The Roku and the phone both need to be on the same local network
(Wi-Fi). Not as many apps will cast to Roku, but if PBS works with it,
the Roku will load its own' PBS app to play the video. An easier way
would be to just use the app on the Roku and skip using the phone.
On 1/12/25 10:26 AM, charles meyer wrote:
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> My esteemed listmates,
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> I've Googled this and like others searches you can get mixed results.
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> Everyone sounds like an authority on the net.
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> Would anyone have checked this in the fact-checking world to know if
> you download the PBS app (or the live TV app) on to an Android cell
> phone to stream a PBS how over to an old TV with an HDMI port (TV
> being not 4K but 1080 - think Starsky & Hutch or The Gallant Men! :)
> to be received by a Roku Express if any of that uses that Android's
> cell phone data?
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> I understand with live espn you must 1st be a paid scunibrer to some
> cable service to strea it to a Roku Express (device) but the I-net in
> this case would be provided by a library checked out hotspot.
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> It's beginning to look a lot like MacGyver.... everywhere you go.
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> Are sing-alongs allowed on this list?
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> Or is it like crying in baseball?
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> Thank you!
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> Charles.
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> Charlotte County Public Library
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West Liberty Public Library
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