
Most TVs today are equipped with slots and multimedia ports so you can connect video to other devices. However, in addition to those basic connection features, through the VGA cable, your TV can still connect to a PC to enhance entertainment diversity. You can use this feature to watch digital videos from your PC on your own TV. And the video quality on the TV will be determined by the video quality on your PC.
Refer to how to update VGA for your computer here
5. Connection via AV
This is a fairly common method for users to transmit images from electronic devices to the TV screen. The AV connection port consists of 3 wires, 2 white and red audio wires and 1 yellow video wire. AV connection can only load images with a maximum signal resolution of 576i, image and sound quality are not guaranteed so there are few users. This is the reason for newer features to be more modern to overcome the shortcomings of the old type.
Method 2: CONNECTION VIA INTERNET NETWORK
Similar to phones, smart TVs allow internet network connection to meet users' high entertainment needs. You can connect your TV to the internet by using a network Hub to utilize the existing network in your home, directly using a modem and network cable, and wirelessly connecting via WiFi. Successful connection will bring users a highly diverse entertainment space.
Method 2: CONNECTION VIA HANDHELD DEVICES
1. Utilize NFC technology
This is a type of wireless connection technology within a range of about 4cm. NFC uses magnetic field induction to establish connections between devices when in direct contact or near each other, meaning you can transfer image or video data from your phone and display them on the TV screen by placing them next to each other. They will use the One-Flick Remote Control tool to establish a connection when you touch your phone near the Remote. After successful connection, Bluetooth and WiFi will be responsible for data transmission. This type of connection mostly appears in Sony's Smart TV lineup, the most modern TV models available today.
2. Screen Mirroring Technology
Screen Mirroring is a truly amazing TV connection feature that you can't deny. You won't need to use any physical connections or USB ports to share information, images, or videos from your mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, or PCs to the TV screen. All you need to do is switch the TV to Screen Mirroring mode, then use a phone that supports Screen Mirroring to search for and connect to the TV. All information on the mobile device will be transmitted to the TV upon successful connection.
3. Swipe & Share Technology
Overcoming all the shortcomings of traditional connection methods, Swipe & Share can be considered the most modern connection technology today. You can quickly and easily transfer interesting photos, or exceptional videos from personal devices to your home TV without needing any additional supporting devices. With this technology, you just need to point your mobile devices towards the TV screen and swipe the screen of the mobile device from bottom to top. Your TV will automatically process and convert the currently viewed content into the content available on the mobile device. The connection process is fast, bringing you truly enjoyable relaxation moments.
Thus, it can be seen that with the development trend of modern technology, there are many different connection methods to serve users' entertainment needs. Depending on the equipment available on your TV, you can use the appropriate connection method. With the sharing above, Mytour hopes to bring you the best experiences in your entertainment world.
In addition, connecting a computer to a phone also has many different methods. You can refer to how to connect a computer to a phone via Bluetooth that Mytour has previously introduced. Connecting a computer to a phone via Bluetooth saves costs as well as usage space.
