Streaming From Laptop to TV, Without Tripping Over Wires

By Azadeh Ensha

Streaming your laptop’s content to a television or other display device often involves awkward reaches behind a display and dealing with all kinds of cables. The Iogear Wireless U.S.B. to VGA Adapter kit is a welcome alternative that lets you wirelessly connect to a VGA display from a PC as much as 30 feet away without running (and tripping) over cables.

The kit allows high-definition video streaming of up to 720 pixels and supports three hosts. And unlike other, more complicated, setups, with the Iogear adapter kit, you need only install the driver software, then connect the U.S.B. adapter to your personal computer and the VGA adapter to your display monitor. The system requires Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista and does not connect with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. But the adapter is pocket-size and easily transportable.

The Iogear Wireless U.S.B. to VGA Adapter kit is available through the Iogear online store (tr.im/ioYr) for $210. It is not the cheapest add-on, but it is a lot less expensive than having someone rewire your living room. 

This article originally appeared in The New York Times on April 8

Weekend Sport – March 21 – March 22

Chelsea will be hoping their neighbours Fulham can do them a favour this afternoon by beating league leaders Manchester United at home. Roman Abramavich‘s men travel to White Hart Lane to take on London rivals Tottenham. In the late game of the day Newcastle host Arsenal. Meanwhile, lower down the table Blackburn face West Ham. In international rugby, Ireland can win the Grand Slam if they beat Wales, while England take on old rivals Scotland. For live streams, click the links below.

Saturday March 21 – Sunday March 22

Premier League Football

3pm – Blackburn v West Ham – registration required
3pm – Blackburn v West Ham – No registration required
3pm – Fulham v Man Utd – registration required
3pm – Fulham v Man Utd – No registration required
3pm –  Stoke v Middlesbrough – registration required
3pm –  Stoke v Middlesbrough – No registration required
3pm – Tottenham v Chelsea – registration required
3pm – Tottenham v Chelsea – No registration required
3pm – West Brom v Bolton – registration required
3pm – West Brom v Bolton – No registration required
5.30pm – Newcastle v Arsenal – registration required
5.30pm – Newcastle v Arsenal – No registration required

International Rugby

3.30pm – England v Scotland

5.30pm – Wales v Ireland

Obviously, some of these links may end up being shut down so please feel free to supply us with others. All submissions should be sent to larrymilk@topdollarnews.com. We have no control over the quality of the respective streams and claim no responsibility for the copyright or content of other sites.  Don’t shoot the messenger!

Meanwhile, here are some general suggestions to enhance your viewing pleasure, for watching both sports streams and movie and TV streams –

There are a myriad of sports streams and often these get shut down almost as quickly as they are created. Now sites like justin.tv have sprung up to allow you to watch a non-stop playlist of movies and TV shows.

On the plus side, there is very little buffering and stop-start crap to put up with. On the minus side, the quality is often poor and unless you go ‘full screen,’ you will have to watch the kiddies shouting at each other in the chat rooms.

Tip 1: you don’t have to register to watch the movies on justin.tv, but if you create a jtv account and add channels to your ‘favorites,’ you will receive a helpful email each time they start broadcasting.

Tip 2: To watch live Premier League games, live tennis, darts, snooker etc during week days, access the Live Sports links provided on the right of your page. As a long term strategy, we strongly recommend you register with the excellent HotdubzSports. Not only is it the best sports streaming site, but it gives a fairly comprehensive channel guide.

Tip 3: Bookmark this website! We will be updating the Live Weekend Sports section every Friday to give you a heads up on what to look forward to over the weekend.

Tip 4: If you click the links at the wrong time of day, they often won’t work. Duh! And once the broadcast is over, the links usually die.

Weekend Sport – Saturday March 14 – Sunday March 15

It’s crunch time for Liverpool in the Premier League today as they face a must-win away match against bitter rivals Manchester United. United are coasting in the league and it seems no one can stop them, including big money London outfit Chelsea, who host Manchester City on Sunday. Distant rivals Arsenal take on Blackburn later in the day and you can follow our stream below. While Manchester United can knock out Liverpool’s challenge, else where in the city tonight boxer Amir Khan will be hoping to knock out Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera.

Saturday March 14

Football – Premier League

12.45pm – Manchester United vs Liverpool (No registration required)

12.45pm – Manchester United vs Liverpool (Registration required)

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3pm –  Arsenal vs Blackburn (No registration required)
3pm –  Arsenal vs Blackburn (Registration required)

3pm –  Bolton vs Fulham (No registration required)
3pm – Bolton vs Fulham (Registration required)

3pm –  Everton vs Stoke (No registration required)
3pm – Everton vs Stoke (Registration required)

Boxing

11.30pm – Amir Khan v Marco Antonio Barrera

Sunday March 15

Football – Premier League

1.30pm – Chelsea v Man City (No registration required)
1.30pm – Chelsea v Man City (Registration required)

4pm – Aston Villa v Tottenham (No registration required)
4pm – Aston Villa v Tottenham (Registration required)

Obviously, some of these links may end up being shut down so please feel free to supply us with others. All submissions should be sent to larrymilk@topdollarnews.com. We have no control over the quality of the respective streams and claim no responsibility for the copyright or content of other sites.  Don’t shoot the messenger!

