Displaying Video & Photos on Samsung LED TV
I have a MacBook Pro and an iMac connected to a home wireless network. I also have a Samsung 8000 LED TV and a Samsung BD 1600 Blu Ray player with the Samsung wireless stick that they require in order to stream Netflix wirelessly through the Blu Ray player to the LED TV. That is working fine through our home wireless network.
I want to be able to view my iPhoto slideshows, etc. on both my MacBook Pro and my iMac on the Samsung 8000 LED TV. How do I configure these devices to be able to accomplish that?
Thanks.
Neil
Samsung don't offer any support for Mac OS X - the software they ship with the TV is Windows-only.
If you want network streaming there's a dearth of DLNA options for the Mac. All my (limited) research points to MediaTomb as being the most likely candidate - it acts as a UPnP/DLNA server that the TV should be able to stream from, but I haven't yet spent the time to get it working.
If you can eschew the network stream path you can use the TV as a monitor (get a DVI -> HDMI cable and plug the Mac straight in, or you can copy the media to a USB drive and connect that to the TV, then play the content from the USB drive.
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