Best HDMI cables for 4K?
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hiddenpanther41 said:Sorry if I posted this in the wrong subforum!
So, I'm trying to figure out how to hook my phone up to my TV—I've got an iPhone and a General Electric plasma—and I was wondering, if I just plug them together with an HDMI cable, can I actually watch movies from my phone on the big screen?!
And also... how am I supposed to know which HDMI cable to get? Every time I Google it, there are like a hundred different versions and prices, it's overwhelming!
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Yeah, you can totally do that! You'll just need a special adapter—one side needs to be a micro or mini HDMI port for the phone, and then it connects to a standard HDMI cable on the other end.
Now, if you happen to have a slightly newer, decent TV, it probably has screen sharing built-in. That way, you can just beam video from your phone over Wi-Fi directly to the TV (honestly, it usually pops up automatically when you're watching something on YouTube, like "Do you want to continue playing on Sony XXXXX"—just make sure everything is hooked up to the same modem via wireless).