A few months back with the help of the “other sites” PCMR, I built my son a PC. He doesn’t like sitting at his desk though, and wants to turn it into a Lego diorama. We talked about moving his monitor elsewhere when his mom asked if it could hook up to the TV.

I was going to work on moving it tonight and testing it out but I was curious if there was anything special I needed to do first.

Its a Windows 10 PC, here are portions of the DXDIAG

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. System Model: MS-7C95 BIOS: 2.C0 (type: UEFI) Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor (12 CPUs), ~3.5GHz Memory: 32768MB RAM Available OS Memory: 32694MB RAM Page File: 15361MB used, 22197MB available

Card name: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x73DF)

I just want to make sure I don’t need anything else for this to work right. With the big sales hitting tomorrow I am going to grab my son a wireless KB and Mouse, and anything else you all recommend.

Thank you for your time.

  • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    If the TV is a smart TV (or has a smart dongle like Roku, fire, etc) you can cast to the screen through your home network.

    Open the casting screen connection through the TV/dongle.

    Press windowskey + K on the PC.

    Wait for the device to appear (optional: be convinced it’s taken to long and restart the process, only to see it pop up just as you restart).

    Device connects to windows, manage it like any other screen from display properties.

    Mine also casts sound, but does it natively, so I can’t help with the process or troubleshooting.

    • OldTreePuncher@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Its a Roku TV, I am trying to test out the Device Connect options now, but its not showing on his PC yet. I enabled connections, and then set it to Always Allow in the Screen Mirroring area of the Roku. Does it matter if the TV is Wireless, and his PC is Wired?

      • bobsuruncle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I would stick with the wired HDMI connection rather than wireless. Casting will just increase traffic on your WiFi network for no reason and wired anything is usually more reliable once setup properly. Another advantage is it will bypass all the possibly annoying smartTV ads or pop ups if your tv does that.

        Edit for spelling