Meanwhile, here are some general suggestions to enhance your viewing pleasure, for watching both sports streams and movie and TV streams –

There are a myriad of sports streams and often these get shut down almost as quickly as they are created. Now sites like justin.tv have sprung up to allow you to watch a non-stop playlist of movies and TV shows.

On the plus side, there is very little buffering and stop-start crap to put up with. On the minus side, the quality is often poor and unless you go ‘full screen,’ you will have to watch the kiddies shouting at each other in the chat rooms.

Tip 1: you don’t have to register to watch the movies on justin.tv, but if you create a jtv account and add channels to your ‘favorites,’ you will receive a helpful email each time they start broadcasting.

Tip 2: To watch live Premier League games, live tennis, darts, snooker etc during week days, access the Live Sports links provided on the right of your page. As a long term strategy, we strongly recommend you register with the excellent HotdubzSports. Not only is it the best sports streaming site, but it gives a fairly comprehensive channel guide.

Tip 3: Bookmark this website! We will be updating the Live Weekend Sports section every Friday to give you a heads up on what to look forward to over the weekend.

Tip 4: If you click the links at the wrong time of day, they often won’t work. Duh! And once the broadcast is over, the links usually die.

Weekend Sport – February 28

It’s a busy day of Premier League football with three of the top teams – Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal – in action. Meanwhile, veteran snooker star Tony Knowles hopes to continue his Cinderella story by winning another qualifying in the World Championships at Sheffield.

Saturday February 28

Snooker – World Championships qualifying, Sheffield

Tony Knowles v Rodney Goggins – live scoring

Football – Premier League

3pm – Arsenal v Fulham (No registration required)
3pm – Arsenal v Fulham (Registration required)

3pm –  Chelsea v Wigan (No registration required)
3pm –  Chelsea v Wiggin (Registration required)

3pm –  Middlesbrough v Liverpool   (No registration required)

3pm – Middlesbrough v Liverpool (Registration required)

Obviously, some of these links may end up being shut down so please feel free to supply us with others. All submissions should be sent to larrymilk@topdollarnews.com. We have no control over the quality of the respective streams and claim no responsibility for the copyright or content of other sites.  Don’t shoot the messenger!

Meanwhile, here are some general suggestions to enhance your viewing pleasure, for watching both sports streams and movie and TV streams –

There are a myriad of sports streams and often these get shut down almost as quickly as they are created. Now sites like justin.tv have sprung up to allow you to watch a non-stop playlist of movies and TV shows.

On the plus side, there is very little buffering and stop-start crap to put up with. On the minus side, the quality is often poor and unless you go ‘full screen,’ you will have to watch the kiddies shouting at each other in the chat rooms.

Tip 1: you don’t have to register to watch the movies on justin.tv, but if you create a jtv account and add channels to your ‘favorites,’ you will receive a helpful email each time they start broadcasting.

Tip 2: To watch live Premier League games, live tennis, darts, snooker etc during week days, access the Live Sports links provided on the right of your page. As a long term strategy, we strongly recommend you register with the excellent HotdubzSports. Not only is it the best sports streaming site, but it gives a fairly comprehensive channel guide.

Tip 3: Bookmark this website! We will be updating the Live Weekend Sports section every Friday to give you a heads up on what to look forward to over the weekend.

Tip 4: If you click the links at the wrong time of day, they often won’t work. Duh! And once the broadcast is over, the links usually die.

Live Oscars Coverage

Slumdog Millionaire is tipped to sweep the board at the eagerly-awaited Oscars, presented by Hugh Jackman. Will Kate Winslet finally earn a deserved Oscar too and will tragic Heath Ledger win a posthumous gong? The answers are all below. Our live stream will be running through the night. Happy viewing!

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Live Snooker – Welsh Open

What a strange tournament the Welsh Open has been! Nearly all the big names tumbled out early, leaving us with the unlikely final pairing of Ali Carter v Joe Swail.

We have a compendium of other links below. First session – Sunday 1pm. Second session – Sunday 8pm.

Links

ATDHE.net – Very clear and crisp streams. They thoughtfully provide two links, although the Masters is a one table tournament. So far, they have shown BBC and Eurosport coverage. If they show BBC2, you will be frustrated when they occasionally switch to Antiques Road Show. If they show Eurosport, you may have to deal with a German commentary.

BBC – The official coverage. UK users only.

