On many occasions, you have tried your best to connect your TV to wifi, but it yields nothing more than stress and wasting energy, money, and time. You would have given or wanted to give up. Don't do this. Instead, why do you read this and find out the real solution and tips to do that?
To do that you can use varieties of ways like; a gaming console, streaming device (a dedicated one), and Blue-ray player. I believe you are fully apprehensive that we are in the streaming age. Nevertheless, it is not all TVs able to reason that, but there's a way to do that. Read the tips gently and take action.
Ways of connecting the TV to wifi
1. Using an HDMI cable
2. Using of a streaming device
3. Using of Blu-ray player
Using an HDMI cable
Based on the financial crisis, if all you want is to spend the diminutive amount of money while trying to connect your TV to wifi. I will suggest you use an HDMI cable—one of the streaming gadgets, it will work perfectly for you. It resembles everything that is on your laptop, tablet, or even smartphone.
Most smartphones (Android or iOS) are produced along HDMI cable and adaptor which you can use to link your TVs straight. Sometimes, the HDMI cable might seems to be frailly discommoding.
To do this, for instance, if you want to connect the wifi of your laptop to the TV to watch Netflix, you can follow the steps:
Connect your TV with your laptop using an HDMI cable. If you do this, your Television should have an HDMI port and your laptop should have a Video-out port.
Ensure both have been connected. Now, from your laptop, you can stream Netflix content.
Press the menu on your tv and choose the correct option on your tv.
Now, there is a button named input, press it and select the right one that correlates with your plugin port.
Now, you can enjoy your Netflix.
You can use this same process for other channels as well.
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Using a Streaming Device
Streaming devices are priced to be around $40 with 4K amicability, I mean compatibility. Using a 4K tv will give you access to direct internet. A streaming device gives a higher user quality experience. And allow users to have more access to more apps.
Having determined to use the streaming device, you should know you made the right choice because it happens to be the easiest use way to connect wifi to your tv. All you need do is you must to connect them to your HDMI port in your TV and power out to evince and make the streaming app show on your filmdom. But it should be noted that whatsoever the streaming device you used, you must still subscribe to some apps to get access to them
To connect your tv to wifi, you must be mindful that you are going to need a router and the name of the network. Then, on your tv. If you are just setting up the tv for the first time, I will advise you do that first. Afterward, your tv may individually rummage for the network that is available or you do that manually by either selecting wireless or wired. And the fact that you are after a wireless network you are to choose wireless which signifies wifi.
If you search for the available wireless network, you need to select the preferable one and enter your (the) password as required. Mind you, you can also change the network if you want. Once that password is validated, you will be notified that the Tv has been connected through wifi.
Perhaps, it might be necessary to update your software. If the tv display it, click yes and continue to download. Once it's done, install it (Why going through this process do not switch off your tv or do any other activities on it).
Using of Blu-ray player
Connect a Blu-ray Disc player to your wireless network. You should understand that few Blu-ray players have a built-in wireless LAN. Check to confirm if yours possesses. Also, ensure your router (wireless) has an active internet connection. Ensure there is a connection between your tv and Blu-ray Disc player.
Switch on your tv and enable input that is connected to your active blu-ray disc player.
Follow this; click the home button >> setup >> network settings >> interest settings >>wireless setup.
Getting to this place choose the best method you prefer to set up the wireless network connection
Choose WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) >> manual registration(if you wish to set your setting manually) >> Enter (to search for available networks. Remember: this will take time) >> select network >> enter password(if it's required) >> proxy server and IP address setting >> Auto Acquisition >> select custom >> follow the next instructions the screen shows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question 1: Can my Old Blu-ray player be used to connect the tv to wifi?
Answer 1: Yes, it can be used because it has already possess all needed to connect the tv to wifi
Question 2: What of the recent one?
Answer 2: You can set up that one.
