Or a hdmi/vga cord and use the TV as a monitor. Usually a plug and play experience for the tech challenged. Since it already works on his pc/laptop should be easy.
Fred Roller On Dec 20, 2016 4:04 PM, "Tim Evans" <tkev...@tkevans.com> wrote: > I'm trying to long-distance-coach a tech-challenged friend on using his > Samsung SmartTV's web browser to view content his Cable TV service doesn't > carry. (This is not trying to get around stuff without paying--the content, > out of area sports, FWIW, is freely available to watch on his PC.) > > When he tries to access the content with the Samsung-embedded browser, he > gets an immediate prompt to upgrade Flash. Following the offered links > allows access to what is labeled as "Linux" rpm and/or tgz versions, > neither of which will install on the TV. So, the content won't load. > > While I've suggest he do a general upgrade of the TV firmware, in hopes > there's a usable Flash upgrade included, I'm thinking of pointing him in a > different direction--say, a ChromeCast. > > Any other suggestions? Thanks. > -- > Tim Evans |5 Chestnut Court > 443-394-3864 |Owings Mills, MD 21117 > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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