Sportstime – Very good justin.tv site, with BBC commentary, which promises to cover the entire tournament.

Mordane – This has been the most reliable justin.tv snooker broadcaster for a long time. The site will provide full live coverage of the semi-final and final stage.

HotDubzSports – Check the channel list to see if snooker is on. Most likely, it will be Eurosport coverage.

Coalhouse – BBC coverage on this justin.tv site today.

MyP2P – Continuous coverage through the day.

Uggla – This is really a darts site on justin.tv but they might occasionally put the snooker on.

Eurosport Germany – Live text scoring, recorded video and some streaming.

TVUNetworks – Okay, if you don’t mind listening to shrieking Chinese commentators.

Channelsurfing.net – Eurosport coverage.

Live tennis: Australian Open – Murray v Verdasco

Andy Murray is in action at the Australian Open early on Monday morning against Fernando Verdasco – with a place in the quarter final at stake. With both Federer and Djokovic looking shaky in the other side of the draw, many now believe the winner of the tournament will come from the potential semi-final match up between Murray and Rafael Nadal.

Murray v Verdasco (Registration required)

Murray v Verdasco (No registration required) This link may change as previous match on same court finished early. If dead link, click below.

Live link

Full schedule of play

Live Weekend Sport – January 24 – 25

Vodpod videos no longer available.

As usual, Channelhopper will be keeping you up to date with the weekend’s top sporting fixtures. Early birds can catch Andy Murray as he goes on court at 8.30am Saturday morning (3.30am EST) against Jurgen Melzer, a player who gave him a tough match in the US Open last year. Meanwhile, the top Premier League teams will be trying to avoid similar banana skins in the FA Cup. Watch our Liverpool v Everton stream above or follow the links below.

Saturday January 24

Tennis – Australian Open

8.30am – Andy Murray v Jurgen Melzer

Click here for our live coverage.

Football – FA Cup

12.40pm – Hartlepool v West Ham

3pm – Kettering v Fulham  (Registration required)

3pm – Kettering v Fulham  (No registration required)

3pm – Chelsea v Ipswich  (Registration required)

3pm – Chelsea v Ipswich  (No registration required)

5.15pm – Man Utd v Tottenham  (No registration required)

5.15pm – Man Utd v Tottenham  (No registration required)

5.15pm – Man Utd v Tottenham  (No registration required)

5.15pm – Man Utd v Tottenham  (Registration required)

7.45pm – Derby County v Nottingham Forest (No registration required)

Sunday 25th January 2009
Football: FA Cup

1.30pm – Cardiff v Arsenal (Registration required)

1.30pm – Cardiff v Arsenal (No registration required)

4pm – Liverpool v Everton (Registration required)

4pm – Liverpool v Everton (No registration required)

Obviously, some of these links may end up being shut down so please feel free to supply us with others. All submissions should be sent to larrymilk@topdollarnews.com. We have no control over the quality of the respective streams and claim no responsibility for the copyright or content of other sites.  Don’t shoot the messenger!

Meanwhile, here are some general suggestions to enhance your viewing pleasure, for watching both sports streams and movie and TV streams –

There are a myriad of sports streams and often these get shut down almost as quickly as they are created. Now sites like justin.tv have sprung up to allow you to watch a non-stop playlist of movies and TV shows.

On the plus side, there is very little buffering and stop-start crap to put up with. On the minus side, the quality is often poor and unless you go ‘full screen,’ you will have to watch the kiddies shouting at each other in the chat rooms.

Tip 1: you don’t have to register to watch the movies on justin.tv, but if you create a jtv account and add channels to your ‘favorites,’ you will receive a helpful email each time they start broadcasting.

Tip 2: To watch live Premier League games, live tennis, darts, snooker etc during week days, access the Live Sports links provided on the right of your page. As a long term strategy, we strongly recommend you register with the excellent HotdubzSports. Not only is it the best sports streaming site, but it gives a fairly comprehensive channel guide.

Tip 3: Bookmark this website! We will be updating the Live Weekend Sports section every Friday to give you a heads up on what to look forward to over the weekend.

Tip 4: If you click the links at the wrong time of day, they often won’t work. Duh! And once the broadcast is over, the links usually die.

Tennis: Australian Open – Andy Murray in action

Andy Murray faces the first real test of his Australian Open campaign as he plays Jurgen Melzer in the third round. Melzer nearly dumped Murray out of the US Open last year so Murray will have to be on his mettle. Currently, Serena Williams is on court as is her sister Venus’s conqueror Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

Watch our coverage below or follow the links –

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Live link

Full schedule of play

Live Tennis: Australian Open

We could have the match of the early rounds today as Roger Federer takes on Russian star Marat Safin.

Also in action on Friday are Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Potro.

Watch our coverage below or follow the links –

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Live link

Full schedule of play